Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Continuous-wear contact lenses, designed to be worn for up to a month, showed a comparable risk of ocular complications whether replaced monthly or nightly, and a reduced risk of ocular complications when replaced daily in the morning, according to a recent study.

As part of a society growing ever more immersed in 3D technology, including 3D movies, TV and video games, our ability to see in three dimensions has become more important. Recent studies have shown that viewing stereoscopic 3D can have a significant effect on visual and physical comfort; however, this may point to an underlying binocular vision problem, for which the 3D technology itself may be a useful tool in prescribing treatment.

PHOENIX – Researchers reported here in a poster at Academy 2012 that nine out of 10 websites studied did not collect all of the necessary information required to dispense accurate spectacles, and none of the 10 collected all standard parameters for progressives.

CHICAGO — Preliminary results of a patient survey show self-reported satisfaction from LASIK and contact lenses, a speaker said here.

PHOENIX – Symptoms experienced by reusable soft contact lens wearers could be alleviated with daily disposable contacts, according to a study presented here at Academy 2012.

Ready-made spectacles and custom spectacles offered similar levels of visual correction, visual function and patient satisfaction, according to a study.

PHOENIX – Although teenagers appear satisfied with both contact lenses and spectacles as modes of refractive correction, a study presented here at Academy 2012 found that contact lenses demonstrated superior performance in more categories important to teenagers.

PHOENIX – A study comparing the physiologic and subjective responses to contact lens wear in subjects with and without diabetes found that the two groups had similar acceptance of contacts with no detectable adverse effects on vision or ocular health, according to a poster presentation here at Academy 2012.

PHOENIX – Tear film osmolarity was found to be a “robust” and “independent” measure of tear film homeostasis, as well as having no association with dryness and discomfort symptoms in normal subjects, according to a study presented here at Academy 2012.

PHOENIX – Researchers who studied the effects of omega-3s found that supplementation improved comfort with and without contact lens wear.