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

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 ...

Macular degeneration and cataracts are two different eye conditions that have some shared symptoms, including blurriness and vision loss. The risk for both increases with age. Macular degeneration ...

There’s a lot to think about and consider leading up to cataract surgery, enough so that maybe you haven’t even thought a ...

Read on to learn what cataracts are, the causes and symptoms of cataracts and what to expect from cataract surgery. Cataracts affect the natural lens of the eye, a small structure located behind ...

It’s often without other symptoms and is due to damage to the optic nerve, which transfers visual information from the retina to the brain via electrical impulses. It’s possible for cataract ...

Cataract surgery is linked with lower falls and reductions in fall-related traumatic injuries in older adults, a new study ...

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in adults older than age 50 worldwide.The global prevalence of cataracts has ...

Ocular surface discomfort can be problematic after cataract surgery. Italian researchers tested the use of cyclosporine A 0.1 ...

During the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, actress Goldie Hawn was presenting an award alongside actor Andrew Garfield. Struggling to read the teleprompter, Hawn told Garfield he'd have to fly solo ...

Such symptoms may start out as not noticeable but worsen as the cataracts develop further. One telltale sign of cataracts that eye doctors look out for as a patient gets older is "having to ...

Such symptoms may start out as not noticeable but worsen as the cataracts develop further. One telltale sign of cataracts that eye doctors look out for as a patient gets older is "having to frequently ...