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Glaucoma Drug Helps Women with Blinding Disorder Linked to Obesity

Drug treatment and weight loss can restore lost vision, NIH-funded study shows

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014.  An inexpensive glaucoma drug, when added to a weight loss plan, can improve vision for women with a disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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An image of a normal and swollen optic nerve.

On the left is a normal optic nerve (light circle at center) and on the right is the optic nerve swelling seen in IIH.…

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