Most people have a relative, friend or neighbor who has had to deal with a cataract. Nearly 24.5 million Americans age 40 or older are affected by cataracts, and it’s the leading cause of blindness ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Cheryl Henry remembers putting on her first pair of glasses in second grade and getting a whole new view of her family’s Iowa farm. “Mom,” she recalls saying, “did you know you can ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There is new hope for millions of cataract sufferers around the country. A new, FDA-approved lens implant offers near, intermediate and distance focus for patients who undergo ...

Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens of the eye. They are common as you age. According to the National Eye Institute, more than half of adults in the United States over the age of 80 have cataracts ...

The thought of chunking out eye glasses and contact lenses has more people willing to go under the knife. Even degenerative conditions, like cataracts, can be wiped out thanks to lens implants.

A retrospective case-note review was undertaken of patients under 8 years old who underwent cataract surgery with primary lens implantation in a regional referral centre for paediatric ophthalmology, ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Lens implants are used to treat patients with cataracts, but most lenses only focus on specific vision issues, like nearsightedness or farsightedness. In this Healthcast, we ...

Cheryl Henry of Omaha this month became the first person in Nebraska to receive a new type of lens implant that improves vision at all distances. Here, Kugler and Henry at a lens implant follow-up ...

Cataract surgery remains one of the most frequently performed ophthalmic procedures worldwide, with continual refinements in surgical methods and intraocular lens (IOL) technology contributing to ...

There was a time when the very idea of cataract surgery was a scary and alarming prospect. After all, most people are fairly sensitive about their eyes, and having even the most skilled physicians ...

Support local journalism. An unlimited digital subscription to floridatoday.com is just $1 for 6 months. Click here and subscribe today. A cataract develops when the natural lens inside the eye ...

Cataract surgery in the highly myopic patient, typically defined by an axial length greater than 26 mm, represents one of the most demanding scenarios in refractive cataract surgery.While these ...