I heard Wayne had to give up driving because he is blind from glaucoma, but I saw him at the cafe reading a newspaper. I’m struggling to make sense of that: what is glaucoma?” ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD's Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Okay, right now millions of people ...

A glaucoma test is a complete eye exam that checks vision, eye health, and optic nerve health. Glaucoma is an eye disease that damages the optic nerve. A complete eye exam can diagnose this condition.

There are typically no visual changes in the initial stages of glaucoma. As damage occurs to the optic nerve, people may develop blind spots in their peripheral visual field. Some can see halos and ...