Compared to the near total permanent vision loss associated with cortical blindness in adults, which is often due to strokes, children with CVI usually retain some functional vision that may improve ...

Older men and women with cataracts or age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) are at increased risk for suffering an early death, relative to older people without these two types of visual impairment, ...

A global analysis of 9 systematic reviews found a consistent association between vision impairment, eye diseases, and reduced quality of life. A global analysis of 9 systematic reviews found a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men and women with cataracts or age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) are at increased risk for suffering an early death, relative to older people without these two ...

As many as 1 in 5 dementia cases may be associated with vision impairment, new research suggests. These findings may open new avenues for dementia prevention through targeting vision impairment. More ...

About 12 million Americans over the age of 40 are blind or visually impaired, according to the CDC. Because of the variety of visual impairments that exist, it’s difficult to generalize about the ...

Blindness refers to an absence of vision or a loss of vision that tools such as glasses or contact lenses cannot correct. Legally blind is a term that the government uses to describe a person with ...

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 ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The signs of a driver not fully focused on the road can be small — how and where eyes move, pupil dilation and reaction time, how tense or relaxed their face ...