Glaucoma, hypertension may be linked to dementia risk

DENVER — Glaucoma and hypertension were both linked with worsened cognitive performance, according to a poster presentation at the Association of Vision and Research in Ophthalmology. Jason Greenfield, MD, MBA, Alon Harris, MS, PhD, FARVO, and Yash Lahoti spoke with Healio about their study, which was designed to look at some of the unknown risk factors for glaucoma.