A review found that visual impairment is common in older adults with dementia and associated with negative effects. Older adults with a diagnosis of dementia more commonly have visual impairment (VI), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study found that more than one in four U.S. adults aged 71 years and older are visually impaired, with ...

What is Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? CVI refers to a brain condition, not an eye condition and results from damage to the visual systems in the brain that deal with processing and integrating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Large retrospective studies have demonstrated that visual impairment is a risk factor for developing cognitive ...

A risk gene for dyslexia is associated with impairments in visual motion detection, according to a study published May 27 in The Journal of Neuroscience. Mutations in the gene DCDC2 have previously ...

The University of Liverpool's Professor Fiona Rowe has led the development of a major new international clinical guideline addressing visual impairment in stroke survivors. Released by the European ...

Individuals with dual sensory impairment (DSI) and single hearing or visual impairment had a significantly higher risk of 14-year mortality than those without sensory impairment, irrespective of age, ...

If visual problems are suspected an ophthalmologist usually examines the eyes. An ophthalmologists specializes in diagnosing, and treating eyes and their diseases. An ophthalmologist, optometrist, ...

An additional 16.4 million people are projected to have vision problems due to uncorrected refractive errors. The study included data on adults aged 40 years and older, taken from 6 major ...

SAN ANTONIO – Navigating the computer and the internet can be a challenge for the blind, but it's far from impossible. Michael Guajardo works at the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision ...