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HealthDay (8/20, Thompson) reported that “ultraviolet, or UV, rays can cause significant damage to unprotected eyes, resulting in a number of illnesses and disorders that can rob people of their sight.” Over the long term, UV exposure can play a role in the development of cataracts, macular degeneration, and even cancer. [...]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/26, Black) reports “a diet rich in all the things that are known to be good for your health also can protect against vision-stealing cataracts,” according to a study in the Archives of Ophthalmology. A University of Wisconsin-Madison “survey of more than 1,800 women,” found that [...]

Writing in the Los Angeles Times (2/10) Booster Shots blog, Jeannine Stein observed that, according to two studies published in the Jan. issue of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, “vigorous exercise…may help prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts.” Both “studies looked at data from almost eight years of follow-up from the National Runners’ Health [...]

In the Ask an Optometrist column in Canada’s Midland Free Press (9/17), Lillian Linton, O.D. pointed out that “common eye conditions affecting” aging “baby boomers can include glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration.” She reminded readers that the “only definitive way to diagnose your condition is to visit your optometrist to be tested.” Optometrists “use a [...]

South Carolina’s Greenville News (9/9, Foley) reported that “eyes change as we age.” Bill Caldwell, M.D., explained that “presbyopia happens to almost everyone right about the time they turn 40.” Yet “another common age-related eye issue is a lack of sensitivity in the eyes. People have difficulty with color perception,” and “depth perception can be [...]

The Miami Herald (8/25) reported that according to Harvard Medical School’s Healthbeat newsletter, “Carrots, which contain vitamin A, are one of several vegetables that are good for the eyes.” Even better are “fresh fruits and dark green leafy vegetables, which contain more antioxidant vitamins, such as C and E,” that “may help protect against cataracts [...]