Vision Loss Increasing in U.S. as Diabetes Rates Rise

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The number of Americans with vision loss not correctable by glasses is rising, caused in part by increasing diabetes rates, a study found.

The rate of non-refractive visual impairment jumped 21 percent in 2005-2008 from 1999-2002, according to research today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.