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Want to Avoid Glaucoma? Look at What You Eat - BlackDoctor.org

Eat right to protect your sight. That's the advice of the Glaucoma Research Foundation, which offers its recipe for healthier eyes. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause progressive vision loss through damage to the optic nerve. It is the second-leading cause of blindness. It occurs five times more often in Blacks and […]

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