Doctors' Digest

Cataracts no longer an ‘old age’ condition

A leading eye hospital group highlights the trend for Britons to have cataract surgery at a younger age than ever before. A new study by Optegra Eye Health Carei suggests that a third of British adults (33 per cent) know someone who has been diagnosed and treated for cataracts in their 50s or 60s, an eye condition which has historically mainly been treated in the over 70s.