eyeglasses News Archive

16-Nov-2007

 

  • 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.


  • Eyeglasses Improve Lives Of Seniors, Study Says (NBC 5 Chicago)
    Some older adults may be able to improve their quality of life with a simple device: eyeglasses.


  • 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.


  • Town Talk (The Farmington Daily Times)
    7 p.m., Monday - The Aztec Lions Club meets at the Lions Hall, 219 S. Park Ave. We want your eyeglasses. The pot luck and dance scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Aztec Senior Center, has been canceled.


  • Forward.com (Forward)
    Among eBay?s unique postings are a human kidney and a jar that supposedly captured a breath from Pope John Paul II. Now, add a late rebbe?s eyeglasses. The starting price? A cool $350,000.


  • Eyeglasses Upgrade Helps Elderly Battle Depression (MedicineNet.com)
    Title: Eyeglasses Upgrade Helps Elderly Battle Depression Category: Health News Created: 11/13/2007 10:56:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/13/2007


  • The eyes have it (Cleveland Jewish News)
    NEW YORK (JTA) n A woman is trying to sell the late Bobover rebbe?s eyeglasses for $350,000. A Nov. 5 posting on the online auction website eBay lists the glasses ?worn daily for over two decades by the Grand Rabbi Solomon Halberstam,? for the hefty sum. Shipping is listed at $125.


  • 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 ...


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