Multifocal Lens Helps Cataract Patients

Patients with cataracts who underwent multifocal intraocular lens implantation showed significant »more...

FAQs on Cataracts

Find the answers to your frequently asked questions about cataracts. »more...

How to Prevent Cataracts

No one knows for sure why the eye´s lens changes as we age, forming cataracts. Researchers are gradually identifying factors that may cause cataracts, and information that may help us to prevent them. »more...

What You Should Know about Cataract Surgery

Cataracts cannot be removed with a laser, only through a surgical incision. In cataract surgery, the cloudy lens is removed from the eye. In most cases, the focusing power of the natural lens is restored by replacing it with a permanent intraocular lens implant, or IOL. »more...

What You Should Know about Cataract Surgery

Ways to Prevent Cataracts

No one understands exactly why the eye´s lens changes as we age, but it does. The lens becomes clouded, and by age 75, nearly everyone has this cloudiness, or cataracts, in the lenses of their eyes. »more...

Direct Sunlight Exposure Found to be Associated with Developing Cataracts

Exposure to direct sunlight, especially during the middle of the day, has shown to play a role inincreasing the risk of cataract formation. »more...

What Are Cataracts?

Cataract is a clouding of the lens inside the eye that prevents light rays from passing through the lens and focusing on the retina (the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye). In most cases, cataracts are caused by aging. About half of Americans ages 65 to 75 have some degree of cataract development. »more...