Cataracts Stocks List

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Cataracts Stocks Recent News

Date Stock Title
Nov 13 OMER Omeros up 4% as Q3 results beat on EPS
Nov 13 ALC Soros Capital exits TeraWulf, takes new stake in Affirm, among Q3 top trades
Nov 13 OMER Omeros: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
Nov 13 OMER Omeros Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results
Nov 13 ALC Alcon (ALC) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Nov 13 ABT US transcatheter tricuspid valve repair market grows by over 50% since launch in Q2 2024
Nov 13 ALC Alcon Q3 Earnings Top Estimates, Margins Up, Stock Gains in Afterhours
Nov 13 STAA STAAR Surgical to Participate in Stephens Annual Investment Conference (NASH2024)
Nov 13 ABT Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) shareholders have earned a 8.6% CAGR over the last five years
Nov 13 ALC Earnings Snapshot: Alcon reports mixed Q3 results; lowers FY24 outlook below estimates
Nov 13 OMER Earnings Scheduled For November 13, 2024
Nov 12 OMER Omeros Q3 2024 Earnings Preview
Nov 12 ALC Alcon (ALC) Q3 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
Nov 12 ALC Alcon falls 6% as company trims 2024 sales outlook
Nov 12 ALC Alcon Non-GAAP EPS of $0.81 beats by $0.07, revenue of $2.43B misses by $40M
Nov 12 ALC Alcon Reports Solid Third-Quarter 2024 Results, including Double-Digit Earnings Growth and Record Cash Generation
Nov 12 ALC Alcon Q3 2024 Earnings Preview
Nov 12 OCUL Ocular Therapeutix™ Appoints Namrata Saroj, OD, as Chief Business Officer
Nov 12 ALC Earnings Scheduled For November 12, 2024
Nov 11 OMER Omeros Corporation to Announce Third Quarter Financial Results on November 13, 2024
Cataracts

A cataract is an opacification of the lens of the eye which leads to a decrease in vision. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. Symptoms may include faded colors, blurry or double vision, halos around light, trouble with bright lights, and trouble seeing at night. This may result in trouble driving, reading, or recognizing faces. Poor vision caused by cataracts may also result in an increased risk of falling and depression. Cataracts cause half of all cases of blindness and 33% of visual impairment worldwide.Cataracts are most commonly due to aging but may also occur due to trauma or radiation exposure, be present from birth, or occur following eye surgery for other problems. Risk factors include diabetes, longstanding use of corticosteroid medication, smoking tobacco, prolonged exposure to sunlight, and alcohol. The underlying mechanism involves accumulation of clumps of protein or yellow-brown pigment in the lens that reduces transmission of light to the retina at the back of the eye. Diagnosis is by an eye examination.Prevention includes wearing sunglasses, a wide brimmed hat, eating leafy vegetables and fruits, and avoiding smoking. Early on the symptoms may be improved with glasses. If this does not help, surgery to remove the cloudy lens and replace it with an artificial lens is the only effective treatment. Cataract surgery is not readily available in many countries, and surgery is needed only if the cataracts are causing problems and generally results in an improved quality of life.About 20 million people are blind due to cataracts. It is the cause of approximately 5% of blindness in the United States and nearly 60% of blindness in parts of Africa and South America. Blindness from cataracts occurs in about 10 to 40 per 100,000 children in the developing world, and 1 to 4 per 100,000 children in the developed world. Cataracts become more common with age. In the United States, cataracts occur in 68% of those over the age of 80 years. Additionally they are more common in women, and less common in Hispanic and Black people.

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