It’s normal to have anxiety about cataract surgery—and even postpone scheduling the procedure out of fear. But it shouldn’t be that way. Dr. Jeff Dello Russo, an ophthalmologist at Dello Russo Laser ...

Suchandrima Bhowmik has written over 300 articles on various health conditions, medical news, and recent breakthroughs. Her work appears in several publications, including Medical News Today, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. The daughter of a client called me because she was concerned ...

One of my favorite parts of this holiday season has been two cataract surgeries. I'm not being sarcastic. Let me explain.

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With nearly 1% of Americans undergoing cataract surgery each year, the procedure is the most common operation Medicare covers ...

Jeffrey Levenson is an ophthalmologist who's performed thousands of eye surgeries. After getting his own cataract surgery, he started volunteering abroad. This is Levenson's story, as told to Kelly ...

Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens of the eye. They are common as you age. According to the National Eye Institute, more than half of adults in the United States over the age of 80 have cataracts ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Toric IOLs and femtosecond laser arcuate keratotomy were comparable in the overall cohort. Residual astigmatism ...

According to a meta-analysis, tear film stability shows deterioration after cataract surgery, with symptoms potentially lasting up to 3 months postoperatively. However, the effect of cataract surgery ...

Evidence does not support the common practice of having patients put a combination of topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and corticosteroids in the eye before and after cataract ...

Previous data from 2001 to 2011 found that the median age for cataract surgery was 67.7 years in the United States. However, this average changes depending on several factors, such as location. Across ...