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Cataracts vs Glaucoma: What’s the Difference?
Unless you’re in the eye field, it’s easy to confuse the terms cataracts and glaucoma. And yesterday, I completed another dozen surgeries, some for cataracts, others for glaucoma. So what’s the dif...
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Diabetics with Cataracts More Likely to Have Retinopathy
Eye cataracts have now been added to the list of risk factors associated with diabetic retinopathy.
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Lower risk of cataract surgery associated with wine consumption
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge and examined the association of alcohol consumption and type of alcoholic beverage with incident cataract surgery in two large ...
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Pre-cataract surgery drop-free drug regimen proves to be effective and efficient
A very effective and efficient drug regimen has been in use by physicians at Kaiser Permanente for over a decade to treat patients pre-operatively before cataract surgery.
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5 Eye Diseases that can lead to Blindness
There are five eye diseases that are the leading causes of blindness and low vision in the United States: age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and eye injurie...
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Patients prefer dropless regimen to drops after cataract surgery
Conventional therapy after cataract surgery involves instilling eye drops multiple times a day for up to four weeks while the dropless regimen involves a punctal plug being inserted into the eye at...
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Are 2 Lasers better than 1 for Cataract Surgery?
Scientists have been working on a new technology that utilizes two lasers - one to destroy the clouded lens and the other to stimulate the regeneration of tissue.