Optometry

Vuity eyedrops have gone on sale as an alternative to reading glasses

Body and Mind

First FDA-approved eye drops to replace reading glasses go on sale

The first FDA-approved eye drops to treat age-related blurry near vision (presbyopia) has gone on sale in the US, offering a potential alternative to reading glasses for the estimated 128 million Americans affected by this common condition.

Experimental new contact lenses may stop childhood-onset myopia from progressing as the patient gets older (Photo: Shutterstock)

Wellness and Healthy Living

Special contact lenses could potentially stop myopia from progressing

Experimental new contact lenses may stop nearsightedness from progressing.

Optician and optometrist Jaume Paune is the creator of contact lenses capable of correcting hyperopia without surgery

Wellness and Healthy Living

Overnight lenses correct farsightedness

The world's first contact lens to correct hyperopia (farsightedness) has been developed.

$NETRA offers a simple, quick and inexpensive way to use mobile phones to measure refractive errors of the eye (Photo Credit, Andy Ryan)$

Wellness and Healthy Living

NETRA uses of mobile phones to deliver simple, cheap eye tests

MIT Media Lab's "NETRA" enables cheap, fast eye tests.