Ophthalmology
How to keep your contact lenses clean (and what can go wrong if you don't)
You're rushing and accidentally drop a contact lens on the bathroom floor. Should you:
Aug 7, 2020
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News tagged with eye lens
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Your eyewear and COVID-19 safety
(HealthDay)—Coronavirus-related safety is crucial if you wear contact lenses, eyeglasses or safety glasses/goggles, experts say.
May 29, 2020
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Immunology
Eye injury sets immune cells on surveillance to protect the lens
The lens of the eye is an unusual organ. Unlike most of the body's organs, blood vessels don't reach the lens. If they did, they'd obscure our vision and we wouldn't be able to see. The lack of vasculature led scientists ...
May 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could your contact lenses track, treat your diabetes?
Contact lenses may someday do more than correct poor vision, with new, preliminary research in animals suggesting they could also monitor your diabetes and deliver medications.
Apr 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ocular scientists advise contact lens and spectacles wearers during COVID-19 pandemic
A new peer-reviewed paper from five prominent ocular scientists will help eye care practitioners (ECPs) instruct and reassure contact lens wearers during the global COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic. Published in Contact Lens ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Ophthalmology
The scariest part of Halloween may be costume contact lenses, an eye doctor says
Your appearance won't be the only frightening thing about wearing costume contact lenses this Halloween. Your eyes might look like a lizard's for an evening, but the risk of permanent vision loss may not be worth the temporary ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Ophthalmology
New approach to slowing nearsightedness in children shows promise
Combining two different treatment methods to slow the progression of myopia may deliver better results than either can achieve on their own. A new, two-year study shows that treating children with eye drops and contact lenses ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Medical research
An advance for drug-eluting contact lenses: Delivery to the back of the eye
Drug-eluting contact lenses, which gradually release drugs into the eye, offer a promising alternative to daily eye drops, which can be unpleasant and hard for patients to properly administer. In a 2016 preclinical study ...
Oct 2, 2019
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Health
4 personal items you probably should replace today
Is your toothbrush more than four months old? And how about your contact lens case? These and other everyday essentials need regular replacing, no matter how comfortable you are with them.
Aug 5, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Trouble driving at night? Yellow lenses won't help
(HealthDay)—"Night-driving" glasses that promise to dim the glare of headlights may not work as advertised, a new study finds.
Aug 2, 2019
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