This outpatient procedure is a safe and effective way to improve your vision—and many patients say it’s life-changing.

For those who would like to avoid glasses or contacts, there are several replacement intraocular lens options. And, based on my personal experience (I have had cataract surgery on both eyes), the ...

The benefits of lens replacement surgery are knowing you won’t develop cataracts in old age, the fact that it can treat strong prescriptions, and can be a permanent solution to a range of vision ...

The Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for patients in need of cataract surgery and the insertion ...

The development of cataracts is primarily associated with aging and oxidative stress, which can lead to the clouding of the lens in the eye. Recent research has focused on understanding the ...

[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 ...

Cataract surgery is one of the most successful medical procedures performed today, with over 95% of patients experiencing ...

Luo, Y.N., Lu, J., Liang, G.H. and Ma, W.H. (2025) Long-Term Opacity of Intraocular Lens after Cataract Surgery in 1 Case. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 13, 206-214. doi: ...

It’s a common condition in older adults. With a cataract, your lens becomes cloudy. Your vision gets hazy, and it feels like you’re looking though a smudged window. There’s no way to prevent ...

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye. Cataracts typically grow slowly, causing decreased vision and also glare at night. While cataracts can affect people of all ages, they primarily affect ...