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September is Healthy Aging Month!

While older adults are at higher risk for eye diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD), getting older does not have to mean losing your vision. That’s why it’s important to spread the word about ways to prevent vision loss in older adults and support healthy aging.

This Healthy Aging Month, join the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) to help raise awareness about eye health and aging! Let people in your community know how they can protect their vision as they get older.

Find health education materials related to vision and aging

NEI Research News

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U. Minnesota researchers discover potential new pathway to prevent age-related macular degeneration

The team identified small molecules that can reduce the production of proteins linked to age-related macular degeneration.
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The latest mpox outbreak and its threat to vision

NIH-funded investigators break down what is known about the virus' effect on the eye and management of ocular infections

Brain wiring is guided by activity even in very early development

Researchers have identified how brain cells begin to coalesce into a wired network in early development before experience has a chance to shape the brain.

Funding for Vision Research

NEI funds more than 1,500 research and training grants to vision scientists across the country and around the world.

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