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Unnecessary cataract surgery? Some do it to improve their eyesight, but it’s not without risk
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Unnecessary cataract surgery? Some do it to improve their eyesight, but it’s not without risk

by Langis Michaud, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainJudy is an accomplished consultant who regularly travels for business meetings. She came to see me because she was finding her contact lenses uncomfortable and wanted to explore other options—notably surgical alternatives. One option was to replace her lens with an implant. This surgery is similar to cataract...

New cataract surgery options can restore your vision
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New cataract surgery options can restore your vision

by Carrie MacMillan, Yale University Cataract in human eye. Credit: Wikipedia. Cataracts, any ophthalmologist will tell you, are an extremely common side effect of growing older. Live long enough, and most people will develop this condition—a clouding of the normally clear eye lens—in one or both of their eyes. “As long as there have been...