Researchers outline numerous benefits of outfitting recipients of cataract surgery with blue-light filtering artificial intraocular lenses (BLF IOLs), as opposed to non-BLF lenses, in a Clinical ...

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 ...

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 ...

A cataract is the natural ageing process of the crystalline lens inside the eye. As the years pass, this lens progressively ...

The lens of the eye is mainly composed of water and proteins. But as we age, these proteins may begin to clump together and cloud the lens, causing a cataract. Cataracts are very common, affecting ...

SIOUX CITY -- Two years ago, Mark Brewer received the Tecnis Symfony intraocular lens, the first intraocular lens to provides cataract patients with an extended depth-of-focus, at Jones Eye Clinic. At ...

According to HealthinAging.org, 20 percent of people 65 and older and 50 percent of 75-year-olds have a cataract. And most of that 50 percent are enrolled in Medicare. But what does the ...

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Morgan Micheletti, MD, left, and Lilliana Werner, MD, PhD, display some of the IOLs from space at the Moran Eye Center. In a first-of-its-kind project, Micheletti partnered with a NASA and Space ...

As we age, our eyesight can change, including our ability to see things clearly both up close and at a distance. For many of us, this is when the idea of having multiple prescriptions and spectacles ...