eyeglasses News Archive

13-Nov-2007

 

  • Depressed? Wear glasses! (Hindustan Times)
    Old and depressed? A pair of spectacles could cheer you up. A study of residents of old age homes in the US found that in many cases depression was linked to poor vision - and eyeglasses dramatically improved the quality of lives of users.


  • Eyeglasses Upgrade Helps Elderly Battle Depression (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
    MONDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Correcting nursing home residents' poor vision not only boosts quality of life, it may lower risks for depression, U.S. researchers report.


  • Nursing home patients need basic eye care, study finds (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
    Nursing home patients often are overlooked when it comes to taking basic steps to improve their vision, leading to a decline in their quality of life and problems such as depression, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


  • Eyeglasses Upgrade Helps Elderly Battle Depression (ABC 7 El Paso)
    MONDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Correcting nursing home residents' poor vision not only boosts quality of life, it may lower risks for depression, U.S.


  • EyeBuyDirect Introduces Social Eyeglasses Shopping (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
    EyeBuyDirect , the Internet's home of high-quality, fashionable prescription eyeglasses for about $20, announced today a new interactive feature that revolutionizes the way people can shop for the frames.


  • Nursing Home Residents Who Receive Eyeglasses For Correcting Poor Vision Experience Less Depression (Medical News Today)
    A nursing home resident who gets eyeglasses for uncorrected refractive error is less likely to suffer from depression than one with refractive error who did not receive eyeglasses, according to an article in Archives of Ophthalmology (JAMA/Archives), November edition. Refractive error results in blurred vision - the back of the eye does not get the right amount of light. [click link for full ...


  • Correcting Poor Vision In Nursing Home Residents May Decrease Symptoms Of Depression (Science Daily)
    Nursing home residents who received eyeglasses for uncorrected refractive error were found to have improved quality of life and decreased symptoms of depression when compared to those with refractive error who had not received eyeglasses, according to a new report.


  • Arutz 7 TV (Israel National News)
    (IsraelNN.com) The eyeglasses of the Bobover Rebbe are being auctioned off for $350,000 on the online auction site eBay, according to Yeshiva World News.


  • Correcting poor vision in nursing home residents may decrease symptoms of depression (EurekAlert!)
    Nursing home residents who received eyeglasses for uncorrected refractive error were found to have improved quality of life and decreased symptoms of depression when compared to those with refractive error who had not received eyeglasses, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.


  • Eyeglasses Upgrade Helps Elderly Battle Depression (HealthCentral.com)
    Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. MONDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Correcting nursing home residents' poor vision not only boosts quality of life, it may lower risks for depression, U.S. researchers report.


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