Here's what the eye condition is, what causes it and how cataracts are treated once diagnosed.

Surgically implanting lenses in the eyes of infants born with cataracts might increase the rate of surgical complications, said a Baylor College of Medicine eye specialist who took part in a study ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract (cloudy eye lens) blocks light from reaching the retina, which helps ...

Typically something to do with the lens—whether it's the glasses lens in front of their eye, contact lens or the natural lens, the cornea or the lens internally the crystal lens. You know some ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract is a cloudiness that forms on the eye's natural lens, causing blurry, dull vision, increased light sensitivity, and poor night vision. Cataract ...

[12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which could only be performed when the lens had become completely opaque, rigid, and heavy to the point that the ...