For patients with African ancestry, low body mass index may be a risk factor for increased primary open-angle glaucoma. Among people with African ancestry, body mass index lower than 18.5 (low BMI) is ...

Self-tonometry with the iCare® Home2 and a smartphone app is feasible in motivated patients with glaucoma, a study shows.

Visual field loss in glaucoma occurs more rapidly in patients who have higher blood pressure and more blood pressure variability.

Optic complications among hospitalized patients with RA, SLE, and SpA were linked to poor outcomes and higher health care costs, especially among Black and Asian patients.

As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer "clade Ib" strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed the first known US case of this strain of the virus.

Machine learning analysis of photo and video data demonstrates a promising way to noninvasively detect early hypertension and diabetes.

HealthDay News — Higher physical activity (PA) levels can increase life expectancy, according to a study published online Nov. 14 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

For patients with obesity and prediabetes, three years of tirzepatide yields substantial and sustained weight reduction and a reduced risk for progression to type 2 diabetes.