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A 25-year-old almost lost her eye after an itchy contact lens turned out to be an ulcer caused by 'harsh' bacteria
Steph Carrasco needed emergency surgery after a week of 72 daily eye drops didn't heal the ulcer.
Kim Schewitz
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Soon we may be viewing the world through a smart contact lens
Likewise, Sony, Sensimed AG, and Google are also working on the smart contact lens. Google h…
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How to tell if a contact is still in your eye and find it when it's lost
An eye doctor says that it is crucial for people not rub their eyes when they have contacts in and …
Kelly Burch
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What happens when you sleep in your contact lenses
Contact Lenses are like a sponge in your eye. No matter how natural they may feel, contact le…
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'Boy Meets World' star Rider Strong says Donald Sutherland has a rule that nobody on set 'can make eye contact with him'
Rider Strong recalled Donald Sutherland pausing a monologue while filming to announce that a man wa…
Esme Mazzeo
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Companies have been attempting smart contact lens for years, but two companies are close to success. Here's what needs to happen to get them in our hands
Smart contact lenses are becoming more of a reality. But we're still years away from getting them i…
Michelle Yan
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A college student who slept in contact lenses went blind in one eye after he was infected by a parasite
Mike Krumholz, 21, says he may never fully see out of his left eye again because of the infection.
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
Companies have been attempting smart contact lens for years, but two companies are close to success. Here's what needs to happen to get them in our hands
As nanotechnology has advanced, smart contact lenses are becoming more of a reality. Companies like…
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A woman had her eye removed after she showered while wearing contact lenses and it got infected by a parasite found in tap water
Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare parasite infection, can make it feel like there is something constan…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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An ophthalmologist and optometrist debunk biggest vision myths
Two eye doctors debunk the popular myths about carrots improves your vision, reading in the dark is…
Michelle Yan Huang,Ally Giannini
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A major Apple supplier is reportedly using forced labor from thousands of Uighur workers to make glass for iPhones
A longtime supplier of iPhone glass in China, Lens Technology, has been using forced labor in its f…
Ben Gilbert
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How innovation and empathy-driven consumer connect helped Titan Eyeplus cross its 2019 sales figures for October
To address evolving consumer needs, Titan Eyeplus recently launched anti-fog lens and anti-viral fr…
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The pros and cons of contacts vs. glasses - and how to decide which is best for you
Whereas glasses are easier to maintain and usually cheaper, contacts don't distort your peripheral …
Toketemu Ohwovoriole,Benjamin Bert
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I recently removed 23 contact lenses from a patient's eye. In my 20 years as a doctor, I've never seen anything like it.
In a now-viral video, the doctor can be seen pulling out contact lens after contact lens with a Q-t…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
5 mins read
I got a new contact lens prescription without having to set foot in a doctor's office. Here's what it was like.
Ayyar said that Simple Contacts does its best to catch mistakes when people make them. The users st…
Lydia Ramsey
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Anthony Fauci said eye coverings might eventually be recommended in the US: 'You should probably use it if you can'
"If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it," Fauci told ABC. The CDC already recommen…
Aria Bendix
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1-800 Contacts makes it easy to order almost any brand of contacts online, and it'll price-match your lenses if anyone else is selling them for less
1-800 Contacts offers over 250 varieties of contacts and a best-price guarantee, which is why we're…
Jen Gushue
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Google has an idea to make a smart contact lens that runs on solar power
Of course, as with most patents, there's no guarantee that such a contact lens will become a realit…
Cadie Thompson
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A former employee says Google's smart contact lens is 'slideware' that exists only in PowerPoint presentations
"(T)here is always a new adherent who thinks all the measurements that went before were wrong," Sm…
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What happens when you sleep in your contacts
Really serious blinding kind of infections related to contact lens wear are rare, fortunately. If t…