How do cataracts affect your vision? Vision changes are a common side effect of growing older. As your eye ages, your vision may worsen as the lens loses convexity, or the ability to relax, which is ...

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 ...

Cataracts are an incredibly common condition that creates a cloudy area on the lens of the eye. As a result, your vision may be blurry or unclear, and colors may seem less bright or hazy and faded.

Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in South Africa, responsible for about 50% of blindness. It is primarily a disease affecting elderly people. In older people, cataracts are so common that ...

In earlier years I had the unique opportunity to work in blindness prevention programs worldwide with an international non-governmental organization, Project ORBIS, Inc., which was in its formative ...

Notice things seem a little blurrier lately? While some degree of vision change over the years is normal, there are many things you can do to ward off more serious eye troubles like cataracts, ...

Your grandmother squints at her crossword puzzle, holding it at arm’s length. Your father stops driving at night, claiming the headlights are “too bright these days.” These aren’t just signs of ...

A new treatment could pave the way for cataracts to be treated with drugs instead of surgery, research suggests. Cataracts are cloudy patches on the lens of the eye, which leads to misty vision and ...