Smartphones already have been used to help dress wounds in a disaster situation, remotely diagnose and self-diagnose acute appendicitis, detect melanoma, pinpoint outbreaks of malaria, substitute for ...

Usually people notice a number of these things, although some symptoms may be more pronounced than others and noticed only in certain types of light. Pain or discomfort Cataracts do not cause symptoms ...

Q. I am scheduled to have cataract surgery next week, and although I'm generally pretty healthy for an 80 year old, my ophthalmologist hasn't ordered any preoperative tests-not even an ...

Millions of older people are getting tests they don’t need to prove they are healthy enough to have cataracts removed, a new study finds. The excess testing before this quick, ultra-safe eye procedure ...

Cataracts remain one of the world’s leading causes of vision loss, touching nearly every family at some point. Even when ...