Real-Life Vision Test (RLVT) is a newly developed performance-based measures of functional vision. This present study is designed to determine whether it could be a meaningful assessment for cataract ...

These numbers indicate the increasing strain on the healthcare system as a larger percentage of the population become Medicare beneficiaries in the coming years. Cataract surgery is the most common ...

A revolutionary new treatment for cataracts has shown extremely positive results in laboratory tests, giving hope that the condition, which currently can only be cured with surgery, could soon be ...

Smartphones already have been used to help dress wounds in a disaster situation, remotely diagnose and self-diagnose acute appendicitis, detect melanoma, pinpoint outbreaks of malaria, substitute for ...

Millions of older people are getting tests they don’t need to prove they are healthy enough to have cataracts removed, a new study finds. The excess testing before this quick, ultra-safe eye procedure ...

More than half of all Medicare patients who have cataract surgery undergo unnecessary routine preoperative testing, despite strong evidence that these tests are usually not beneficial and increase ...

UCLA researchers found that eliminating routine but unnecessary procedures before people undergo cataract surgery has the potential to save costs and resources for hospitals serving lower-income ...

Usually people notice a number of these things, although some symptoms may be more pronounced than others and noticed only in certain types of light. Pain or discomfort Cataracts do not cause symptoms ...

New research uses an improved laboratory model to simulate cataract surgery on human donor eyes. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with Hoya Surgical Optics have improved a ...

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