Glaucoma Awareness Month
January 2026
According to the charity Glaucoma UK there are over 700,000 people in
the UK who have been diagnosed with glaucoma.
Glaucoma Awareness Month is aimed at raising awareness of the disease
and its symptoms to bring an end to preventable glaucoma sight loss.
RELATED LIBRARY
RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer resources related to this
topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our
collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at
the counter. This
document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.
·
Medical treatment of glaucoma; Sun, Xinghuai;
Dai, Yi; 2019 (Springer).
·
Kanski's clinical ophthalmology: a systematic approach; Salmon, John F; 2020
(Elsevier); 9th edition.
·
Medical and Surgical Retina: Recent Innovation, New Perspective, and
Applications; Giudice, Giuseppe Lo; 2023 (IntechOpen) – available as an Open Access
e-book.
·
Glaucoma: Recent Advances and New Perspectives; Davey, Pinakin
Gunvant; 2023 (IntechOpen) – available as an Open Access e-book.
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Glaucoma; Shaarawy, Tarek M; 2015 (Elsevier); 2nd edition – only
available for UHNM users via ClinicalKey with an Open Athens login.
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Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery; Sng, Chelvin C. A;
Sng, Chelvin C. A; Barton, Keith; 2021 (Springer Nature) – available as an Open
Access e-book.
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Glaucoma: Methods and Protocols; Jakobs, Tatjana C;
2018 (Springer Nature) – only available as a Keele e-book.
·
Constable and Lim Colour atlas of ophthalmology; Constable, Ian J;
Wong, Tien Yin; Raja, Vignesh; 2018 (World Scientific); 6th edition.
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Ophthalmology Secrets; Gault, Janice A., 2023 (Elsevier) 5th edition –
available for UHNM users via ClinicalKey with an Open Athens log-in, or as Keele e-book.
JOURNALS
·
Journal of
current glaucoma practice; (Jaypee) – available as an Open Access
e-journal from 2012 onwards.
·
Frontiers
in ophthalmology; (Frontiers Media S.A) – available as an Open
Access e-journal from 2021 onwards.
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BMJ open ophthalmology; (BMJ
Publishing Group Ltd) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards.
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Therapeutic
advances in ophthalmology; (Sage Publications Ltd) – available as an Open
Access e-journal from 2018 onwards.
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Ophthalmic
surgery, lasers & imaging retina; (Slack, Inc) – only
available as a Keele e-journal from 2019 onwards.
·
American
journal of ophthalmology case reports; (Elsevier) – available as
an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards.
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Case
reports in ophthalmological medicine; (John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
– available as an Open Access e-journal from 2011 onwards.
·
Journal of
Current Glaucoma Practice, (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Private
Limited) – NHS ejournal 2012 onwards.
N.B. NHS members
can obtain temporary Keele IT logins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT
suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS
ejournals will require login with an NHS Open Athens account.
Access more journals via our Journals
webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
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“Damage
and repair in retinal degenerative diseases: Molecular basis through clinical
translation”; Zhang, Ziting; Ma, Junfeng; et al; Neural regeneration research,
2026-04, Vol.21 (4), p.1383-1395; DOI: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-01016
·
“Domain-specific
multi-transfer approaches for deep learning-based glaucoma screening in high
myopia patients”; Goyanes, Elena; De Moura, Joaquim; et al; Expert
Systems with Applications, 2026-01, Vol.296, p.129265, Article 129265; DOI:
10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129265
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“Research
progress on molecular therapy for glaucoma (Review)”; Wang,
Weiwei; Cheng, Gangwei; et al; Molecular medicine reports, 2026-01,
Vol.33 (1), p.1-10; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2025.13757
·
“A
Blurred Vision of Health: Metabolic Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Glaucoma in a
Large Taiwanese Population Study”; Chang, Sheng-Hao; Lee, Jia-In; et al; International
journal of medical sciences, 2026-01, Vol.23 (1), p.216-226; DOI:
10.7150/ijms.121641
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“Cellular
senescence and glaucoma”; Guo, Liang; Wang, Na; et al; Experimental
gerontology, 2025-04, Vol.202, p.112718, Article 112718;
·
“Clinical
outcomes of the PAUL Glaucoma implant for neovascular glaucoma”;
Deubel, Carolin; Walz, Wolfgang; et al; Graefe's archive for clinical and
experimental ophthalmology, 2025-08, Vol.263 (11), p.3199-3209; DOI:
10.1007/s00417-025-06933-3
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“OCT-based
diagnosis of glaucoma and glaucoma stages using explainable machine learning”; Hasan,
Md Mahmudul; Phu, Jack; et al; Scientific reports, 2025-01, Vol.15 (1),
p.3592-20, Article 3592; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87219-w
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“Bilateral
Primary Congenital Glaucoma in a Newborn”; Consales, Alessandra;
Araimo, Gabriella; et al; The Journal of pediatrics, 2025-04, Vol.279,
p.114464, Article 114464; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114464
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"Patient Attitudes toward Distress
Screening and Referral in Glaucoma Care"; Choi, Eun Young; Chou,
Natalie et al.; Ophthalmology Glaucoma; 2025, Sep 18:S2589-4196(25)00190-5. DOI:
10.1016/j.ogla.2025.09.004. Online ahead of print.
PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:
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NHS website:
o Glaucoma - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/glaucoma/
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Charities / Further information:
o
Glaucoma UK - https://glaucoma.uk/
o
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
- https://www.rnib.org.uk/
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ClinicalKey Patient Information Leaflets [Only available to NHS staff with OpenAthens login]:
o
Glaucoma - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_94bf5890-126c-449f-b39a-17735982c959
o
Glaucoma Surgery - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_735cda90-1993-44bf-80b1-53281fd6cd1f
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