Contact Lens Wear Offers Benefits for Children and Teens
HappyNews.com - Round Rock,TX,USA
A new study compares the quality of life of pre-teens versus teens following a switch from spectacles to contact lenses ...

Say hello to silicone-made contact lenses and goodbye to to re-wetting drops
49abcnews.com - Topeka,KS,USA
They're called silicone hydrogels. "The silicone component allows the lens to breathe more and gets more oxygen to the eye," said Contact Lens Specialist at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute William Winegar ...

Health Alert: Silicone hydrogel contact lenses
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
Contacts lenses are coming of age. The newest ones are making things clearer for those with the trickiest eye troubles ...

Glaring problem solved with lens
Robertson County Times - TN,USA
It wasn't a Halloween treat. It was the NFL's newest answer to glare - amber contact lenses that are more effective than a tinted vi-sor or old-fashioned eye black ...

Eye Care is Important
Hurricane Valley Journal - Hurricane,UT,USA
He said they have access to the newest contact lens technology which may allow people who have previously been told they were not a good candidate for contact lenses to wear them comfortably ...

Contact Lenses A Good Choice for Children 12 and Younger
Newswise (press release) - USA
Children 8 to 12 years old are just as adept as teenagers at handling and wearing contact lenses. "Optometrists traditionally don’t prescribe contact lenses to children until they are at least 12 years old," said Jeffrey Walline, an assistant professor of optometry at Ohio State University. "But we found that younger children are just as responsible with their lenses." ...

Maturity Becomes Lasik
Washington Post - United States
But four months ago, Hwu underwent one of several relatively new procedures, this one known as Epi-Lasik, which is designed for patients who can't have conventional laser surgery because it removes too much corneal tissue ...

Lenses or LASIK
13WHAM-TV - Rochester,NY,USA
Those considering laser surgery to improve their vision, but are concerned about the risks, might want to consider a new study that shows that using contact lenses may be just as dangerous ...

Body Parts: Tears are good for eyes
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
The eyes are the windows to the soul, it is said. If that's true, tears are the cleaner that keep those windows bright and clear. Tears moisten sensitive eye surfaces that would otherwise cloud up. They form a smooth surface that improves the eye's optics ...

Eyeing up online bargains
The Observer - UK
Two-thirds of the British population needs to wear spectacles or contact lenses. The average glasses-wearer will fork out more than £200 each year on eye care and products. Those who prefer contact lenses can spend three times that much ...