“Cataracts is like birthdays. Everybody gets it if you live long enough,” Ogoke says, adding that she tends to see people in ...

21. I recently had cataract operations (both eyes) at a private clinic. I was told there were different lenses available, including a lens that OHIP would pay for. I had astigmatism which the OHIP ...

Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens of the eye and are common as people age. More than half of adults in the United States over the age of 80 have cataracts or have had surgery to correct them ...

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Surgically implanting lenses in the eyes of infants born with cataracts might increase the rate of surgical complications, said a Baylor College of Medicine eye specialist who took part in a study ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract (cloudy eye lens) blocks light from reaching the retina, which helps ...

Cataracts are a clouding of the lens inside your eye — a lens that is typically clear when we are born. "This results in trouble focusing light and seeing clearly," says Dr. Purnima Patel ...

[12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which could only be performed when the lens had become completely opaque, rigid, and heavy to the point that the ...