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As we get older, our eyes get worse. That’s just a fact of life. It is a rite of passage the first time you leave the eye doctor with a script for “progressive” lenses which are just fancy bifocals.

The new year, both literally and figuratively, acts as a fulcrum for those of us who follow any sort of calendar-based existence. It’s a time of celebration, of hope, of promise, of new beginnings. It ...

For children diagnosed with worsening myopia, bifocals might be a better choice than standard lenses for nearsightedness; researchers have found that the condition doesn’t seem to progress as rapidly ...

French startup IXI is working on glasses with autofocus lenses Built-in sensors track eye movements Liquid crystal lenses adjust focus to match what you’re looking at Squinting to see a sign, tilting ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Cincinnati researchers are reporting on the discovery of a bug with bifocals - such an amazing finding that it initially had the researchers questioning whether they ...

In the future, you may not need to get a new prescription for your eye glasses — because a Finnish company called IXI is claiming to have manufactured the world’s first eyeglasses that can adjust ...

Presbyopia is a visual defect which affects many people over 40 years old, including myself. As we cannot focus on close objects, we tend to rely on bifocal glasses. But with bifocals, the two parts ...

If you are over age 40, you are either wearing bifocals or squinting to read this print. On this day in 1785, Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals, a fixture that has been a part of my life over four ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most adults over 45 experience at least some degree of presbyopia. Presbyopia is a common variant of farsightedness affecting over ...