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What are the symptoms of cataracts?

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What are the symptoms of cataracts?

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Cataracts can affect vision and related issues in many different ways, long before causing blindness. HealthMaker Steve McLeod, MD, chair of Ophthalmology at UCSF, talks in this video about the signs and symptoms of this serious problem.

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