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Cataract News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Ontario Eye Surgeons Charge Differently for Use of Special Lenses in Cataract Surgeries
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 su...

Video Games Enhance Vision in People With Cataract
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 ad...

Cataract Surgery Can Improve Cognitive Ability In Alzheimer�s Patients
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 impr...

Cataract Surgery Improves Mood, Cognition and Sleep Patterns in Alzheimer's Patients
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 ...

Cataract Surgery Could be Revolutionized Laser's Precision and Simplicity
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 speci...

Cataract Patients Lose Vision After Surgery at Government Health Camp in Chhattisgarh
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 Serv...

Wonder Drug Claimed to Prevent Blindness Among Cataract Patients
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...

Low Vitamin C Levels Linked to Cataract Formation
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 stu...

Smart Phone Doubles Up as an Eye Specialist to Detect Cataract
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. ...

Effectiveness of Chinese Drug for Cataracts Supported by New Tests
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 W...

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