The Conversation reports cataract surgery is safe and common, with over 90% achieving 20/20 vision, but patients need to understand various aspects before the procedure.

Blurred vision is normal for a few days after surgery. However, several factors may cause ongoing blurriness that could require medical treatment, such as retinal detachment. A cataract is a cloudy ...

Not long ago, standard cataract surgery was almost always followed by a glasses fitting. Once cloudy lenses were replaced, patients still needed their blurry vision corrected. Thanks to the ...

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.

Many people associate cataracts with ageing alone, but seasonal changes can significantly influence how cataract symptoms are perceived. Ophthalmologists note that winter often makes existing vision ...

A cataract develops when the lens of your eye, which is normally transparent, becomes clouded. This happens when proteins in the lens clump together, rather than staying evenly distributed. From there ...

Cataracts remain one of the world’s leading causes of vision loss, touching nearly every family at some point. Even when surgery restores sight, the relief does not always last. Many patients develop ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. It also marks part one of ...

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 ...