Vision impairment and blindness were highly prevalent and linked to morbidity in a study across 74 North Carolina nursing facilities. But corrective lenses may play a big role in improving resident ...

Vision loss can result from a number of different conditions, including refractive errors and cataracts. There are 2.2 billion people around the world who live with near or distance vision impairment, ...

Up to 19% of prevalent dementia cases may be attributable to impaired vision, a cross-sectional analysis suggested. Contrast sensitivity impairment showed the strongest relationship, followed by near ...

A recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggests that vision impairment may play a significant role in dementia risk among older adults. Researchers analyzed data from the National Health and ...

Vision impairment is associated with increased risks for social isolation and symptoms of depression and anxiety among older adults in the United States, new research showed. Researchers analyzed data ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Symptoms of depression, anxiety and severe social isolation were associated with objectively measured vision ...

A new nationally representative study published online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports found hearing impairment and vision impairment to be independently associated with cognitive ...

Living with progressive vision loss has shaped nearly every chapter of Donnell Moten’s life. Now, he is turning those experiences into action through a proposed nonprofit aimed at helping visually ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults with vision impairment were less likely to have access to digital technologies. There is potential ...

For generations, adults with amblyopia were told their vision loss was permanent, a childhood problem that medicine could not ...

“Our results demonstrate that texture analysis can uncover minute retinal changes long before diabetic retinopathy becomes ...

"This link between vision impairment and average county temperature is very worrying if future research determines that the association is causal," says first author Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson.