Higher Body Weight Cuts Some Glaucoma Risk

Bad news.

Women with higher body mass index and weight were at reduced risk of developing certain forms of glaucoma in a large cohort study, researchers said.

For each unit of body mass index, participants in the giant Nurses' Health Study showed a 6% reduction (95% CI 2% to 9%) in the rate of developing primary open-angle glaucoma with an intraocular pressure of 21 mm Hg or less at diagnosis (so-called normal tension), reported Louis R. Pasquale, MD, of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, and colleagues.

Now some of them will be able to see how fat they are.

Though they will likely still ignore it.

Note the appropriate "giant Nurses' Health Study."

Who says there is no humor in sick care?