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Foreign Policy: If You Can See This, You're LuckyTuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 8:18AMIn developing countries, corrective eye-wear isn't commonplace due to cost and accessibility. Fortunatly, affordable and profitable options may have a chance. Charles Kenny of Foreign Policy shares insight on eyesight. read more

Quiz: Your money literacySaturday, April 16, 2011 @ 10:20PMMoney is continually coming into our lives and leaving it, but that doesn't mean practice makes perfect.

Eye Care for Adults of All Ages: What Consumers Can Do Now to Help Preserve Eye Health and Prevent Vision Loss LaterTuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 1:48PMST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the American Optometric Association age plays a major factor when caring for our eyes and depending on how old you are, there are steps you can take to preserve your vision.

Eye Care for Adults of All Ages: What Consumers Can Do Now to Help Preserve Eye Health and Prevent Vision Loss LaterTuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 1:41PMAccording to the American Optometric Association’s American Eye-Q® survey, 46 percent of consumers indicate eyesight is the sense they worry most about losing. With consumer sentiment so focused on eye health, protecting the eyes and vision should be an important part of overall health care for Americans of all ages.

How a Social Entrepreneur Brings Sight to the Developing WorldThursday, January 27, 2011 @ 4:09PMIn 1984 Jordan Kassalow, an optometry student in Boston, volunteered to treat hundreds of patients in rural Mexico. Many had struggled to find work because of their poor eyesight but couldn?t afford corrective lenses. Of the 70% who needed eyeglasses, Kassalow figured half could get by with the sort of ready-made models sold in drugstores. ?Why don?t we train local people to sell reading glasses ...

Can adjustable glasses help poor kids?Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 12:01PMNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For many children in poor nations, a simple pair of glasses can be out of reach. But a new study suggests relatively cheap specs that people can adjust themselves hold some promise.

PixelOptics' emPower! Featured on 'Live! With Regis and Kelly'Tuesday, January 18, 2011 @ 1:19PMROANOKE, Va., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PixelOptics' emPower!, the world's first electronic focusing eyeglasses, was featured today on the nationally syndicated talk show "Live! With Regis and Kelly." Technology expert Leo Laporte highlighted emPower! -- the eyewear that changes its focus much faster than the blink of an eye, with no moving parts and without making a sound -- in a segment ...

PixelOptics' emPower! Featured on 'Live! With Regis and Kelly'Tuesday, January 18, 2011 @ 12:13PMPixelOptics' emPower!, the world's first electronic focusing eyeglasses, was featured today on the nationally syndicated talk show "Live! With Regis and Kelly." Technology expert Leo Laporte highlighted emPower! â the eyewear that changes its focus much faster than the blink of an eye, with no moving parts and without making a sound â in a segment that featured products seen at the 2011 CES .

UA awarded NEI Grant for Tohono O'odham vision screening programTuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 1:44PMTUCSON - University of Arizona researchers recently were awarded an $880,000 grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institutes of Health to continue the Tohono O'odham Vision Screening Program on the Tohono O'odham Nation, west of Tucson.