{"id":5749,"date":"2023-12-13T05:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helloeyelab.com\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:56:50","slug":"cataracts-or-cadillac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helloeyelab.com\/cn\/cataracts-or-cadillac\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataracts or Cadillac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-attachment-id=\"5751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/helloeyelab.com\/cn\/cataracts-or-cadillac\/vlad-sargu-itphh2lgzui-unsplash\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?fit=5472%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5472,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Vlad Sargu on Unsplash&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helloeyelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vlad-sargu-ItphH2lGzuI-unsplash.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u62cd\u6444\u8005 <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@vladsargu?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Vlad Sargu<\/a> \u5728 <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/ItphH2lGzuI?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">\u4e0d\u98de\u6e85<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is a cataract? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we are lucky to live long enough, we will develop cataracts. 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