Adults with low vision are at high risk of depression, social withdrawal, and isolation. 1,3 Vision loss in older persons is an independent risk factor for falls.4 Progressive vision loss can be associated with a syndrome of hallucinations which, although benign, can be disturbing to patients....
"The most severe results were in mice that were over 20 months old," Boesze-Battaglia says. "You saw the lipid deposits, increased inflammation, increased immune cell infiltration, increases in inflammatory compounds, and you also saw a loss of function." Now armed with a useful animal model...
Older adults living in remote areas with limited access to health services are at higher risk to develop visual impairment and blindness. We conducted a population-based survey to determine the vision status in subjects 45 years of age and older from urban and rural areas of Parintins city, Bra...
Cirrus Therapeutics, the University of Bristol, and London's Global University Institute of Ophthalmology have discovered a new treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss among older adults. Featured on the cover of the journalScience Translational Medicine,...
the odds of losing vision are one in three, whereas the odds of a man developing prostate cancer are one in six and odds of a woman developing breast cancer are one in nine. Vision loss threatens the overall health of aging adults by increasing the risk of inj...
Researchers with Cirrus Therapeutics, the University of Bristol, and London’s Global University Institute of Ophthalmology have discovered a treatment option for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss among older adults.1 According to a study published in ...
Researchers believe strategies to postpone vision loss may also help delay physical and mental decline among older adults. The study was recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Click here to read the full press release. Source: American Ger...
d and Older Adults. Sprituality and Religiousness Predict Adaptation to Vision Loss in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Sprituality and Religiousness Predict Adaptation to Vision Loss in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Religiousness and spirituality have been found robe related to positive adjustment but ...
Vision disorders in the elderly This article describes some of the common causes of vision loss in older adults, including cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, ametropia (presbyopia... P Zeng,J Ye - 《Chinese Journal of Geriatrics》 被引量: 0发表: 2016年 Prevalence and Causes of ...
Vision Impairment Among Older Americans on the Decline But as the population continues to grow and age, this improvement could be short-lived. Good news for eye doctors and other professionals who’ve worked to mitigate growth in age-related vision loss: rates are declining despite the inevitable...