Harvard Health Blog Can an eye exam reveal Alzheimer’s risk? POSTED JUNE 07, 2019, 6:30 AM Kelly Bilodeau, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch Looking for clues about the health of your brain? You might want to pay a visit to your eye doctor. Research increasingly links common eye conditions — glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy — to risk for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Learn more »

Get your copy of The Aging Eye As the eyes age, problems with vision become more common. The Aging Eye: Preventing and treating eye disease explains how to recognize the risk factors and symptoms of specific eye diseases — cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy — and what steps you can take to prevent or treat them before your vision deteriorates.

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