http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Cataract-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:52:02 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/ontario-eye-surgeons-charge-differently-for-use-of-special-lenses-in-cataract-surgeries-100611-1.htm Ophthalmologists in Ontario do not have a fixed charge for using an additional lens in cataract surgeries, a new study has found. While universal insurance covers the cost of cataract surgery and implanting an artificial lens, some ophthalmologists charge extra for implanting a special lens deemed not "medically necessary" or for related tests. This would include lenses that correct refractive issues such as farsightedness. Those "add-on" fees varied substantially, with some ophthalmologists ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/ontario-eye-surgeons-charge-differently-for-use-of-special-lenses-in-cataract-surgeries-100611-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/video-games-enhance-vision-in-people-with-cataract-97617-1.htm A new study has found that people born with cataract can benefit from playing video games. Surgery and contact lenses do not always work and people experience visual difficulties into adulthood. However, some of these effects can be reversed if the individual follows a short course of 'game therapy', the Daily Mail reported. Psychologist Daphne Maurer during his research tried to find out how vision develops in individuals born with cataracts in both eyes. "After playing an action video ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/video-games-enhance-vision-in-people-with-cataract-97617-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Can-Improve-Cognitive-Ability-In-Alzheimers-Patients-92842-1.htm Cataract surgery can improve cognitive ability in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease, it has been found. Researchers at Tenon Hospital, Paris, France, say that patients whose vision improved after cataract surgery also showed improvement in cognitive ability, mood, sleep patterns and other behaviors. Lead researcher Brigitte Girard, MD, will discuss her team's results today at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2011 Annual Meeting. This is the first study to specifically assess whether ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Can-Improve-Cognitive-Ability-In-Alzheimers-Patients-92842-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Improves-Mood-Cognition-and-Sleep-Patterns-in-Alzheimers-Patients-92582-1.htm Patients with mild Alzheimer's disease whose vision improved after cataract surgery also had improvement in cognitive ability, mood and sleep patterns. These are the findings of a new study by researchers at Tenon Hospital, Paris, France. Lead researcher Brigitte Girard, MD, will discuss her team's results today at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2011 Annual Meeting. This is the first study to specifically assess whether cataract surgery could benefit Alzheimer's patients, although ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Improves-Mood-Cognition-and-Sleep-Patterns-in-Alzheimers-Patients-92582-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Could-be-Revolutionized-Lasers-Precision-and-Simplicity-92453-1.htm Evidence that a new approach to cataract surgery may be safer and more efficient than today's standard procedure has been strengthened by two new studies. The new approach, using a special femtosecond laser, is FDA-approved, but not yet widely available in the United States. It's one of the hottest topics this week at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Research reported today by William W. Culbertson, MD, of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Could-be-Revolutionized-Lasers-Precision-and-Simplicity-92453-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Patients-Lose-Vision-After-Surgery-at-Government-Health-Camp-in-Chhattisgarh-91957-1.htm A government health camp in Chhattisgarh has run into trouble after 12 of the 395 cataract patients lost their eye sight after undergoing surgery at the camp. The Directorate of Health Services has ordered an inquiry into the incident while the Durg district collector, Reena Kangale admitted that negligence did occur at the health camp. The patients underwent minor cataract surgeries at the Macchera hospital in Raipur with all the 12 patients who lost their eye sight coming from Balod area of Durg....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Patients-Lose-Vision-After-Surgery-at-Government-Health-Camp-in-Chhattisgarh-91957-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Wonder-Drug-Claimed-to-Prevent-Blindness-Among-Cataract-Patients-91956-1.htm A new drug developed by Australian and New Zealand researchers, who claim that it can prevent blindness among cataract patients, will now be tested on humans after animal testing showed that it slowed down the progression of the disease so much that it eliminates the need of surgery. The drug has been developed by researchers at University of Adelaide and University of Canterbury. The drug works by inhibiting a protein known as calpain which was found to play an important role in the growth of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Wonder-Drug-Claimed-to-Prevent-Blindness-Among-Cataract-Patients-91956-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-Vitamin-C-Levels-Linked-to-Cataract-Formation-87762-1.htm A new study published in the journal Ophthalmology suggests that low levels of vitamin C can increase the risk of cataracts especially among people living in lower income countries. The study, conducted by a group of Indian researchers, tested more than 5,600 elderly over 60 years of age for cataracts and also questioned them regarding their diet and the level of vitamin C in their blood. While over 73 percent of the elderly were found to suffer from cataracts, the researchers found that the number ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-Vitamin-C-Levels-Linked-to-Cataract-Formation-87762-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Smart-Phone-Doubles-Up-as-an-Eye-Specialist-to-Detect-Cataract-87390-1.htm The Camera Culture group of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an innovative software for the smartphone which is capable of detecting cataract. This whole procedure which hardly takes anytime works with a clip-on device and specially developed software."The new device system basically works as radar for the human eye. Just as beam of weather radar sweeps across the sky to detect clouds, it sweeps a beam of light across the eye to detect the cloudy ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Smart-Phone-Doubles-Up-as-an-Eye-Specialist-to-Detect-Cataract-87390-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Effectiveness-of-Chinese-Drug-for-Cataracts-Supported-by-New-Tests-79494-1.htm Scientists have said that a widely used non-prescription drug in China and certain other countries can prevent and treat cataracts. In the study, Tzu-Hua Wu, Fu-Yung Huang, Shih-Hsiung Wu and colleagues note that eye drops containing pirenoxine, or PRX, have been reputed as a cataract remedy for almost 60 years. Currently, the only treatment for cataracts in Western medicine is surgical replacement of the lens, the clear disc-like structure inside the eye that focuses light onto the nerve tissue in the back of the eye....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Effectiveness-of-Chinese-Drug-for-Cataracts-Supported-by-New-Tests-79494-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Removal-of-Hard-Cataract-No-More-a-Challenging-Task-78274-1.htm During a live surgical workshop on 'Phacoemulsification and Lasik', ophthalmologists of AIIMS, Dr. J.S.Titiyal and Dr. Rajesh Sinha have demonstrated that removal of tough, dense and hard cataracts are no more a challenging task for the eye surgeons. This surgery which was performed with the help of Ozil Torsional Phaco has no repulsion of lens matter. This improves the lens removal efficiency. "There is more effective phacoemulsification, better fluidicas and increased safety in the technique....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Removal-of-Hard-Cataract-No-More-a-Challenging-Task-78274-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Improves-With-Catalys-Precision-Laser-System-76867-1.htm A clinical study of the Catalys Precision Laser System developed by OptiMedica Corp. has shown that it can help achieve precision in the critical procedures of a cataract surgery. The results of the study were published in the peer-reviewed journal IScience Translational Medicine/I ("Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery with Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography," Volume 2, Issue 58, November 17, 2010). "These study results clearly indicate that a femtosecond laser with integrated ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Improves-With-Catalys-Precision-Laser-System-76867-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamins-E-and-C-Supplements-Do-Not-Reduce-Risk-of-Age-related-Cataract-76585-1.htm Regular use of the vitamins E and C, a new study has revealed, has little or no effect on age-related cataract in men. William G. Christen from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues studied 11,545 apparently healthy male physicians 50 years and older. There were 579 cataracts in the vitamin E treatment group and 595 cataracts in the placebo group. Analyses of the effects of vitamin E on cataract subtypes indicated no significant effects of the treatment ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamins-E-and-C-Supplements-Do-Not-Reduce-Risk-of-Age-related-Cataract-76585-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Can-Bring-Down-Road-Accidents-Too-75630-1.htm Cataract surgery does not merely improve the vision and quality of life for the elderly, it can also reduce the number of car crashes. There's no question that good vision is essential to avoiding auto crashes. But what's the actual impact of a common, vision-improving treatment like cataract removal on crash rates? And is it significant enough that health systems should make sure people don't wait months between cataract diagnosis and surgery? To answer these questions researcher Jonathon Ng, MD, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-Can-Bring-Down-Road-Accidents-Too-75630-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Key-Nutrient-Holds-Cure-for-Cataracts-74769-1.htm The role of a key nutrient which prevents cataracts in salmon has been revealed by eye specialists at the University of East Anglia. Research published today in the IAmerican Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology/I shows how the nutrient histidine, when added to the diet of farmed salmon, stops cataracts (clouding of the lens in the eye) from forming. Following fears over BSE in the early 1990s, blood meal was removed from the diet of farmed salmon....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Key-Nutrient-Holds-Cure-for-Cataracts-74769-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Antidepressants-Raises-Cataract-Risk-in-Elderly-69603-1.htm Older adults who take SSRI antidepressants may be more likely to develop cataracts, says a study. The study has been published in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The study, led by Mahyar Etminan, PharmD, of Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Canada, assessed data for nearly 19,000 people age 65 or older, all of whom also had cardiovascular disease. Their records were compared to about 190,000 controls. The ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Antidepressants-Raises-Cataract-Risk-in-Elderly-69603-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Contact-Lenses-are-a-Better-Option-for-Babies-With-Cataracts-68870-1.htm Contact lenses are a better option than surgical lens replacement therapy in babies with congenital cataract, according to a recent insight. Researchers said that surgical lens replacement appears to cause more complications while achieving the same treatment benefit as treatment with contact lenses. Since the 1970s, contact lenses have been the standard way of treating aphakia (surgical lens removal to treat cataract), they said. "Their use during infancy, however, can be challenging ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Contact-Lenses-are-a-Better-Option-for-Babies-With-Cataracts-68870-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Caffeine-may-Prevent-Cataract-Formation-Study-68587-1.htm Caffeine may provide the lens protection against damage that could lead to the formation of cataracts, according to a new study. The study has been presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD hypothesized that caffeine may inhibit the intraocular generation of reactive oxygen species in the lens and consequent damage to the tissue. The team studied the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Caffeine-may-Prevent-Cataract-Formation-Study-68587-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Finds-Medicaid-Patients-55-Times-More-Likely-to-Get-Cataract-Surgery-Than-VA-Patients-66605-1.htm A new study has shown that patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were more than 550 percent more likely to have routine cataract surgery than those who received their care from the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a strong indication that the frequency of cataract surgery may be responsive to financial incentives to either or both the medical facility and the physicians who perform the procedure. These findings from a large eight-year study are reported in the March ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Finds-Medicaid-Patients-55-Times-More-Likely-to-Get-Cataract-Surgery-Than-VA-Patients-66605-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Higher-Risk-of-Cataracts-Linked-to-Anti-depressants-66178-1.htm Some anti-depressant drugs are associated with with an increased risk of developing cataracts, has been found jointly by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and McGill University. The study, based on a database of more than 200,000 Quebec residents aged 65 and older, showed statistical relationships between a diagnosis of cataracts or cataract surgery and the class of drugs called selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), as ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Higher-Risk-of-Cataracts-Linked-to-Anti-depressants-66178-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Statins-Could-Prevent-Cataract-63656-1.htm Statins could cut the chances of developing cataracts by nearly 40 per cent, Israeli researchers say. In recent years, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that statins may have anti-inflammatory effects; consequently, it was hypothesized that statins may have a preventive effect against cataract, they noted. Their study was carried out on a retrospective cohort of 180,291 new statin users in a large health organization in Israel. Study participants were followed between 1998 and 2007 for incident cataract or cataract extraction....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Statins-Could-Prevent-Cataract-63656-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Age-Related-Macular-Degeneration-Not-Worsened-by-Cataract-Surgery-60713-1.htm A new study has said that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) does not appear to progress at a higher rate in people who have undergone cataract surgery. The finding defies previous reports that treating one cause of vision loss worsens the other. "Because both conditions are strongly age-related, many individuals with cataract also have AMD. There has been a long-standing controversy among clinicians as to whether cataract surgery is contraindicated in eyes with non-neovascular AMD....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Age-Related-Macular-Degeneration-Not-Worsened-by-Cataract-Surgery-60713-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-may-Benefit-AMD-Patients-at-All-Stages-60176-1.htm A national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at all stages of the disease, a clinical trial showing that the steroid triamcinolone may be effective in advanced diabetic macular edema (DME) patients when standard treatment fails, and the public's use of two Academy-sponsored online eye health forums are some of the highlights in this month's IOphthalmology/I, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy)....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cataract-Surgery-may-Benefit-AMD-Patients-at-All-Stages-60176-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Ophthalmic-Organizations-Issue-Advisory-on-Alpha-blockers-Prior-To-Cataract-Surgery-58572-1.htm The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the AAQ have jointly issued a patient advisory on alpha-blockers, especially on tamsulosin (Flomax; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT). The advisory states that the alpha-adrenergic receptor blocker (tamsulosin), commonly used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is responsible for certain surgical complications. These arise due to intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS). Patients taking tamsulosin are additionally at a 2....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Ophthalmic-Organizations-Issue-Advisory-on-Alpha-blockers-Prior-To-Cataract-Surgery-58572-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Survey-Reveals-Folly-of-Slashing-Medicare-Rebate-for-Cataract-Surgery-58377-1.htm AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that an AMA survey of ophthalmologists highlights why the Government should reverse its Budget decision to halve the Medicare patient rebate for cataract surgery. Dr Pesce said that older Australians would be hit hardest by this callous Budget cut at a stage of life when they are struggling to keep their sight and afford a good quality of life. "The Budget decision was based on poor advice that does not reflect the reality of performing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Survey-Reveals-Folly-of-Slashing-Medicare-Rebate-for-Cataract-Surgery-58377-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/AMA-Conducts-Consultation-With-Doctors-for-Cataract-Surgery-57100-1.htm AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA is surveying more than 500 ophthalmologists nationally to gather the evidence on the contemporary realities of performing cataract surgery in Australia. Dr Pesce said the AMA is doing the grassroots consultation with doctors that the Government failed to do before slashing Medicare patient rebates for cataract surgery in the May Budget. "The Government claims that new technology has made the procedure quicker and cheaper and simpler," Dr Pesce said....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/AMA-Conducts-Consultation-With-Doctors-for-Cataract-Surgery-57100-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cancer-Drug-Improves-Vision-Loss-in-Diabetics-Cataract-Surgery-Patients-55807-1.htm Researchers have found that the cancer drug bevacizumab medication may prove useful in improving vision loss in diabetic patients, as well as in those who have undergone cataract surgery. Use of bevacizumab (Avastin) can benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the major threat to vision in working-age people. In type 2 diabetes patients, retinopathy vision loss most ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cancer-Drug-Improves-Vision-Loss-in-Diabetics-Cataract-Surgery-Patients-55807-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Identify-Gene-Behind-Age-Related-Cataract-55755-1.htm Researchers identify the first gene associated with the formation of age-related cataracts, a leading cause of blindness. Bing-Cheng Wang, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professor of pharmacology and senior staff scientist at MetroHealth Medical Center, and Sudha K. Iyengar, Ph.D. professor of genetic and molecular epidemiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, made the discovery. Their research is part of a large-scale collaborative investigation ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Identify-Gene-Behind-Age-Related-Cataract-55755-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Use-Of-Blood-Pressure-Lowering-Drugs-Boosts-Cataract-Surgery-Risk-55245-1.htm Certain types of drug prescribed to lower blood pressure seem to increase the risk of corrective cataract surgery, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Around a third of the UK population over the age of 65 has a cataract in one or both eyes, and around 300,000 corrective procedures are carried out each year. Cataracts cause blurred vision, and, if left untreated, blindness, because they cloud over the lens at the front of the eye. The lens must be ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Use-Of-Blood-Pressure-Lowering-Drugs-Boosts-Cataract-Surgery-Risk-55245-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Risks-Of-Cataract-Surgery-Complications-Hiked-By-Urination-Difficulty-Drugs-51639-1.htm A study published in the May 20 issue of IJAMA/I has revealed that tamsulosin medication, used to treat male urination difficulties within two weeks of cataract surgery, may be linked to a heightened risk of serious postoperative ophthalmic adverse events such as retinal detachment or lost lens. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH; enlarged prostate) affects nearly 3 of 4 men by the age of 70 years, with symptoms of BPH including urination difficulties. A commonly prescribed medication for ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Risks-Of-Cataract-Surgery-Complications-Hiked-By-Urination-Difficulty-Drugs-51639-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Highlights-Eye-Melanoma-Risk-After-Cataract-Surgery-48212-1.htm Studies published in the March issue of IOphthalmology/I, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, provide new warnings on risks for melanoma of the eye as well as reassurance on infection risks following cataract surgery. BSkin Moles May Indicate Higher Eye Melanoma Risk /BIt is well known that people with light skin and numerous moles and freckles---which develop when skin is over-exposed to UV light--are at higher risk for skin cancer (cutaneous melanoma). But the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Highlights-Eye-Melanoma-Risk-After-Cataract-Surgery-48212-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Space-Research-and-Cataract-Detection-Both-With-Compact-Fibre-optic-Probe-46332-1.htm Cataract detectiona can be made much earlier than before, with significant reduction in incidence of vision loss, using a compact fibre-optic probe that was initially developed in America for a space program. Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, joined hands with their colleagues from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop the simple, safe eye test for measuring a protein related to cataract formation. The ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Space-Research-and-Cataract-Detection-Both-With-Compact-Fibre-optic-Probe-46332-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/People-With-Blindness-From-Cataract-Are-Poorer-Than-Those-With-Normal-Sight-Study-45283-1.htm People who have lost their eyesight because of cataract are more likely to live in poverty than those with normal sight, according to a new study. The study was conducted in three developing countries-Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. According to figures, blindness affects about 45 million people worldwide, and more than a third is caused by cataract. While cataract can be treated with an inexpensive, simple operation, some evidence suggests that lack of money is a major barrier ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/People-With-Blindness-From-Cataract-Are-Poorer-Than-Those-With-Normal-Sight-Study-45283-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Manmohan-Singh-Undergoes-Cataract-Surgery-38057-1.htm Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent a surgery for cataract removal of his left eye, early this morning, at the Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. Singh, 75, underwent an intra-ocular lens implantation after a brief surgical procedure following which he returned home. The doctors informed that he could resume his normal work from Monday. Earlier, on May 25 he underwent surgery for cataract removal in his right eye at ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Manmohan-Singh-Undergoes-Cataract-Surgery-38057-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Indian-Prime-Minister-Undergoes-Cataract-Surgery-37147-1.htm The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, underwent surgery for cataract removal in the right eye at the Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Singh, 75, underwent an intra-ocular lens implantation after a brief surgical procedure. He has since returned home. Doctors said he could resume normal work from Monday. Earlier, the Prime Minister underwent prostrate surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, on September 16, 2007....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Indian-Prime-Minister-Undergoes-Cataract-Surgery-37147-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-With-Cataract-Cannot-Be-Helped-by-Vitamin-E-36224-1.htm A new study has found that women suffering from cataract are not helped by Vitamin E supplements. The new analysis of the Women's Health Study (WHS) has revealed that women, who took Vitamin E supplements, had rates of cataract development comparable to women who did not take such supplements. The team led by Dr. William G. Christen used data from the landmark WHS, including 39,876 professional women aged 45 or older The participants took 600 IU of vitamin E (every other day) and 100 ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-With-Cataract-Cannot-Be-Helped-by-Vitamin-E-36224-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Solving-the-Cataract-Problem-35638-1.htm A path breaking research by an Indian scientist at the University of Missouri may help in uncovering the mystery behind cataract formation. This could lead to better treatment for cataracts in the future. During the study, K. Krishna Sharma, professor of ophthalmology at MU, found that a specific type of protein begins to lose function as the eye ages. As the protein loses function, small peptides, made of 10 to 15 amino acids, start forming and accelerate cataract formation in the eye. "It ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Solving-the-Cataract-Problem-35638-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Climate-Change-Will-Trigger-Cataract-Blindness-Risk-Experts-35118-1.htm Climate change will increase UV levels thereby triggering the risk of people losing their sight through cataracts, an expert said Monday. "The three main risk factors that lead to cataract blindness are age, smoking and UV exposure, in that order," said Andreas Mueller of the Fred Hollows Foundation. "Climate change will increase UV levels and therefore increase the risk of developing cataracts," the doctor said in a statement to mark World Health Day, which this year ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Climate-Change-Will-Trigger-Cataract-Blindness-Risk-Experts-35118-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Provides-More-Insight-into-Cataracts-34592-1.htm A new study appearing online in JBC provides more insight into cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the elderly, finding that small pieces of a perfectly normal protein become toxic during the aging process. A cataract results from deterioration in the highly ordered assembly of crystallin proteins in the eye lens. Normally, the ordered structure keeps lenses clear and able to efficiently transmit light. However, crystallins gradually break down during aging, causing the lens to become opaque and scatter light instead....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Provides-More-Insight-into-Cataracts-34592-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Important-Information-Revealed-About-Cataracts-by-Indian-Researcher-34499-1.htm Cataract is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in older people. A research team led by an Indian scientist has throwing light on the disease by showing that a small piece of a normal protein turns toxic during the aging process. A cataract is caused due to deterioration in the highly ordered assembly of crystallin proteins in the eye lens. Usually, the ordered structure keeps lenses clear and able to efficiently transmit light. However, crystallins slowly break down during aging, causing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Important-Information-Revealed-About-Cataracts-by-Indian-Researcher-34499-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Gene-Responsible-for-Cataract-Identified-33044-1.htm An international team of researchers has made a breakthrough in study of childhood cataracts by discovering a new gene that is responsible for the condition. The researchers were able to identify the location and defect in the coding region of the gene by the analysis of genetic material (DNA) from members of a large Swiss family, the majority of whom suffered from autosomal dominant juvenile cataract. It was also found that the corresponding protein belonged to a family of monocarboxylate transporters ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Gene-Responsible-for-Cataract-Identified-33044-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Path-breaking-Eye-Surgery-in-Southern-India-Tissue-Glue-Used-in-Intraocular-Lens-Transplant-32146-1.htm A southern Indian eye hospital has performed intraocular lens (IOL) transplant on a four-year-old girl using tissue glue, dispensing with the more traditional sutures. This is claimed as the first of its kind in the world. Fibrin glue, used to secure oozing of blood in delicate surgeries, is a substance made from blood plasma.'It is normally used in urological and plastic surgeries. Though it is also used in ophthalmic surgeries, it is the first time we adopted the technology in intraocular surgeries,' ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Path-breaking-Eye-Surgery-in-Southern-India-Tissue-Glue-Used-in-Intraocular-Lens-Transplant-32146-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Lenses-can-Reduce-the-Need-for-Glasses-After-Cataract-Surgery-32045-1.htm Scientists at the Harvard Medical School have reported the development of new lenses that can reduce the need for glasses after cataract surgery. In cataract surgery, doctors remove a clouded natural lens from inside the eye and replacing it with a plastic one. While the operation itself hasn't changed much over recent years, the plastic lenses have. Now, new lenses have been developed that have the ability to reduce the need for glasses after surgery. The study, entitled 'The Aging Eye: Preventing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Lenses-can-Reduce-the-Need-for-Glasses-After-Cataract-Surgery-32045-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Slash-Cataract-Risks-With-Green-Leafy-Vegetables-31847-1.htm Women with high dietary intake of yellow or dark, leafy vegetables may have lower risk of developing cataracts.The compounds lutein and zeaxanthin as well as more vitamin E from food and supplements may reduce the risk of developing cataracts.Vitamin E, vitamin C, beta carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin are all believed to have antioxidant properties. Lutein and zeaxanthin are the only carotenoids, yellow plant pigments that are present in the lens of the human eye and may also protect against cataracts by filtering harmful blue light....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Slash-Cataract-Risks-With-Green-Leafy-Vegetables-31847-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Multi-focal-Lenses-may-Help-Restore-Vision-to-Cataract-Patients-26999-1.htm An ophthalmologist at Weill Cornell Medical College has said that restoring vision to cataract patients may be possible by implanting them with the newly developed multi-focal lenses. 'There are no alternatives to surgery, but there are new advances to the restoration process. We have lenses that will allow you to see at a distance as well as read without glasses. There are lenses that can correct astigmatisms. The options have become much-improved in the past couple of years,' said Dr. Calvin Roberts....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Multi-focal-Lenses-may-Help-Restore-Vision-to-Cataract-Patients-26999-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Barriers-To-Sight-Cataracts-Among-Indigenous-Australians-26504-1.htm Australia needs a comprehensive strategy to solve the problem of preventable blindness caused by cataracts among Indigenous Australians, according to an article in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Susan Wearne, from the Centre for Remote Health at Alice Springs, in her article Remote Indigenous Australians with cataracts: they are blind and still can't see, points out that the blindness rate among Indigenous Australians is one per cent, compared with 0.1 per cent among their non-Indigenous compatriots....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Barriers-To-Sight-Cataracts-Among-Indigenous-Australians-26504-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Couple-Sightless-After-Cataract-Surgery-25385-1.htm A couple claiming to be in penury, say they have been robbed of the little they have ; their sight. The duo who are members of a scheduled tribe (ST), claim that they lost their vision after undergoing cataract removal surgery at Government G K General Hospital, based at Bhuj. However, the doctors who operated upon them say this is not a serious case and state the couple may regain their sight in a few days time. Shamji Jogi (60) and Manbai Jogi (55) were advised immediate surgery for cataract....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Couple-Sightless-After-Cataract-Surgery-25385-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Eye-Surgeon-Creates-World-Record-by-Performing-One-Lakh-Cataract-Surgeries-25299-1.htm An eye surgeon here has claimed to have created a world record by performing 100,000 cataract operations. "I merely went on doing it in the hospital and at free eye surgery camps without ever thinking of setting a world record. It just happened though I am happy for it nevertheless," Tatyarao Lahane, an eye surgeon at the state run J.J. Hospital who performed the feat, said here. Lahane and his team of doctors and other assistants were felicitated Monday at a function attended by Maharastra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Eye-Surgeon-Creates-World-Record-by-Performing-One-Lakh-Cataract-Surgeries-25299-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/NHS-Oversupplied-With-Cataract-Surgery-Say-Doctors-21295-1.htm Cataract surgery rates have soared 10-fold over the past 40 years in England, owing to changes in practice and a government push to boost supply, finds research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. But the huge increase and wide geographical variation in rates suggest that the NHS is now oversupplied with the procedure, which has implications for funding and training, say the authors. The research team analysed national data on hospital admissions for cataract surgery in England from 1968 to 2004....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/NHS-Oversupplied-With-Cataract-Surgery-Say-Doctors-21295-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14695 Orissa: Two of at least 15 people who had undergone cataract operation in Orissa recently had to lose one of their eyes after they suffered from severe post-operative complications, an official said Friday. A team of ophthalmologists conducted cataract surgery on a few senior citizens at the neighbouring Deogarh town on Sep 13 in a free health camp organised under the aegis of National Blindness Control Programme. However, at least four of the patients were rushed to Veer Surendra Sai Medical ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14695