Omale told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that other causes of congenital cataract are metabolic problems, diabetes, trauma and inflammation or drug reactions. "Without early ...

NEW YORK -- Nearly 40 percent of otherwise healthy babies who have infantile cataracts are not diagnosed with the condition until they're older than six weeks, a study conducted in Georgia found.

A cataract is when the natural lens inside the eye turns cloudy, leading to decreased vision. In the old days, cataract ...

Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and 23andMe Inc., have found 54 locations on the human genome that are associated with ...

When University of Delaware doctoral student Sandeep Aryal took the initiative to learn additional research techniques to study proteins present in the eye, his work resulted in the discovery of a new ...

Cataracts are opaque or cloudy regions of the (normally clear) lens of the eye. Overall, about 24.4 million people in the United States are affected by cataracts, making this the most common cause of ...

Cataracts—a clouding of the lens in your eye—are the leading cause of blindness worldwide and in the United States, with an estimated 24 million Americans who have been diagnosed with cataracts, ...

A 64-year-old white woman presents with a 2-week history of a visual field defect. She does not report any associated blurred vision, diplopia, or pain in either eye, other than occasional bilateral ...