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Cataract surgery can help reduce painful falls

Cataract surgery has long been used to improve the vision of older Americans, but according to research in the Journal of American Medicine, its benefits are now helping older people avoid painful hip fractures many suffer when they fall.
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Cataract surgery has long been used to improve the vision of older Americans, but according to research in the Journal of American Medicine, its benefits are now helping older people avoid painful hip fractures many suffer when they fall.

Posted 2012-07-31T18:50:08-0400 - Updated 2012-07-31T18:50:08-0400