Editor’s Note: The following column was previously published Jan. 16, 2021. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

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, ...

In older adults, even mild impairment can affect the brain. But there are simple ways to reduce the harm. By Dana G. Smith Adults over age 65 who experience vision loss have a nearly 50 percent ...

Annmaree Watharow is affiliated with Deafblind Australia. Emily Kecman and Moira Dunsmore do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

Rebecca Alexander opens up about being diagnosed with Usher syndrome and becoming a disability advocate TODAY/YouTube Rebecca Alexander began struggling with vision loss and hearing loss at age 12 and ...

A conversation with Andrew Leland about his provocative new book about vision loss, disability politics, and the ways in which blindness looms large in our cultural imagination. Like many other forms ...

In 2019, 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia, a figure expected to soar to 153 million by 2050. A recent Lancet Commission report suggests that nearly half of dementia cases could be ...

Despite more than 7 million Americans having some form of vision loss, many places in our communities are still not accessible for people who cannot drive and rely on public transportation. Recently, ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 13 million Americans were living with low or no vision. Vision loss rates continue to soar five years later. "There's very little ...

Burke tells us the affliction is incurable, and that her vision would become slowly worse over the years. What the doctors, ...

My ideal clients are adults navigating life after a major change — such as a health condition, vision loss, disability, or a shift in independence or identity. Many of my clients are high-achieving ...

Older New Zealanders in residential care have inadequate access to vision and hearing tests, according to new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research.