Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

LAS VEGAS – Only 6% of U.S. consumers reported that they had spoken with an eye care professional about the amount of time they use digital devices, according to a new study commissioned by CooperVision and shared here at Vision Expo West.

Costa has committed to contribute all profits from orders placed at International Vision Expo West to the Red Cross hurricane relief efforts in response to hurricanes Harvey and Irma that hit Texas, Florida, Georgia and the Caribbean.

LAS VEGAS – Blair Wong, an optician from Boston, presents highlights from the PBS Documentary, Sight: The Story of Vision.

LAS VEGAS – CooperVision announced here at Vision Expo West the launch of its third Best Practices initiative to recognize the innovative and unexpected ways that eye care professionals advance the profession and provide the best care to patients.

LAS VEGAS – The TrueTear from Allergan is now available by prescription for patients to use throughout the day as a way to create natural tears with neurostimulation.

LAS VEGAS – "Once we eradicate ocular surface disease from the eye we need to look at regular eye hygiene to provide the best ocular surface,” Louise Sclafani, OD, FAAO, said here at Vision Expo West.

LAS VEGAS – The first step to get started in clinical research is finding a mentor, according to a panelist here at the Vision Expo West Global Contact Lens Forum.

LAS VEGAS – Contact lens manufacturers are working to continually identify problems preventing comfortable and effective lens wear, according to a panel of industry experts here at the Global Contact Lens Forum held during Vision Expo West.

The World Council of Optometry and the Vision Impact Institute announced during the World Congress of Optometry in Hyderabad their endorsement of the Essilor and Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile partnership to promote the role of vision as a key pillar of road safety on a global scale through awareness-building campaigns.

“At Issue” asked a panel: Are multifocal contact lenses effective in managing myopia progression, and, as a result, are daily disposable multifocal lenses destined to become the contact lens of choice for children?