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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A child reaches for a toy, hesitates, then turns away — not because their eyes cannot see it, but because their brain cannot make sense of what they are seeing. Cortical or Cerebral Visual Impairment ...

Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations.

People who use e-cigarettes have a high rate of visual impairment, researchers say, and that association is independent of and in addition to traditional cigarette use. The statistical correlation ...

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 ...

In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers conducted a prospective, multicenter, observational study between 14 January 2020 and 30 January 2022 in China. Study: Early detection of ...

A new longitudinal study has found that middle-aged and older adults with depression, visual impairment, or both face a significantly higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD, which ...