The doctors from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam have found that people, who regularly take aspirin, face the risk of losing eyesight with age. Full story

The scientists suspect that visual acuity may be associated with the month of birth. For example, nearsightedness (or myopia) of the secondary and higher degree is more common among those born in June or July. Full story

Many people worldwide have problems with eyesight. It is not surprising that the doctors blame modern technologies. Resting from the computer, we watch TV or go to the cinema; if we do not drive a car or use public transportation, we read a book. Full story

The enthusiasm young people have about the unusual contact lenses may have a ruinous effect on their eyesight, the oculists warn. Colored contacts of any size can be bought anywhere without a doctor’s recommendation and prescription. In their zeal to look like their favorite movie and cartoon characters, a lot of teenagers buy and wear lenses without any investigation conducted by an ophthalmologist. Full story

The days when people felt bad for young women who wear glasses are over. Now, those means of vision correction have been transformed into trendy and fashionable accessories. They are worn even by people who have good eyesight and don't need vision correction. Full story

It is Adlens that decided that what works for field glasses may as well work for city glasses, uhm, any glasses. Their adaptive-lens eyeglasses can become more or less powerful, obedient to your turn of the dial knob. Full story