January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, a time to remind all Veterans to take action now to prevent this sight-stealing disease.
One-and-a-half million Veterans have a vision threatening eye disease, including 285,000 with glaucoma. African-American Veterans should especially get their eyes checked regularly as glaucoma is six-to-eight times more common in African-Americans than Caucasians. Also, among Hispanic populations, glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness. Read more [...] Glaucoma: Silent Cause of Vision Loss
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, a time to remind all Veterans to take action now to prevent this sight-stealing disease.
One-and-a-half million Veterans have a vision threatening eye disease, including 285,000 with glaucoma. African-American Veterans should especially get their eyes checked regularly as glaucoma is six-to-eight times more common in African-Americans than Caucasians. Also, among Hispanic populations, glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness. Read more [...]