Cataract surgery removes the clouded lens of the eye and replaces it with a new, clear lens.
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Typically, cataract surgeries are painless and significantly restore vision.
Ontario’s push to for-profit surgical clinics is bad news for the non-profit public health-care system.
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Ontario is significantly expanding the number and range of medical procedures performed in privately run clinics. Here’s why that’s so problematic.
Cataracts are a vision problem that can affect anybody as they age. It happens when the lens of the eye gradually loses its transparency.
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Cataracts, which can be experienced by anyone as they age, happen when the lens of the eye gradually becomes less transparent. There are ways, however, to correct this.
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Cataract blindness continues to affects tens of millions of people because they cannot access proper care.