Posted on 12/09/2021 10:29:48 AM PST by Red Badger
or those without dementia are more likely to get cataract surgery? Do dementia patients read?
People with cataracts don’t read as much? Therefore people who read more have less incidences of developing Alzie?
I’ll drink to that
That’s probably the explanation. Cataracts make many brain-stimulating activities nearly impossible— reading, solving puzzles, hobbies, etc.
Sometimes these studies make me wonder. Like right handed people have more/less of something than left handed? The %’s can differ depending on the topic but does it even matter in significance or to draw conclusions from.
“Do dementia patients read?”
They don’t care.
We’ve had a number of family members who suffered from dementia.
They all enjoyed reading until later in the progression of the disease.
Progression of the disorder, rather...
Good to hear...had both eyes done last year! Life was getting foggier and blurred now it’s full color HD!
I’ve had cataract surgery on one eye, does that mean I only have a 15% chance?
Probably so. Better get your other eye done pronto!.................
COULD it be as simple as THOSE with advanced cataracts simply GIVE UP at some point?
I went through a period of low vision on account of fast-onset cats, and it was a struggle to keep up, to find alternate modes of display on a PC to turn the background to black and lettering to white, as well as a freebie screen reader (text to speech for a browser) ...
Hi.
Me too.
A couple years ago I had surgery for a hole in my retina.
Then I had cataract surgery.
Retina Vitreous and St. Lukes gave me HD 20/20 too. Best vision I ever had.
Dr. Eishenbaum and Dr. Rodriguez.
5.56mm
“or those without dementia are more likely to get cataract surgery? Do dementia patients read?”
That’s a good point. I wonder about the results of the study for a similar reason; maybe cataract surgery is more likely to happen for people who are in a higher cognitive group, who would already be less likely to later develop dementia. For example, if persons getting cataract surgery have a higher average income, and people with a higher average income already have 30% lower dementia, the cataract surgery wouldn’t be causative for the improved results.
A good study would correct for these types of things, although you always wonder how well they can really do that. According to the article, the observational study adjusted for a number of potential confounders, yet still yielded a strong association, so I am guessing that there actually is a real cognitive benefit to having cataract surgery. The idea that the brain is getting better input with improved vision seems like a reasonable explanation.
Probably another junk study in a long line of junk studies which will never be replicated.
Well there goes my blue light blocking glasses!
When you are looking for something you often find it even if it is not there.
“Innovative research like Dr. Lee’s is helping to uncover how age-related changes in our senses contribute to dementia,”.
He was looking for sensory related items. What he found maybe related to something else. This articles does not state if they tested for influence of the occurrence of cataract and dementia. A gene or something for cataracts may help prevent dementia.
“Cataract Surgery Linked With 30% Lower Risk of Dementia
so, does that mean if you get BOTH eyes done than the risk is lowered by 60%?
Every year corn growns 8' tall, a civil war occurs somwhere in the world. /s/
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