Vision quest: Focus on cataracts.

From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | Date: August 25, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Harry Jackson Jr.

ST. LOUIS _ When you've taken care to protect yourself from sun damage this summer, you may have missed a spot.

What about your eyes?

It's the time of year when doctors urge people to wear sunglasses that guard against ultraviolet rays. The reason: cataracts.

While scientists haven't found a direct link between UV rays and cataracts, they're pretty sure too much glaring sun, in league with other effects _ heredity, disease, injury, overexposure to elements _ can bring on cataracts sooner and more severely than usual.

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