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Older people who have eye surgery to remove cataracts and improve their vision also significantly reduce their risk of breaking a hip in a fall, with the sickest among them and those in their early 80s experiencing nearly 30 percent fewer hip fractures in the first year, a large study reports.

A global initiative to raise awareness of Glaucoma comes up during the week of 11-17 March 2012. The South African Glaucoma society joins in the efforts of the World Glaucoma Society and World Glaucoma Patient Association to alert the public to the dangers of a disease referred to as the “Thief of Sight”.