Glaucoma And Cardiovascular Death Linked In Black Patients

Patients who are black have an increased risk of death fromcardiovascular diseases if they have high pressure in the eyes or ifthey have been diagnosed with and treated for glaucoma, according to areport in the March 2008 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology,one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that involve damage to the opticnerve. The most common symptom is  a raised pressure of theeye itself.

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Filed under: Eye Health on April 2nd, 2008