A new report shows the benefit of wearing contact lenses for slowing myopia has a lasting effect -- good news since 50% of the world (5 billion people) will likely be nearsighted by 2050.

Capping ten years of work to stem the tide of nearsightedness, David Berntsen, Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry and chair ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in Thursday as Puerto Rico’s new governor during a normally ebullient ceremony held amid widespread anger over a blackout that hit ...

Contact lenses consisting of silicone have some features that provide a healthy environment for the eye. These lenses are designed to allow as much as five to ten times the amount of oxygen to pass ...

Power had been restored for about 336,000 of Puerto Rico’s 1.5 million customers as of 6:00 p.m., but the company said the full restoration ... The cause of the blackout is under investigation.

Eye contact, once a cornerstone of human connection, is becoming increasingly rare in our screen-dominated lives. The beeps, alerts, and endless digital distractions have shifted our gaze away ...

Kamal Adwan hospital patients and others told to leave Palestinian health ministry says contact with staff lost ... regrouping but that it will retain full security control of Gaza after the ...

During a routine cataract surgery, doctors discovered 27 contact lenses trapped under a 67-year-old woman's eyelid. Despite her wearing monthly disposable lenses for 35 years and experiencing ...

The video went viral on social media on Christmas Eve 2024, however, it reportedly dates back to November 27, 2023. Thus, it roughly translates to the fact that no such billboard display took ...

Embiid got close to Schroeder and made incidental contact, crew chief Curtis Blair told a pool reporter after the game. Loading Twitter content Blair said that Embiid was tossed for two ...

temperature as the spacecraft approaches the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe remains out of contact on Christmas Day after its historic achievement on Dec. 24 when it got closer to the sun than ...

It turned out to be a clump of 17 disposable contact lenses bound together by mucus. A surgeon then recovered 10 more lenses during a closer examination under a microscope. The diagnosis ...