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NIH study raises doubt about any benefits omega-3 and dietary supplements like these may have for cognitive decline. (Photo courtesy of NEI)

NIH Study Shows no Benefit of Omega-3 or Other Nutritional Supplements for Cognitive Decline

While some research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can protect brain health, a large clinical trial by researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that omega-3 supplements did not slow cognitive decline in older persons.
Mice with AQP0 mutations (top) had disorderly fiber cells compared to mice with healthy AQP0.

Defective Lens Protein Implicated in Cataract Shown Culprit in Presbyopia

Loss or defects of a protein previously shown to play a key a role in cataract, the clouding of the lens that commonly strikes people in their seventies, has now been shown to contribute to presbyopia.
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Tufts University Researchers Identify Mechanism Involved in Causing Cataracts in Mice

A team of scientists has established that a breakdown in communication between two biochemical pathways in the eye is involved in causing cataracts.
Grantee News

Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much

A new study finds that in learning a visual task, older people exhibited a surprising degree of plasticity, but had trouble filtering out irrelevant information.
An occupational therapist at Thomas Jefferson University works with a patient who has low vision. Credit: Thomas Jefferson University.

Rehabilitation helps prevent depression from age-related vision loss

Depression is a common risk for people who have lost their vision from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but a new study shows that a type of rehabilitation therapy can cut this risk in half.
An age-related cataract. Credit: National Eye Institute.

New Research Sheds Light on How UV Rays May Contribute to Cataract

A new study offers an explanation for how years of chronic sunlight exposure can increase the risk of cataract, a clouding of the eye lens that typically occurs with aging.
National Eye Institute

Unas nuevas investigaciones exploran como los rayos UV contribuyen a las cataratas

Un nuevo estudio ofrece una explicación de cómo la exposición constante a la luz solar puede aumentar el riesgo de desarrollar cataratas, una opacidad del cristalino que suele ocurrir con la edad.
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Versatile proteins could be new target for Alzheimer's drugs

A class of proteins that controls visual system development in the young brain also appears to affect vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease in the aging brain.
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Hearing Impairment and Dual Sensory Impairment are Associated with Increased Mortality in Older Men

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working with researchers in Iceland, have found that hearing impairment and dual sensory impairment (vision and hearing impairment combined)
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First funding opportunity announcements for Audacious Goals Initiative available

The National Eye Institute (NEI) has announced funding opportunities for two new high priority research areas.

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