Experimental cataract lens can treat glaucoma through time-release drugs
An experimental cataract lens also can help treat a person's glaucoma, new clinical trial results show. The artificial lenses carry small pads of a widely used glaucoma drug called bimatoprost, which is released gradually into the eye, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
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