University of Oklahoma: Shining a Light on Age-Related Blindness
April 22, 2025
April 22, 2025
NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 22 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release:
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Shining a Light on Age-Related Blindness
By April Wilkerson
It's an unfortunate fact of aging: Live long enough and, eventually, reading this sentence will get difficult, even impossible. Three in 10 Americans older than 80 have some form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), while for Oklahoman octogenarians, it's closer to 50%.
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Shining a Light on Age-Related Blindness
By April Wilkerson
It's an unfortunate fact of aging: Live long enough and, eventually, reading this sentence will get difficult, even impossible. Three in 10 Americans older than 80 have some form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), while for Oklahoman octogenarians, it's closer to 50%.