“A sub-category of glaucoma is referred to as normal tension glaucoma (NTG) because the intraocular pressure of these patients remains within a normal range, but damage to the optic nerve occurs by some other means. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has become a recent topic of study in relation to NGT, because of their similarities as chronic, progressive conditions. In a new study, researchers compared the incidence rate of Alzheimer’s in patients with normal tension glaucoma to those without NGT in order to help clarify inconsistent findings of similar studies performed in the past. They gathered data from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan and analyzed it for patterns between the two conditions over a period of 13 years.”
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Normal Tension Glaucoma Increases Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
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