Support local journalism. An unlimited digital subscription to floridatoday.com is just $1 for 6 months. Click here and subscribe today. A cataract develops when the natural lens inside the eye ...

Cheryl Henry of Omaha this month became the first person in Nebraska to receive a new type of lens implant that improves vision at all distances. Here, Kugler and Henry at a lens implant follow-up ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a candidate for cataract surgery. When discussing this ...

• By age 80, over half of all Americans have cataracts. • Close to 4 million cataract surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. • Over 90% of patients have 20/20 vision with glasses after ...

Cataract surgery is a once-in-a-lifetime investment in your eyes that can improve your quality of life for the long term. Advanced lens options can reduce or eliminate the need for glasses after your ...

What are the signs that show I need cataract surgery? “There are several key signs that someone may need cataract surgery,” explains Dr. Levenson. These include: He points out that the choice to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: When should a person have cataract surgery, and can you ever have them removed? I am concerned, as I am a 65-year-old male with cataracts. Can glasses be prescribed so I never need ...

Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens of the eye and are common as people age. More than half of adults in the United States over the age of 80 have cataracts or have had surgery to correct them, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a candidate for cataract surgery. When discussing this with my doctor, he mentioned that there are new lenses that can be used, which make it possible to correct my vision to ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Cheryl Henry remembers putting on her first pair of glasses in second grade and getting a whole new view of her family’s Iowa farm. “Mom,” she recalls saying, “did you know you can ...