Researchers study connection between cataracts and dementia

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A team of researchers, led by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, will begin a five-year, $2.9 million National Institutes of Health-funded study.


They will examine the lives of patients with both cataracts and Alzheimer's disease (AD) to see if restored vision improves everyday life for people with dementia.

Grover "Cleve" Gilmore, dean of the Case Western Reserve Mandel School and principal investigator of the study says in 20 years of research, he's found people with dementia lose their ability to see objects in medium- and low-contrast environments, but boosting the contrast of objects improves their ability to move around their homes; eat better; read; and do other simple, everyday tasks.

Cataracts cloud and blur the vision in the eye causing AD patients additional problems. If untreated...........read all of Researchers study connection between cataracts and dementia

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