Clinical Trials - August 18, 2020
Vitamin B3 improves visual function in glaucoma patients
Vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) may prevent nerve cell damage leading to blindness in glaucoma, according to the world’s first clinical study in the field published in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. The study was led by researchers at the Centre for Eye Research Australia in collaboration with researchers at Karolinska Institutet and St. Erik Eye Hospital among […]
Uncategorized - July 2, 2015
Portable Device Tests for Glaucoma
Icare Finland has developed a hand-held tonometer that makes it easier to measure intraoccular pressure (IOP) in the eye, not just in a doctor’s office, but anywhere. “We manufacture mobile tonometers for optometrists, opticians, general practitioners and emergency room doctors. We also have tonometers for use at home and ones with a slightly different structure […]