The Post, May 15, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Impaired near-range vision may speed older adults' rate of mental decline as they age, study findings suggest. Researchers at UTMB found that among more than 2,000 elderly Mexican Americans, those with significant impairments in their near vision tended to show a steeper decline in mental functioning over 7 years. The article quotes Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, the study's lead author.