In an exciting breakthrough for eye health, Barnet Dulaney Perkins, a leader in ophthalmic innovation, uses an advanced ...

With millions of Americans having undergone LASIK vision correction in the past three decades, a growing number are now approaching the age where cataract surgery becomes a consideration. Porter ...

The conversation included these specialists in cataract and refractive surgery: Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of patients successfully received cataract surgery in a doctor's office after taking sedative pills, as opposed to ...

• 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 ...

Most people have a relative, friend or neighbor who has had to deal with a cataract. Nearly 24.5 million Americans age 40 or older are affected by cataracts, and it’s the leading cause of blindness ...

SEATTLE — About one-half of all Americans will develop cataracts by age 75, and cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgical procedure. “Everyone who lives past the age of 40, that ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There are nearly 25-million Americans with cloudy lenses in their eyes called cataracts. Cataract surgery is very successful and now, it's gotten even better. As CBS2's Dr. Max ...

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 ...

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, ...