Study Reveals Link Between Sleep Problems And Glaucoma Blindness And Vision Problems
It is known that poor sleep can affect judgement, mood, ability to learn and retain information, and can increase the risk of serious accidents and injuries. Now researchers are focusing on the long-term consequences of poor sleep. They conducted the world’s first large prospective cohort study to comprehensively examine sleep behaviors and patterns and glaucoma. More than 400,000 people in the UK took part. The results, published in the journal BMJ Open, suggest that people who have unhealthy sleep patterns have an increased risk of developing glaucoma....