Brain Fitness NewsSeniors Experiencing Eye Trouble May Be Losing Brain Fitness!
Australian researchers at the University of Melbourne have conducted a study of 2,088 seniors ages 69 to 97, using cognitive performance tests and special eye photo exams, and discovered that one fourth of the lowest mental performance scores were twice as likely to demonstrate the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the leading cause of visual disorders in modern society.
Authors of the report indicate that AMD shares certain developmental similarities with Alzheimer's disease, with some familiar risk factors like high blood pressure, obesity, and smoking, and suggest an increased stroke and heart disease risk.
Seniors might assume from these findings that a strategically active, healthy physical and mental lifestyle may be just as helpful for lowering the risks of the associated age-related eye disease and mental declines as they are in lowering the chances of suffering stroke and heart disease.
The study report by Dr. Michelle L. Baker and colleagues is published in the journal, Archives Of Opthamology, May 2009.
Sources:
JAMA and Archives Journals (2009, May 15). Age-related Eye Disease May Be Associated With Cognitive Impairment. ScienceDaily.
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