New study links behavior with the disease. Add another health risk to the list for people with so-called Type A personalities: open-angle glaucoma. In a new...
Technology is still in the early stages. A Dutch firm has developed 3D technology making it possible to print objects in a transparent material with a...
Up to 30 states have considered such legislation. Louisiana has become the third state where optometrists can perform eye surgery. After months of sometimes heated debate,...
“Aspirational shoppers” fueling sales growth. “Middle-class shoppers are increasingly turning to sunglasses to upgrade their style for less,” according to a CBNC report, “snatching up multiple...
UK firm builds ad campaign around kids in glasses. An optical outlet in Great Britain has found a clever way to build business-awareness among the parents...
60 Minutes and The Daily Show talk eyewear. In case you missed it, 60 Minutes last Sunday rebroadcast a 2012 report on Luxottica, in which Leslie...
Some contact-wearing women are coming back into the eyeglass fold. Aging populations, sedentary lifestyles and increasing exposure to radiation from electronic displays will combine to boost...
Oakland Infielder Eric Sogard tells kids how glasses changed his life – and his Game. Oakland Athletics infielder Eric Sogard carried the message of good vision...
Diane von Furstenberg will launch line of special frames. Google Glass has added a Chicago OD to its trio of Southern California outlets for the $1500...
Surprise: women want to try their glasses on before buying. An online eyeglass retailer specializing in glasses for women has shuttered after 16 months in business,...
James Dean and Steve McQueen wore ‘em, so why not? Direct from the 1950s, clip-on sun lenses are back. Garrett Leight, the son of Oliver People’s...
Essilor and Bausch + Lomb among those paying $3.5 million. China last week fined Johnson & Johnson, Nikon Corp and five other makers of eyeglasses and...
The Utah man mortgaged his home to get his non-profit started. A former optician in Utah who mortgaged his home to provide eye exams and glasses...
ODs can now use local anesthesia. The Tennessee legislature has passed a bill allowing optometrists to use local anesthesia when removing lesions such as cysts and...
Lenses feature Here Kitty images. Hello Kitty merchandise is a worldwide obsession among prepubescent girls, but it started in Japan, and one Japanese eyewear manufacturer has...
New invention tricks the eyes with beams of light. Perhaps promoted by Google Glass, young techies have embraced the add-on possibilities of eyeglasses, devising products that...
Expert advises a conservative approach. “Overly aggressive” vision correction in older patients can increase the risk of falls, according to a report in the current issue...
One study says the public is “not well served.” With online purchases of eyewear growing as rapidly north of the border as in the U.S., Canadian...
The company is hiring lobbyists to counter such bills. An Illinois state legislator is pushing legislation that would outlaw using Google Glass-like devices behind the wheel,...
UV protection is only the primary reason for wearing them. An editor of Golf Digest says he is among the many golfers who don’t like wearing...
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