{"id":2207,"date":"2026-06-14T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicineormyth\/?page_id=2207"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:25:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vaughanmd.com\/medicineormyth\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Separating Medical Fact from Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"pp-podcast-461\" class=\"pp-podcast has-header header-hidden has-featured playerview media-audio\"  data-teaser=\"\" data-elength=\"18\" data-eunit=\"\" data-ppsdata=\"{&quot;ppe-461-1&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Will I Still Need Glasses After Cataract Surgery?&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Dr. Patricia Sierra, an Ophthalmologist and Cataract Specialist, joins Dr. Mark Vaughan and Dr. Muhammad Afzal to explain why patients sometimes still wear glasses after having cataracts removed. Sign up for email notifications at &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/medicineormyth.com\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;noopener noreferer\\&quot;&gt;MedicineorMyth.com&lt;\\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;Mark Vaughan, M.D. and Muhammad Afzal, M.D.&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;August 18, 2026&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/podcasters.spotify.com\\\/pod\\\/show\\\/medicineormyth\\\/episodes\\\/Will-I-Still-Need-Glasses-After-Cataract-Surgery-e3mc0si&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/anchor.fm\\\/s\\\/1f4e2d4c\\\/podcast\\\/play\\\/123126098\\\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-25%2F4272c06e-33db-d679-40f4-14a916680e43.mp3&quot;,&quot;featured&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net\\\/staging\\\/podcast_uploaded_nologo\\\/5152171\\\/5152171-1782257372677-4ae584319cf8e.jpg&quot;,&quot;featured_id&quot;:0,&quot;mediatype&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;season&quot;:0,&quot;categories&quot;:[],&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;16:52&quot;,&quot;episodetype&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;source_mime&quot;:&quot;audio\\\/mpeg&quot;,&quot;source_format&quot;:&quot;mp3&quot;,&quot;is_hls&quot;:0,&quot;timestamp&quot;:1787043600,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;0d31132d1986159b9ffdbf43cb8ec98d&quot;,&quot;fset&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fratio&quot;:1},&quot;ppe-461-2&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Will Taking AREDs Vitamins Improve My Vision?&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Dr. Patricia Sierra joins Dr. Mark Vaughan and Dr. Muhammad Afzal to explain AREDs vitamins and their benefit. 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