Keep eyes healthy with proper lens care
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
Practicing good eye hygiene can prevent most contact-lens wearers from developing serious infections or other problems, local eye care professionals say...

A Clearer Vision
Smartmoney.com - USA
THE 35 MILLION Americans who wear contact lenses owe a debt of gratitude to 1-800 Contacts, the leading direct seller of disposable contacts. The company has played a key role in lowering prices and in giving consumers greater choice about where they can buy the vision-aiding products...

Important news for wearers of soft lenses
Packet Online - Bordentown,NJ,USA
Severe infections of the cornea, the transparent membrane covering the iris or colored part of the eye, are not very common. Individuals who wear soft contact lenses, however, are at higher risk for such problems...

10 Things You Can Do For Vision Health
KPHO Phoenix - Phoenix,AZ,USA
While it's no surprise that your diet and levels of exercise can affect the health of your heart, it probably comes as a shock to learn those factors can also affect the health of your eyes...

Fungus scare puts emphasis on hazards of contact lenses
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
The recent withdrawal from the market of a popular contact lens solution under investigation in an outbreak of a rare eye infection has left many contact lens users confused and concerned...

Wakening up to vision of the future
Scotsman - United Kingdom
I am trying out orthokeratology, or Ortho-K, a new treatment aimed at enabling people with sight problems to see all day long unaided....

Tigers see game in different light
Detroit Free Press - United States
He has special sunglass-like contact lenses. Nike MaxSight contact lenses by Bausch & Lomb are one type of sport-tinted contacts on the market....

If you use contacts, better give glasses another look
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
Though no one is immune from eye infections, "contact lens use puts people at risk for eye infections," Sullivan said. "Contact lenses decrease the oxygenation of the cornea, making it a setup for infection.".....

Update On Advice For Prevention Of Fungal Corneal Infections, Hong ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (April 24) provides updates on cases of fungal corneal infections and advice on prevention....

Reg Wydeven column: For contact lens wearers, the solution can be ...
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA
The federal Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that they have identified more than 100 Fusarium keratitis eye infections in the United States dating back to June....

Survey reveals failings in contact lens safety measures
Optician Journal - Sutton,Surrey,UK
Optician’s team looked at how stringently the measures to ensure patient safety are being applied in the first months after the new laws were ushered in....