eyeglasses News Archive

24-Jul-2007

 

  • Clear bargains available on eyeglasses (The Morning Call)
    Prescription eyeglasses are part medical product and part fashion accessory for the two-thirds of American adults who wear them at least occasionally. But no matter why you're buying a pair of specs, you're probably overpaying.


  • Pottermania Inspires Dreamers (The New York Sun)
    Pottermania is just as evident on Staten Island as it is in the rest of the world. Fans of Harry Potter held "Midnight Magic" parties here Friday waiting for the final book in the series, which would arrive at the stroke of 12. They showed up at the Barnes & Noble store on Richmond Avenue wearing signature Potter eyeglasses and his famous lightning-bolt forehead scar. The phenomenon of a book ...


  • So much for illusions of an Everyman (The Star-Ledger)
    Underneath the hats, police say, was James Madison of Maplewood, who is suspected of using his regular guy appearance to blend in and disappear after robbing 18 banks.


  • Scojo Foundation provides affordable eyeglasses to the poorest countries (International Herald Tribune)
    The nonprofit social enterprise uses market solutions to distribute inexpensive corrective glasses in the developing world.


  • Club News (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
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  • Helping people is my life (Jamaica Gleaner)
    WESTERN BUREAU: Standing just over five feet tall, sporting wire rimmed eyeglasses, and an Afro with strands of grey hair, Joy Crooks is a godsend for the mentally challenged living in western Jamaica. A general and psychiatric nurse for more than 30 years...


  • Vision blurry when most buy glasses (Los Angeles Times)
    A lack of comparison shopping leads most wearers in the U.S. to overpay for eyewear. Prescription eyeglasses are part medical product and part fashion accessory for the two-thirds of American adults who wear them at least occasionally. But no matter why you're buying a pair of specs, you're probably overpaying.


  • Potter stirs up magic (Berkshire Eagle)
    Inside Barnes & Noble in Pittsfield, book lovers flipped through old Harry Potter books hoping to find a spell against anticipation. Readers of all ages swarmed the aisles, proudly displaying complimentary glow-in-the dark eyeglasses and scar tattoos shaped as the number 7.


  • New Australian case of prosopamnesia (News-Medical-Net)
    The woman's condition, known as prosopamnesia, is extremely rare and has only been found in a handful of people around the world, according to University of Queensland cognitive neuroscientist Professor Jason Mattingley.


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