Archive for January 2017
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Approximately 120,000 Americans are blind as a result of glaucoma. That represents 9% to 12% of all causes of blindness in the U.S. Of the estimated 3 million Americans that have glaucoma, only half know they have it. By 2030, the National Eye Institute projects this number…
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