Health | December 13, 2004
Lifetime exposure to lead from paint in older houses, drinking-water pipes and other sources appears to increase men's risk of cataract development.
California | Local | Thomas H. Maugh Ii | August 14, 1997
Dr. Timothy B. Cavanaugh sat at a small table in the San Juan Capistrano office of Optex Ophthalmologics Inc., a detached pig eye staring up at him through the microscope.
California | Local | Thomas H. Maugh Ii | June 11, 1997
Confirming a trend that has been observed for other types of surgery, a new study has found that Medicare patients in managed care plans are only half as likely to undergo vision-saving cataract surgery as are those in traditional fee-for-service plans.
California | Local | October 12, 1995
A diet rich in saturated fat and cholesterol may increase the risk of one common cause of blindness, macular degeneration, while healthy eating appears to lower the risk of another, cataracts, a researcher from the University of Wisconsin Medical School found.
California | Local | Willson Cummer | April 13, 1994
A retired engineer, blinded by cataracts, got a free operation that has restored the vision in one eye. Johan Kempkens, 65, lost sight in his right eye three years ago, but worried that surgery was too experimental to risk.
Business | James M. Gomez | July 10, 1993
The U.S. Senate has proposed a 25% cut in Medicare reimbursement payments for artificial lenses used in cataract surgery, a move that could cost hundreds of jobs in California, a Washington industry group warned on Friday.
News | Robert A. Rosenblatt | May 7, 1993
It's 8:30 a.m. in Operating Room No. 1 and Dr. Alan Aker, peering through a microscope, delicately cuts a quarter-inch incision into the surface of Blanche Klein's right eye.