Live Healthy West Virginia
Ep. 37 - Cataracts: Clear the Cloudiness to Battle Blindness
Season 1, Episode 1
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26m
June is Cataract Awareness Month, and cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. But as you get older, you don’t have to live with fading vision from cataracts. We talk about cataracts and their treatments with Dr. Brian McMillan, ophthalmologist at the WVU Eye Institute.
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