Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract is a cloudiness that forms on the eye's natural lens, causing blurry ...

Like D.C., Vermont’s scope of practice laws currently prevent optometrists from performing certain procedures they are fully trained to do, forcing patients to wait for long periods of time between ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) still remains a frequent postoperative consequence of an uneventful uncomplicated ...

I didn’t always know I wanted to be an optometrist. My first career was as an audio engineer. But I did know I wanted to do something fulfilling and stable.

Yes, but not exclusively. Ionizing radiation is generally (but not exclusively) associated with posterior sub-capsular and sometimes cortical opacities. Historically, PSC opacification was thought to ...

While the short-term visual outcome for patients undergoing cataract surgery is often excellent, a large proportion of operated eyes subsequently develop posterior capsular opacification (PCO), a ...