This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The number of people who are nearsighted, a condition doctors call myopia, has doubled in this country since the 1970's. While the theories behind the increase are varied, one thing ...

A useful medical wearable could profoundly change the optometry business. Purdue University researchers have developed soft contact lenses that not only correct vision, but also monitor glucose and ...

Like many people who’ve been nearsighted since childhood, Maimoona Azeem was looking for a way to stop wearing glasses and contact lenses. But there were even more compelling reasons to correct her ...

Astigmatism causes a person to experience distorted, blurry vision. Corrective contact lenses can help people with astigmatism to see more clearly, and many brands offer contact lenses for astigmatism ...

ROCKFORD, Mich. — We’ve always been told to never to sleep in contacts, but there’s a little-known eye treatment that instructs you to do just that. That’s because these contacts correct your vision ...

Contact lenses are a popular and convenient way for many people to correct their vision. Several online manufacturers offer vision correcting and non-correcting contact lenses. Approximately 45 ...

A new study suggests that older adults who wear multifocal contact lenses to correct problems with near vision, a very common condition that increases with age, may have greater difficulty driving at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine This story is part of a series on the current progression ...

Novartis (NYSE:NVS) is turning to innovation for growth. That’s why the company has decided to partner with Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to develop high tech contact lenses to correct vision and perhaps help ...

Those who wear contact lenses have to remember to take them out before they go to bed, but that could actually change. There are some specially designed contacts that you can sleep in and they can ...

For 15 years contact lenses that temporarily correct have been on the market, but few people know about them. They're called CRT's. If you wear glasses, how would you like to never have to wear them ...