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  • Foreign Policy: If You Can See This, You're Lucky Tuesday, 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 literacy Saturday, 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 Later Tuesday, 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 Later Tuesday, 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 World Thursday, 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 program Tuesday, 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.
  • Flexible health accounts cover broad array of purchases Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 6:20AMThe end of the year typically means frantic spending on the holidays, but it also could mean frantically using up your flexible spending account. However, there are some creative ways to do so. An FSA is a benefit typically offered by large employers to
  • Myopia Appears To Have Become More Common Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 1:18AMMyopia (nearsightedness) may have been more common in Americans from 1999 to 2004 than it was 30 years ago, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common condition in which the image of an object seen in the distance is focused anterior to the retina and is consequently out of focus when it ...
  • Community Briefs Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 2:47AMThe Tulsa Audubon Society will host a volunteer day from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Broken Arrow.
  • The Highly Anticipated MOSCOT Titanium, a New Collection That Marries the Best of MOSCOT Originals With the Latest in ... Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ 12:25PMNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 22, 2009) - Venerable New York City institution, MOSCOT Eyewear and Eyecare since 1915, announces the immediate availability of MOSCOT Titanium for Fall/Winter 2009. The collection will be available exclusively at MOSCOT or online at www.moscot.com . The new collection marries the old school, timeless style of the MOSCOT Originals ...
  • The Highly Anticipated MOSCOT Titanium, a New Collection That Marries the Best of MOSCOT Originals With the Latest in ... Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ 11:06AMNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 09/22/09) - Venerable New York City institution, MOSCOT Eyewear and Eyecare since 1915, announces the immediate availability of MOSCOT Titanium for Fall/Winter 2009. The collection will be available exclusively at MOSCOT or online at www.moscot.com . The new collection marries the old school, timeless style of the MOSCOT Originals with ultra ...
  • Had Your Eyes Checked Lately? Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 12:57PMBy Dennis Thompson , HealthDay Reporter SATURDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Though good vision is what allows the perception of the colors, shapes and sights of...
  • Had Your Eyes Checked Lately? Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 9:45AMProcrastinating on exams could put vision at risk, experts warn.
  • Had Your Eyes Checked Lately? Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 8:48AMSATURDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Though good vision is what allows the perception of the colors, shapes and sights of the world, Americans appear to be fairly lackadaisical when it comes to protecting their eye health, according to surveys done by U.S. eye groups.
  • HealthNet and community see eye-to-eye Friday, June 5, 2009 @ 4:23PMAt the beginning of this year, HealthNet had 100 patients in need of vision care. That number has dropped to 70 because of a grant from the Nowlan and Mouat Foundation, Mercy Health System and ShopKo Eye Care Centers, said Traci Rogers, HealthNet executive director.
  • Reportlinker Adds U.S. Eyewear Market: Prescription and Nonprescription Lenses, Sunglasses, Contact Lenses, and Frames Thursday, June 4, 2009 @ 9:04AMNEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
  • News briefs Thursday, May 28, 2009 @ 9:53AMOn May 21, Mary Pichetti and John Jumpe from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) toured Wayland High School with Principal Pat Tutwiler, Assistant Principal Allyson Mizoguchi, architect Steve Millingon, project manager David Saindon, and High School Building Committee (HSBC) Chairwoman Lea Anderson.
  • Candidates for sight Friday, April 3, 2009 @ 12:59PMPRK or LASIK? RLE or ICL? No, these aren't leftover letters from a Scrabble game, they're just a few acronyms pulled from an ever-expanding menu of options for laser corrective eye surgery.[...]
  • 9Health Fair at high school Saturday Thursday, April 2, 2009 @ 2:37PMThe month of April will see 9Health Fair events throughout the state of Colorado. Here in Pagosa the event will happen Saturday, April 4, at the high school from 7 a.m. to noon.
  • Most people would like to see without the hindrance of eyeglasses or contacts lenses. Laser vision corrective eye ... Friday, March 20, 2009 @ 12:34PMIt's summertime, and everyone wants to enjoy being outside. Given that the incidence of skin cancer is on the rise, here are some ways to protect your skin.
  • ADA Amendments Mean Employers Need to Be More Cautious Thursday, March 5, 2009 @ 7:24PMBy rejecting the narrow and exacting holdings in two U.S. Supreme Court cases and then expanding key definitions in the Americans With Disabilities Act, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 -- which became effective on Jan. 1 -- significantly broadens the protective scope of the ADA. Employers should take a more cautious approach in their employment practices and decisions and should expect an ...
  • Famed Eyewear Purveyor, MOSCOT, Designers of Coveted MOSCOT Originals and MOSCOT Spirit Eyewear Collections, Announces ... Wednesday, March 4, 2009 @ 10:26AM Venerable New York City institution, MOSCOT Eyewear and Eyecare Since 1915, today announced the launch of seven brand new frame styles that will have heads turning and tongues wagging.
  • For USA, bobsledding world title in sight Tuesday, February 17, 2009 @ 11:27PMTwo years ago, Steven Holcomb's eyesight was degenerating so rapidly he thought he'd have to retire from driving bobsleds down slippery, snaking tracks at speeds nearing 100 mph.
  • Opticians vs. optometrists in Quebec Wednesday, February 11, 2009 @ 5:42PMQuebec’s order of dispensing opticians has escalated a conflict that’s been brewing for well over a year between it and the province’s order of optometrists.
  • High Growth Forecasted for the World Eyeglasses Market Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 5:58AM NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Ophthalmic devices industry is available in its catalogue.
  • Bespectacled popularity ebbs, flows with latest national figures, celebrities Sunday, October 5, 2008 @ 9:51PMFor the first time since Barry Goldwater ran against Lyndon B. Johnson back in 1964, a major party candidate on the presidential ticket is making a spectacle with spectacles.