Cataract in Detail News

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... Read more

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... Read more

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 P... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 sur... Read more

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.... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 Ophtha... Read more

A study published in the May 20 issue of JAMA has revealed that tamsulosin medication, used to treat male urination difficulties within two weeks of cataract surgery, may be linked to... Read more

Studies published in the March issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, provide new warnings on risks for melanoma of the eye as well as reassuran... Read more