It stands to reason that better vision could help people lower their risk of falling and breaking a hip. That’s what a new study of more than a million Medicare patients found: those who had surgery ...

When my grandmother was first diagnosed with cataracts, she did not realize it was a problem until she had to stop driving at night because of the halos she saw around headlights and streetlights.

To assess the long-term outcomes from cataract surgery on self-rated health, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a population-based older sample. Positive cataract surgery outcome is ...

Blurred vision is normal for a few days after surgery. However, several factors may cause ongoing blurriness that could require medical treatment, such as retinal detachment. A cataract is a cloudy ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. It also marks part one of ...

Cataracts are an incredibly common condition that creates a cloudy area on the lens of the eye. As a result, your vision may be blurry or unclear, and colors may seem less bright or hazy and faded.

An expert MD reveals clear insights into cataract surgery, spotlighting the breakthroughs in treatment: "We live in a time of ...

Many people associate cataracts with ageing alone, but seasonal changes can significantly influence how cataract symptoms are perceived. Ophthalmologists note that winter often makes existing vision ...

Cataracts are opaque or cloudy regions of the (normally clear) lens of the eye. Overall, about 24.4 million people in the United States are affected by cataracts, making this the most common cause of ...

A cataract develops when the lens of your eye, which is normally transparent, becomes clouded. This happens when proteins in the lens clump together, rather than staying evenly distributed. From there ...