1.   Also Friday, the representatives approved a plan to extend humanitarian aid to North Korea, offering the communist country a hospital, eyeglasses and treatment for cataract patients.

2.   Blood tests and electrocardiograms are routinely done on cataract patients because they tend to be older and are likely to have a number of illnesses.

3.   Fortunately, a cataract patient no longer needs to become nearly blind before cataracts can be removed.

4.   The implants are made of the same material as the lenses implanted into cataract surgery patients.