Cataract is clouding of the eye's naturally clear lens. Most cataracts appear with advancing age. Scientists are unsure what causes cataract. The most important factor is increasing age, but there are additional factors, including smoking, diabetes, and excessive exposure to sunlight. Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world.
Cataract Cataract articles1. Eye :: Visual impairment associated with increased mortality riskIndividuals age 49 and older with cataract and those age 49 to 74 years with age-related macular degeneration appear to have higher mortality rates over an 11-year period than those without such visual impairments, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. 2. Cataract :: Cataract surgery - Wait times 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. 3. Patient :: Ontario announces patient wait times guarantee The Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health, and the Honourable George Smitherman, Health Minister of Ontario, announced that Ontario will establish a Patient Wait Times Guarantee for cataract surgery by January 1, 2009, to be supported by $205 million in federal funding. 4. Medicare :: New Medicare rules may aid those with astigmatism, cataracts People with astigmatism and cataracts may benefit from a new Medicare rule extending coverage for the new type of implantable lenses that treat both conditions. 5. Cataract :: Centre seeks info on cataract operations - India The Centre has asked the Assam government for information about the cataract operations performed last month at the Regional Institute of Opthalmology in Guwahati in which 38 patients lost their eyesight. |
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