By Adrian Galbreth

The University of Ulster"s Optometry Clinic is offering a new kind of telescopic glasses that can significantly improve the vision of people with eyesight defects.

Known as the BiOptic Telescope, the system has a telescope mounted on top of the spectacle frame... Read more

By Adrian Galbreth

Two patients have had their eyesight saved thanks to the innovative use of the drug Avastin, contact lens wearers have learned.

Professor Andrew Lotery, a consultant ophthalmologist at Southampton General... Read more

By Adrian Galbreth

The Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has revealed that it will be taking part in a major national and international studies into the treatment of glaucoma.

It is currently just one of 11 sites in the UK taking part in the UK Glaucoma Treatment... Read more

By Adrian Galbreth

Retina Implant has seen some results from its first human clinical trial, with 11 patients who lost their sight due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) taking part.

Following the subretinal implant, a few of the patients were able to see objects and shapes with such... Read more

By Adrian Galbreth

A University of the West of England (UWE ) researcher is hoping to understand why older people consider giving up driving, including eyesight issues.

Contact lens wearers may be interested in the work of... Read more

By Alexa Kaczka

An ophthalmologist who saved many babies from blindness through his research has died at the age of 79, contact lens wearers have learned.

Dr Arnall Patz, who was director emeritus of the Wilmer Eye... Read more

By Adrian Galbreth

Two US students have been given the William C Ezell Fellowships, offering the chance to train to help contact lens wearers and other people with eye problems.

Johanna Tukler-Henriksson and Yiang Li both... Read more

By Adrian Galbreth

The fact that glaucoma"s onset is silent is a central factor behind why the disease often damages vision before people know they have it, contact lens wearers have been told.

It is also a chief reason why... Read more

By Alexa Kaczka

Even though most contact lens wearers should not have problems watching 3D films, there are some people that should be wary of such flicks.

Dr Mike Ehrenhaus, an ophthalmologist based in Queens and Brooklyn... Read more

By Adrain Galbreth

A new development in contact lens technology could see the end of diabetes sufferers having to constantly check their blood sugar levels.

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, have created hydrogel contact lenses with integrated nanoparticles... Read more