Cataract News and Research

Latest Cataract News and Research

Cataract surgery safe and very common

Here's an eye-opening statistic from the July issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource: By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery.

4 Jul 2007

Radically different approach to nuclear magnetic resonance

Detecting the molecular structure of a tiny protein using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) currently requires two things: a million-dollar machine the size of a massive SUV, and a large sample of the protein under study.

16 May 2007

People with diabetes need more than sunglasses to protect their eyes

The crack of the bat on Opening Day at Fenway Park is a sure sign that summer is on its way.

10 May 2007

Nutritional benefits of egg consumption

Nine studies presented at the Experimental Biology 2007 meeting support the growing body of research on the nutritional benefits of egg consumption, including its promotion of weight loss and its role in providing choline, an essential nutrient often lacking in the diet that promotes brain and memory development and function.

4 May 2007

Ellex Medical Lasers gains FDA approval for laser slit lamp

Ellex Medical Lasers has announced today that it has gained US FDA 510(k) approval to market the new Ellex 30XL laser slit lamp, which will be featured at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) beginning April 27th, 2007 in San Diego, CA.

24 Apr 2007

Wait times for cataract surgery and quality of life

When does the wait time for cataract surgery cross over from being inconvenient to affecting health and quality of life, Dr. William Hodge and colleagues report on their systematic review of studies that assessed the relation between wait times for cataract surgery and patient outcomes.

24 Apr 2007

World through artists' eyes

Michael Marmor, MD, wanted to know what it was like to see through the eyes of an artist. Literally.

11 Apr 2007

One donor cornea may be divided and transplanted into multiple patients with eye disease

Recent developments have allowed ophthalmologic surgeons to move from transplanting the entire cornea in every patient to more focused operations that involve removing and replacing only the diseased or damaged portion of the cornea.

10 Apr 2007

Stanford student is visionary behind global fight againts blindness

Six years ago, as a 19-year-old college sophomore, Jennifer Staple decided to battle preventable blindness so she started the nonprofit "Unite for Sight" with a staff of one: herself.

27 Feb 2007

Watercress shows anti-cancer potential

Eating watercress daily can significantly reduce DNA damage to blood cells, which is considered to be an important trigger in the development of cancer, University of Ulster scientists revealed.

18 Feb 2007

Wearing sunscreen at all times could starve the body of vitamins

Professor Mary Norval and a team from the University of Edinburgh Medical School have studied recent research into effects of the UV light on human health - and the positive and negative implications of ozone depletion.

13 Feb 2007

Whoever said people were much the same was wrong!

An international research team have come up with a new genetic map which could demand a fundamental shift in how we think genes work.

22 Nov 2006

New study to evaluate whether nutrient-based factors slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration

UT Southwestern Medical Center is participating in a nationwide study investigating whether modified combinations of vitamins, minerals and fish oil products can slow the progression of vision loss from age-related macular degeneration.

24 Oct 2006

Simple sight test and glasses could make a dramatic difference to the lives of more than 150 million people

Children fail at school, adults are unable to work and families are pushed into poverty as a result of uncorrected visual impairment.

11 Oct 2006

Going deaf and blind happens simultaneously in old age

According to Australian scientists, vision and hearing loss happens almost simultaneously in older people.

11 Oct 2006

Ophthalmologists improve LASIK

Ophthalmologists have developed a formula that slashes by nearly two-thirds the likelihood that patients will need repeat visits to an eye surgeon to adjust their vision after their initial LASIK visit. That's because the formula makes it more likely that surgeons will get it right the first time.

20 Sep 2006