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In Touch: Glaucoma drugs and tips on coping during the snow.

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22/01/2013

Glaucoma drugs and tips on coping during the snow.

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Glaucoma drugs and tips on coping during the snow.

Advice for people taking some glaucoma drugs and tips on coping during the snow.

Advice for people taking some glaucoma-treating drugs and tips on how to cope in snowy weather from listener Tina Snow and York Blind and Partially-Sighted Soc CEO Diane Roworth.

The International Glaucoma Association CEO David Wright offers advice to people taking certain preservative-free eye drops to treat the condition.
Tina Snow tells of the difficulties getting around in snow and of her concerns that some blind people are being left isolated during the adverse weather conditions, as they're often unable to leave their homes.
Diane Roworth explains what her society (York Blind and Partially-Sighed Society) offers members.

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