My only experience of 3D ­printing is a piece of art but, astonishingly, it could be the answer for people with ­cataracts and other conditions such as near and farsightedness. To this end ...

Cataract surgery is one of the oldest surgical procedures known, first documented in the fifth century BC. [12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which ...

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye. Cataracts typically grow slowly, causing decreased vision and also glare at night. While cataracts can affect people of all ages, they primarily affect ...

Microincision cataract surgery (MICS) is an approach to cataract surgery through incision less than 1.8 mm with the purpose of reducing surgical invasiveness, improving at the same time surgical ...

If you’re over 60 and your vision has gotten blurry or cloudy, you may have cataracts. It’s a common condition in older adults. With a cataract, your lens becomes cloudy. Your vision gets hazy ...

Cataract surgery is effective, but it comes with risks and is not accessible to everyone, particularly in certain parts of the world. According to Dr. Xingchao Shentu, a cataract surgeon and co ...

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Cataracts occur when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy - and usually affects adults as a result of aging. The surgery, which has a high success rate, involves replacing the cloudy lens with a ...

Despite increased funding for cataract surgeries to private, for-profit clinics, access to surgery fell 9% for lower-income ...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer globally. Early ...

Low-income Ontarians were less likely to access cataract surgeries in private, for-profit clinics, even as the province increased funding for the procedures in these independent surgical centres ...