Cataract News

If you are having difficulty seeing well enough for daily tasks, such as reading, watching television and driving at night, you might have a cataract.

BIRDS of prey are renowned for their incredible powers of sight. Now Enzo the Falcon has reclaimed that gift after yesterday becoming the first bird in the region to have a cataract operation.

Fans of two-time Academy Award winning actress Olivia de Havilland delight in seeing her on the screen in such film classics as The Heiress, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Gone with the Wind.

A surgical procedure hailed as the biggest breakthrough in eye surgery for 60 years has been carried out at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital.

VETS will perform a cataract operation on a bird of prey for the first time in the South West next week.

The corrective procedures are considered elective, but living with carpal tunnel syndrome, hernias or cataracts can severely affect a patient's ability to work.

There are no treatments for reversing or halting cataract, a disease of the structural proteins in the eye lens, that has associations with other age-related degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

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It's a big day for patients like Betty Carr. She hasn't been able to see clearly out her left eye for six months.

The first artificial lens implant to treat cataracts was carried out in London just over 60 years ago.

People who have to wear glasses in middle or old age could have their eyesight restored or even obtain "supervision" with the latest eye implants, a British surgeon says.

Surgeons have managed to work on a new kind of artifical lens that can be implanted into the eyes using a standard procedure for cataracts, where these new artifical lens will offer high definition capability as they can be fine-tuned for focus a few days after the operation.

Here's a Thanksgiving-themed pet story: A Rehoboth, Mass., woman is looking for donations to help pay for cataract surgery for her pet turkey, Jerry.

Lyndsey Medeiros knows she's asking a lot with her Craigslist posting seeking money to help pay for cataract surgery for Jerry the Turkey -- particularly this week, as most people are preparing to eat a pretty large turkey meal on Thursday.

For the last decade, Ruby Mason's vision has slowly gotten worse because of cataracts.

For 17 years, Dr. Robert Lehmann has devoted a day to patients who struggle to see but can't afford the cataract surgery they desperately need.

It's hard for many people to look at a turkey, especially at this time of year, as anything but dinner.

A Hawaiian Monk Seal that was recently recaptured will go to California for eye surgery.

When a cataract is removed, ita s common practice to keep intact within the eye a membrane called the posterior capsule.

Winnie Landry loves to read, but for the past two years, she hasn't been able to read a book, work on a computer or drive a car - because a thick cataract developed in her left eye.