... of the elderly, which is easily remedied by the provision of reading glasses and, incidentally, seems to be an example of growth rather than senescence. A consideration of graver consequences of senescence in the eye lens is presented next in a detailed analysis of cataracts. Age-related afflictions...

...Patricia T. Harvey Of the 38 million people who are blind, the majority, 22 million, are 60 years of age or older. The most common causes of vision loss in elderly people are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy. Of these, AMD is the leading cause...