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Marijuana ineffective for treating glaucoma

...says that would be a mistake, at least for treating glaucoma. In a study published Thursday in the Archives of...marijuana is of any value at all in the treatment of glaucoma." Glaucoma is a degenerative disease that affects between 2...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/11/13/met_244574.shtml
Metro
Races respond differently to glaucoma treatments

...to one surgical regimen for advanced glaucoma, while a different approach seems to...and whites suffering from open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of the eye disorder...benefit from different treatments for glaucoma," said Dr. Carl Kupfer, director...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/07/06/tec_232704.shtml
XXX Technology
Marijuana ineffective for treating glaucoma

...says that would be a mistake, at least for treating glaucoma. In a study published Thursday in the Archives of...marijuana is of any value at all in the treatment of glaucoma." Glaucoma is a degenerative disease that affects between 2...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/11/13/tec_244635.shtml
XXX Technology
Students get grant for glaucoma tests

Brett McGuire, 52, knows glaucoma is not an old person's disease...the Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation. Second-year...high-risk population," Mr. Amin said. Glaucoma is the No. 1 cause of blindness...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/12/01/met_387313.shtml
Metro
Teen boosts glaucoma therapy

...write prescriptions for a new class of glaucoma drugs she worked on in high school...who often visits her family and has glaucoma, inspired her first science fair project...which could lead to novel therapies of glaucoma," Dr. Potter said. "So her work...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/06/11/tec_312524.shtml
XXX Technology | Evans High School
Georgia Regents University graduate follows parents' paths

...mechanisms by which it might cause nerve damage leading to glaucoma.As she finishes explaining her work, her father adds quietly...elevation of homocysteine, it not only causes neuronal death, glaucoma, vascular problems (and others), but it also affects pregnancy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-08/georgia-regents-universit
Biz bits

DR. HERBERT FECHTERAward/honor: Won first place in the glaucoma video category at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons scientific film festivalDetails: He provides surgery...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2012-06-01/biz-bits
Puckett back home after car crash

...Puckett, who retired from baseball after glaucoma left him blind in one eye, returned...the game in 1996 when an early form of glaucoma left him blind in his right eye. He...normal," said Dr. Tom Samuelson, a glaucoma specialist. "The law says you can drive...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/04/07/oth_225659.shtml
Other sports
MCG rips 'pot' myth

...no help whatever in the treatment of glaucoma. Libertarians and the soft-on-drugs...that provide significant relief from glaucoma, a degenerative eye disease leading...which in theory could provide some glaucoma relief, as a practical treatment it's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/11/19/op_245136.shtml
Opinion columns
The right ruling on pot

Don't believe it. Poor, sick old ladies smoking marijuana to gain relief from multiple sclerosis, glaucoma or some other painful disease aren't going to be arrested by jackbooted feds raiding their homes as a result of this week's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/06/10/edi_455572.shtml
Editorials