University of Arizona Study Shows Glaucoma Leading Cause of Blindness Among Sample of U.S. Hispanics.

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TUCSON, Ariz., April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness among a sample of U.S. Hispanics, according to researchers at the University of Arizona Department of Ophthalmology.

Proyecto VER (Vision, Evaluation, and Research Project) is the first comprehensive study of vision loss and blindness among U.S. Hispanics. The study, to be published in the April 2002 issue of Ophthalmology, found open-angle glaucoma to be the leading cause of blindness in a random sample of 4,774 Hispanics ages 40 and over in Nogales, Ariz., and Tucson. For U.S. Caucasians, age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause …