Now The Contact Lenses That Could Save Lives
Life Style Extra - UK
Diabetics could soon be wearing contact lenses that warn them when their blood sugar level is dangerously high or low.....

Silver Medalists Belbin & Agosto See Gold With ACUVUE(R) OASYS(TM) ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
VISTAKON®, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., today announced that its ACUVUE® OASYS(TM) Brand Contact Lenses with HYDRACLEAR PLUS will sponsor Olympic Silver medal winners Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto throughout 2006....

Shopping for specs and contacts
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
Consumers have no shortage of places to shop when it comes to buying prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses. ...

Non-surgical aid for nearsightedness
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The technology - orthokeratology - is designed to correct nearsightedness by keeping special contact lenses in the eyes while you sleep to change the shape of ...

Overnight Vision Fix
WOWT - Omaha,NE,USA
Imagine waking up tomorrow with better vision. It might sound impossible but there is a way. Research shows this non-surgical option produces results similar to Lasik surgery but the nightly contacts clear your vision for only a day or so....

Sharp rise in fungal eye infections among contact lens users
Channel News Asia - Singapore
Hospitals and eye centres are reporting more cases of fungal eye infections among contact lens users. This has resulted in three patients undergoing urgent corneal transplants to save their sight....

England focused on success
ECB.co.uk - London,UK
Captain Michael Vaughan is among a handful of players experimenting with revolutionary contact lenses in England's opening tour match in India. ...

Senate committee OKs bill on contact lenses
Salt Lake City Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The bill would prohibit manufacturers from providing certain brand contact lenses only to a limited number of doctors, allowing both the doctors and the manufacturing company to profit at the expense of the consumer....

Unilens Vision Launches C-VUE(R) Aspheric Lens
Eye-zine (press release) - USA
Unilens Vision Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UVICF) (TSX Venture Exchange: UVI), which develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty contact lenses, today announced the launch of the first aspheric, single vision, daily wear, two-week disposable soft contact lens ever available under the C-VUE(R) brand....

Unsure About LASIK? Alternatives to LASIK Surgery
DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA
Spectacles or Contact Lenses? Glasses and contact lenses have been a popular choice for many years now. They are an affordable alternative to LASIK surgery....

More Americans report dry-eye symptoms amid increasing air pollution
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USA
What you might think is a simple irritation could be a chronic syndrome. After an eight-hour day of staring at the computer screen, do your eyes feel dry and irritated? ...

Sleep easy as new lenses correct your vision
Times of India - India
It may seem far-fetched, but new contact lenses promise to fix your vision in six hours flat. All you have to do is wear the "reverse geometry" contact lenses for a minimum of six hours at night. The next morning, you can take them off and see clearly throughout the day without glasses or lenses...

Alternative To Glasses And LASIK
13WHAM-TV - Rochester,NY,USA
A medical breakthrough could help thousands of people who don't qualify for LASIK eye surgery get rid of their glasses. Late in December 2005, the FDA approved use of an implantable contact lens called the Staar Vision ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens)....

Johnson & Johnson launches brand contact lenses in India
India Infoline.com - Mumbay,India
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Vision Care, worldwide leaders in contact lenses, has announced the formal launch of its 1.DAY ACUVUE Brand Contact Lenses in India.....

What You See Isn't Quite What You Get
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA
But then to see the computer screen I need to flip the glasses up and use only my contact lenses (contacts so strong, I might add, that I should have X-ray ...

Unilens Vision Launches C-VUE(R) Aspheric Lens
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
TSX Venture Exchange: UVI, which develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty contact lenses, today announced the ...