{"id":83992,"date":"2026-01-25T21:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83992"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:26:01","slug":"warning-over-timebomb-as-common-eye-condition-could-rise-by-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/25\/warning-over-timebomb-as-common-eye-condition-could-rise-by-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning over &#8216;timebomb&#8217; as common eye condition could rise by 60%"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1UBTpa.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\" (Getty Images\/iStockphoto)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The UK is set to see a 60 per cent rise in glaucoma cases by 2060, researchers warn, labelling the common eye condition a &#8220;demographic timebomb&#8221; that can cause blindness if left untreated.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/warning-over-timebomb-as-common-eye-condition-could-rise-by-60\/ar-AA1UBVU9?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69766fe2bf9243049f29a94393fe044d&amp;ei=96\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The UK is set to see a 60 per cent rise in glaucoma cases by 2060, researchers warn, labelling the common eye&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Glaucoma.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83993,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83992\/revisions\/83993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}