Glaucoma catches most by surprise

Excerpt from The Journal Times: March 3rd, 2009

You may not have heard of World Glaucoma Day - March 12 will be only the second - but that doesn't mean it's not needed.

"Bottom line is, glaucoma is a very prevalent disease," said Dr. I. Paul Singh of the Eye Center of Racine.

"There are probably 70 million people who have it worldwide," said Dr. Paul Kaufman, chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and a glaucoma researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

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