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Prevention of cataracts

...fically looked for the development of cataracts. A cataract is a condition in which the lens loses its clearness and often occurs late in life. Researchers found the prevalence of cataracts was significantly lower in the group who ate the most amount of nutrients than the group who ate the lowest amount. The...

Hazards of sunlight

... of developing cataracts, scientists have found. A cataract is a cloudy or opaque area in the normally transpa...exposure throughout a lifetime may be important to cataract formation."// The greater the dose of solar radiation, the higher the chance of developing a catar...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

... change focus like a natural lens promises to make cataract patients’ eyesight almost as good as it was when they were young.The device, which is being developed by Jin-Hui Shen, an ophthalmologist at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, contains six overlapping lenses.// As th...

Dangers of sunlight

... of developing cataracts, scientists have found. A cataract is a cloudy or opaque area in the normally transpa...exposure throughout a lifetime may be important to cataract formation." The greater the dose of solar radiation, the higher the chance of developing a catarac...

Eye colour is a component in cataract

...ned out to be 70 per cent more likely to develop a cataract than those with blue eyes. What is more, the brown...ct. The reason for the link between eye colour and cataract risk is not at all clear, say the researchers....

Smoking Linked to Blindness

... with several other eye diseases including nuclear cataract and thyroid eye disease. They also say that professionals, as well as the public, would benefit from greater awareness....

Eye Disorders, A Predictor Of A Shorter Lifespan

...long as those without them, // says a new study. A cataract involves the lens of the eye becoming cloudy and c...the disorder.Researchers also found people who had cataract surgery had a 55-percent higher risk of death than those with good vision, while those with vision w...

PUFA reduces risk of cataract

...rated fatty acids delays the onset of cataracts. A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. Age-related cataract is one of leading cause of blindness in the world today. Besides the physical handicap, cataract als...

Cooking with unflued stove can cause cataract

...es is associated with increased risk of developing cataract in women who do the cooking. Cataract has been fo... ventilation in the kitchen the risk of developing cataract was higher. In view of the evidence shown by the study the authors have suggested that replacing un...

Airlines Pilot At Heightened Risk Of Having Cataracts

...ears or older and other factors that contribute to cataract risk, including smoking, age and sunbathing, were ...re employed as pilots. “The odds ratio for nuclear cataract risk among cases and controls was 3.02 for pilots compared with non-pilots, adjusted for age, smokin...

Understanding The Relationship With Diet And Cataract

Age-related cataract is the world's leading cause of blindness that aff...B vitamins riboflavin and thiamine // , could slow cataract progression. Although surgical correction is currently the only known option for intervention rese...

Safe Driving Is Possible For Older People If They Are Prepared

...ed in time to prevent a crash. An Alabama study of cataract patients found that corrective surgery cut the risk of car crashes in half. · Heart disease: If your heart disease is important enough to require medication, it could be significant enough to affect your driving. Ask your doctor. In nearly all ...

Good News For Cataract Patients

...e normal work.// Microphakonit, an innovation in cataract surgery by Chennai-based doctor Amar Agarwal, not ... now possible for a patient to walk in and get his cataract removed and get back to work or normal life almost immediately, claimed the two doctors. Microphako...

Cataract incidence high among people on a high carbohydrate diet.

...o be a link between high-carb intakes and increase cataract risk. One possibility is that increased exposure to glucose, a breakdown product of carb, might damage our eyes' lenses. More research is needed to determine if there are other factors besides dietary carbohydrates among individuals who consume high...

Diet Effective In Curing Diabetes

...day for a human, both teas significantly inhibited cataract formation relative to a control group which did not get tea, according to Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a chemist at the University of Scranton (Penn.) and lead author of the paper. Cinnamon lowers blood sugar levels -- Several compounds isolated from cinnamo...

Tea Found To Boost Insulin Production And Prevent Cataract

...pe, with both forms of tea effective in inhibiting cataract formation. The rats that belonged to the control group (were not given the tea) did not show any protective effect of the tea. This approximated to less than five cups of tea per day for a human being to observe a similar effect. In another study c...

Patients In Ontario Wait Longer For Treatment

...rgery, while it rose from 139 days to 142 days for cataract surgery. The waiting time increased to 22 days for cardiac surgeries, while in the case of angioplasty, it rose to 11 days. George Smitherman, the country’s Health Minister has said that initial numbers do not reflect the reality as this is the fi...

Debra Winger Wants Indians Abroad To Help Visually Impaired

...or visually impaired people. She visited camps for cataract operations and spent time with the patients and she was moved by the work of field workers. 'I met the field workers in Rewari District, the important link in this chain that works. They are being trained by Venu and doing a great job. They travel ...

Private Health Care in Canada May Not Be A Distant Dream

...insurance will cover knee and hip replacements and cataract eye surgery. The public hospitals are allowed to avail the services of private clinics for procedures that will cause undue delay, six months or more to the patients. The plan will be submitted to the provincial Legislature for is approval before sum...

The Long Wait Continues In the Health Care Service despite the Money Factor

...eased 51 %, the joint replacements rose 30 % , and cataract surgeries by 32 %. CIHI Chairman Graham Scott said that new technology is probably a factor for such a rise in health care services and also for the long waiting queue. If techniques for a certain kind of surgery improve, the procedure will become m...

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