Ronald Klein

TL;DR: Cataract surgery in this population was associated with a significant improvement in visual acuity and it is appropriate to evaluateVisual acuity, cataract, and visual needs in planning for eye care in aging populations.

TL;DR: In this sample of middle-aged adults, new retinal microvascular lesions appeared at a rate between 2% and 4% over 10 years, and a high percentage of lesions disappeared over the same period, suggesting considerable remodeling in theretinal microvasculature.

TL;DR: Most disagreements occurred in eyes rated near the milder end of a category and/or resulted from small differences between the ophthalmoscopic and photographic definitions used in classifying severity, and there were reasonably few disagreements of possible clinical significance.

TL;DR: The data suggest that residual endogenous insulin secretion is associated with the presence of diabetic retinopathy and its severity in Latinos with familial type 2 diabetes, and it remains to be proven whether beta-cell targeted therapies, to maintain beta- cell mass and/or function in addition to glycemic control, will further the goal of preventing diabetic microvascular disease.

TL;DR: To measure odor detection thresholds and associated nasal and behavioral factors in an older adult population, data are collected on sniffing dogs, sniffing sticks, and other sniffing apparatus used in the United States.