If you're thinking about getting cataract surgery, here's what a renowned ophthalmologist says you should know.

Good news is, Medicare does cover necessary cataract surgery including the removal of the cataract and the addition of a ...

A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens. The lens is a structure tucked deep inside the eye that helps us focus our vision on objects near and far. Natural lenses start out clear when we're ...

In most cases the manual small incision cataract surgery is done. There has been advances in surgical techniques, such as phacoemulsification surgery. Removing the lens entails that the eye is not ...

Researchers have reviewed strategies to increase glutathione levels in the eye lens, focusing on endogenous molecular ...

so surgery was restricted to so-called ripe lenses: cataracts so hardened that they would not break into pieces as they were being removed. This limited the surgery to only the most advanced ...

Occasionally, the eye tissue that encapsulates the IOL can cloud the new lens — a condition that is called after-cataract, which can develop months or even years after the surgery. This normally ...

Cataract removal is one of the oldest and most common surgeries in the world. A surgeon makes small incisions in the eye, sucks out the cloudy lens and replaces it with an artificial lens implant.

As the NEI explained, "a cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of your eye [the clear part of the eye that helps to focus light]. This can make your vision cloudy." Right now, surgery is a ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have identified a protein, known as RNF114, that reverses cataracts, a clouding of the eye's lens that occurs ...