Researchers have recently developed a new drug that will ultimately shrink down and dissolve cataracts -- the leading cause of human blindness that affects tens of millions of people worldwide.

Identified as a “priority eye disease” by the World Health Organization, cataracts — caused when the lenses of the eyes lose their transparency — affect more than 20 million people worldwide. Although ...

A team of researchers at led by University of California, San Diego have developed a new drug in eye drops that can shrink and dissolve cataracts, which may become an alternative to surgery. Cataracts ...

Researchers in the US have developed a new drug that can be delivered directly into the eye via an eye-dropper to shrink and dissolve cataracts — the leading cause of blindness in humans. While the ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: This is a follow-up to your Q&A on cataracts that I read with interest. During the past two weeks, I had cataracts removed from both eyes and intraocular lenses implanted at the same ...

Identification of a compound that reduces the "cloudiness" associated with cataracts could lead to a new therapeutic for this common, age-related eye disorder. Cataracts are the most frequent cause of ...

More than 2 million cataract operations are performed each year in the U. S., making it the most common surgery. Of all procedures performed on the human body, cataract surgery is the most successful, ...

Reporting from San Francisco — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering UCLA ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a more precise ...

Researchers have recently developed a new drug that will ultimately shrink down and dissolve cataracts -- the leading cause of human blindness that affects tens of millions of people worldwide.

Eye drops could spell the end of cataract surgery - http://t.co/msOmqjwYXr pic.twitter.com/4lShbJ851T — Gizmag (@gizmag) July 23, 2015 Researchers have recently ...