Wearers of multifocals (“progressive” eyeglasses) must look through the top of the lenses for distance, through the middle for intermediate distance and through the bottom for close reading. Many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults who wore progressive-addition lenses had the greatest fall rate. PALs wearers were two times more ...

Providing single-lens distance glasses to older people who wear multifocal glasses and who regularly take part in outdoor activities is a simple and effective way of preventing falls, concludes a ...

Switching elderly people from their multifocal glasses to single lens distance glasses is a simple way to reduce falls in elderly people who spend regular time outdoors, Australian researchers say.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the U.S. market, we currently have three newer multifocal IOLs approved for use: the Alcon Clareon PanOptix ...

Eyeglasses come in a variety of types. This includes a single-vision lens with one power or strength over the entire lens, or a bifocal or trifocal lens with multiple strengths over the entire lens.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Norman Swan: Could it be that having fancier lenses in your spectacles can make you less steady on your ...

Presbyopia is a visual defect which affects many people over 40 years old, including myself. As we cannot focus on close objects, we tend to rely on bifocal glasses. But with bifocals, the two parts ...

As we get older, most of us will need glasses – first reading glasses, then multifocals (or progressives), a market worth some $12 billion in the United States alone. The total value of the ...

Eyeglasses today are fashion accessories, as stylish as purses and belts. So don't fret if contact lenses bother your eyes. Instead, scope out the latest frames to give your face a fresh look. As ...