eyeglasses News Archive

06-Oct-2008

 

  • Vision Correction Procedure Hits a Milestone (Carteret County News-Times)
    (ARA) - More than 150 million Americans, or approximately 50 percent of the U.S. population, require eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct common vision problems. For these people, waking up in bed and reaching over to the nightstand for eye glasses is a normal ritual.


  • Change and Outrage at the Bus Station That Time Forgot (New York Times)
    Owners and workers at some of the businesses in the George Washington Bridge Bus Station expressed uncertainty and frustration over a planned renovation.


  • Downey: Cubs needed a rewrite from Hollywood (The Pantagraph)
    LOS ANGELES -- Well, thanks for watching, Chicago. Very sorry, Ron Santo. Too bad, Ernie Banks. Looks like it?s Groundhog Day all over again, Bill Murray. We know you?ve seen this before with those huge eyeglasses, Harry Caray, even from way up there where you are. | LIVE: MLB scoreboard | MLB page


  • Cubs needed Hollywood rewrite Cubs: 'Choker' label? (Chicago Tribune)
    But joke's on Cubs for umpteenth time Well, thanks for watching, Chicago. Very sorry, Ron Santo. Too bad, Ernie Banks. Looks like it's Groundhog Day all over again, Bill Murray. We know you've seen this before with those huge eyeglasses, Harry Caray, even from way up there where you are.


  • TheRidgefieldPress.com ? News ? Lions Club seeks used eyeglasses (Ridgefield Press)
    October is Sight Month and the Ridgefield Lions Club will be increasing their efforts to collect used eyeglasses, children?s and adult?s, sunglasses and regular lenses for distribution throughout third world countries.


  • Coffee Break: Get your own pair of Palin eyeglasses (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
    Still searching for a pair of those Sarah Palin specs?


  • Lions Club, city recycling center partner to collect used eyeglasses (Portsmouth Herald)
    PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Residents may now recycle prescription eyeglasses, reading glasses and non-prescription sunglasses by placing them in specially marked collection boxes at the recycling center .


  • Proper Use and Care More Important than New Lens Types for Contact Lens Infection Prevention (Science Daily)
    Contact lenses are a good alternative to eyeglasses, but are not entirely risk free. Even with today's improved designs, a small but significant number of contact lens wearers develop painful microbial infections of the cornea (microbial keratitis, or MK) that can cause vision loss.


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