News of the Weird (The Kansas City Star)Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek, 29, has developed jewelry consisting of tiny crystals or flowers that hang directly from the eye by micro-thin medical wire attached to prescription or blank contact lenses. In the light, they give the appearance of tears streaming down the cheek. He expects them to […]

News of the Weird (The Kansas City Star)Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek, 29, has developed jewelry consisting of tiny crystals or flowers that hang directly from the eye by micro-thin medical wire attached to prescription or blank contact lenses. In the light, they give the appearance of tears streaming down the cheek. He expects them to […]

Study: High temps degrade contact lens solution (Press & Sun-Bulletin)Prolonged exposure to high temperatures degrades the antifungal properties of the ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, which was implicated in a U.S. eye infection outbreak between 2004 and 2006, a new study says. Lions to help county woman with mysterious eye disorder (Lebanon Daily News)REXMONT […]

Soft Contact Lenses Do Not Lead To ‘Myopic Creep’ In Children, Study Shows (Medical News Today)Soft contact lens wear does not result in clinically significant acceleration in the development of nearsightedness in children and does not cause relevant increases in axial length or corneal curvature, a new study shows. Lions to help county woman with mysterious […]

Contamination Of Contact Lens Storage Cases Of Refractive Surgery Candidates (Science Daily)Millions of people around the world wear contact lenses, with 24 million wearers in the U.S. alone. While contact lens care is generally very safe, lenses that are not properly cleaned and disinfected increase the risk of severe eye infection. Any lens that is […]

Study: High temps degrade contact lens solution (Press & Sun-Bulletin)Prolonged exposure to high temperatures degrades the antifungal properties of the ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, which was implicated in a U.S. eye infection outbreak between 2004 and 2006, a new study says. Lions to help county woman with mysterious eye disorder (Lebanon Daily News)REXMONT […]

St. Anthony’s Medical Center adds new addition to help patients heal (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)General surgeon Dr. Robert Beckman performs a laparoscopic gallbladder removal in St. Anthony’s Medical Center’s new Heart and Surgical Pavilion Tuesday morning. Artist goes old school to capture Florida’s beauty (The News-Press)In a world full of digital cameras and instant gratification, John Brady […]

Men arrested over hi-tech marked cards (News Interactive)THREE men have been arrested in South Korea for making and selling marked playing cards which can be read with specially-designed contact lenses, prosecutors say. Vision Correction Procedure Hits a Milestone (Carteret County News-Times)(ARA) - More than 150 million Americans, or approximately 50 percent of the U.S. population, require […]

Contamination Of Contact Lens Storage Cases Of Refractive Surgery Candidates (Science Daily)Millions of people around the world wear contact lenses, with 24 million wearers in the U.S. alone. While contact lens care is generally very safe, lenses that are not properly cleaned and disinfected increase the risk of severe eye infection. Any lens that is […]

MADE IN NORTH COUNTY: High-tech combo contact lenses made in Carlsbad (North County Times)Recessions often usher in permanent changes in a region’s economy. The recession of the early 1990s marked a decline in San Diego County’s military-related industries and the emergence of what has become one the greatest concentrations of medical and biotechnical industries in […]