RISKS OF UNTREATED CATARACTS

For the study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, researchers wanted to see if less traumatic falls causing fractures like a broken wrist can also increase the risk of death in older adults. They used a national database of more than two million patients diagnosed with agerelated cataracts.
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