Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cataract surgery removes the clouded lens of the eye and replaces it with a new, clear lens. Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images ...

An expert MD reveals clear insights into cataract surgery, spotlighting the breakthroughs in treatment: "We live in a time of miracle and wonder." Cataracts are a common eye condition that affects ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There is new hope for millions of cataract sufferers around the country. A new, FDA-approved lens implant offers near, intermediate and distance focus for patients who undergo ...

Dear Dr. Roach: When should a person have cataract surgery, and can you ever have them removed? I am concerned, as I am a 65-year-old male with cataracts. Can glasses be prescribed so I never need ...

Medicare’s recent approvals of two state-of-the-art lenses for cataract treatment have Northeast Ohio ophthalmologists and patients taking a fresh look at cataract surgery. Under two separate rulings, ...

Last month, Louis D. “Skip” Nichamin, MD, described a comprehensive approach to astigmatism management for refractive lens exchange patients. The mainstay of the approach is limbal astigmatic ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a candidate for cataract surgery. When discussing this with my doctor, he mentioned that there are new lenses that can be used, which make it possible to correct my vision to ...

John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS: Today we are speaking with Dr. George Beiko, who is in private practice in St. Catharines in Ontario. Dr. Beiko, thanks for joining us. George Beiko, BM, BCh, FRCSC: ...

Bausch + Lomb has recalled lenses used during cataract surgery due to complications when the lenses are used, according to an announcement from the Canada-based eyecare company posted on the U.S. Food ...

• By age 80, over half of all Americans have cataracts. • Close to 4 million cataract surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. • Over 90% of patients have 20/20 vision with glasses after ...