Too little shut-eye, daytime sleepiness, and snoring may all be linked to a heightened chance of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness that research suggests will impact 112 million people worldwide within the next 20 years.
Not getting enough sleep could increase the risk of developing irreversible eyesight loss, according to a new study.
The research - from a peer-reviewed UK Biobank study of 409,000 people, published in the BMJ Open journal - suggested a number of reasons why bad sleep and glaucoma are linked.
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