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Glaucoma surgeon: Black Americans five times more likely to get glaucoma than Caucasians

A local surgeon says the disease, which causes damage to the optic nerve, occurs about 10 years earlier among Black Americans than it does in any other ethnic population.

News 12 Staff

Feb 15, 2023, 10:45 AM

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