New Glasses May Increase the Risk of Falls in Older Adults, Suggests Review in Optometry and...

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Blurred vision contributes to the risk of falling in older adults--but getting new glasses with a big change in vision prescription may increase the risk rather than decreasing it, according to a special article, '2013 Fry Lecture: Blurred Vision, Spectacle Corr & Falls in Older Adults' in the June issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The ...

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