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, ...

The American Academy of Ophthalmology said cataracts affect nearly 25 million people over 40. Three to four million of them have surgery to fix the clouded, dim vision cataracts cause every year. Now, ...

Certain age-related cataracts may indicate a general functional decline in elderly patients independent of visual acuity and several other comorbidities, according to new findings from the Beaver Dam ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cataract is a major cause of blindness worldwide, and it largely results from occurrence of diabetes. The present meta-analysis with a substantial number of subjects (20837 subjects) indicated the ...