Glaucoma - What's New

<body background="../../SubIndex/background_jpg.jpg" > <meta name="keywords" content= "glaucoma, What's New, research, resources, disease, Disese, AHAF, American Health Assistance Foundation, treatment, risk factors, FAQ, symptoms"> <meta name="Description" content="Science and news updates concerning glaucoma"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <p align="center">  <p align="center"><font size="5"><b><font size="7">National Glaucoma Research</font></b></font> <p align="center"> <font size="5">Your browser cannot view frames. The same information is provided in our <a href="../../text_index/text_glaucoma/text_gwhtnew.htm">no-frames </a> site. The no-frames section is also designed to be accessible for person's with disabilities.</font> <p align="center"> <a href="../../index.html" target="_top">Home Page </a> <p align="center"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that lead to permanent damage to the optic nerve, which can then lead to vision loss, even blindness. Researchers at the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital have found evidence that glaucoma also affects the nerve cells in brain centers that process color and motion. The scientists measured the total number of nerve cells in the brain's visual centers in normal monkeys and in monkeys that had glaucoma. The mechanisms of cell death in the brain are still unknown, but this finding is a "major breakthrough in understanding this disease," according to the authors of the study. The research appears in the March issue of <i>Archives of Ophthalmology.</i> </font> <p align="center"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">glaucoma, research, resources, disease, Disese, AHAF, American Health Assistance Foundation, treatment, What's New, research, risks, FAQ, symptoms,glaucoma, What's New, research,American Health Assistance disease, Disese, AHAF, treatment, risk factors,FAQ, symptoms</font> </body>