A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of your eye. Most cataracts are age-related — they happen because of normal changes in your eyes as you get older. But you can get cataracts for other reasons, ...

Cataracts can drastically affect the way a person sees the world. And little did some of us know some signs and symptoms can allude to you having cataracts. There are also multiple types of cataracts.

A questionnaire was an adequate measurement of vision in cataract patients when reviewed with Rasch analysis, a study found. The study examined the 12-item Cataract TyPE Specification questionnaire, ...

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

The use of statins is linked with a lower incidence of nuclear cataract, the most common type of age-related cataract, according to a study in the June 21 issue of JAMA. Statins are widely used to ...

Pseudophakia is a very common, highly successful outpatient procedure performed under local anesthetic. Complications are ...

Cataract, a loss of the normal transparency of the crystalline lens due to an opacity (lens opacity or crystalline opacity), is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. [1,2] Hence, ...

Cataracts are one of the most common forms of vision impairment, and unfortunately surgery is the only real treatment. But the clouds may be parting on a new drug treatment, improving the vision of ...

Improved Vision From Cataract Surgery Appears to Aid Survival Statin use, which is substantially higher in patients with type 2 diabetes, correlates with an increased risk of age-related (AR) ...

The databases included PubMed, Embase and SpringerLink and the studies had to be published before November 2013. Only the articles written in English were screened. The key words were consisted of ...