COLUMBUS, Ohio – Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the treatment once they stop wearing the lenses, new research ...

Today’s featherweight plastic contact lenses are invaluable to many nearsighted and farsighted people. But those who need bifocal correction still cannot use them. Reason: it is useless to place a ...

The results of a new clinical trial may provide more hope for children with myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness. The study found that kids as young as 7 who regularly wore powerful bifocal ...

Optometrist George F. Tsuetaki, 68, a pioneer in contact lenses, developed a new computer-lathed bifocal contact lens and a new lens material, Fluorex 700. He was the founder and owner of Fused ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new study will evaluate MFCL and atropine as a combination therapy for ...

I can see clearly now the blur is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way, gone are the blurry days where I felt blind, it's gonna be a bright, bright sunshinin' day. This is you if you have had the ...

SAN DIEGO — Progressive-addition lenses are more likely than bifocals to improve mobility and balance in older people, according to a poster presentation at the American Academy of Optometry meeting ...

Children who wore high-power bifocal contacts had less worsening of myopia. By Nicholas Bakalar Wearing bifocal contact lenses may slow the progression of nearsightedness in children, a new study in ...

Richard Camp, a longtime Houston optician who developed an early bifocal contact lens, died Wednesday. He was 82. A native of Greenville, S.C., he moved to Houston in the late 1940s, where he operated ...