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Report outlines vision problems in the USA

Washington, DC-More Americans than ever are facing the threat of blindness from age-related eye disease, a new report says. More than 1 million Americans aged 40 and over are currently blind and an additional 2.4 million are visually impaired. These numbers are expected to double over the next 30 years as the baby boomer generation ages.

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