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PROTECTING EYESIGHT WITH AGE THROUGH GOOD LIGHT

by Media Direct on Aug 9, 2010

NEW WAYS TO AVOID THE DIMINISHED EYESIGHT
THAT COMES WITH GROWING OLDER

A WHITE PAPER

Every day approximately 8,000 people turn 60 in the United States and most say they don't see things quite as clearly as they did when they were younger.

The anecdotal evidence is validated by the official statistics:

o More than six million Americans over age 65 already have serious visual impairment.

o The National Eye Institute says the risk of low vision and even blindness increases significantly with age, starting when we're in our 40s.

o A National Health Interview Survey indicates that while just five in one hundred Americans under 44 years of age reported vision loss, that number grew to 12 in a hundred for those 45-64 and climbed to almost fourteen out of one hundred for those 65-74. By the time we're over 75, nearly 22 in a hundred of us have vision loss.

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