Switching elderly people from their multifocal glasses to single lens distance glasses is a simple way to reduce falls in elderly people who spend regular time outdoors, Australian researchers say.

A simple way to reduce falls in elderly people who spend regular time outdoors is to switch their multifocal glasses to single lens distance glasses, say Australian researchers. Fall prevention expert ...

Providing single-lens distance glasses to older people who wear multifocal glasses and who regularly take part in outdoor activities is a simple and effective way of preventing falls, concludes a ...

At CES, smart glasses were unveiled that replace multifocal lenses with real-time focus adjustment, no cameras or screens, promising natural vision and a normal look, launching next year. Anyone who ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Norman Swan: Could it be that having fancier lenses in your spectacles can make you less steady on your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many of us talk to patients with cataract about the opportunity to choose a “lifestyle” lens that offers them ...

While wave upon wave of smartglasses and face-based wearables crash on the shores of CES, traditional glasses really haven’t changed much over the hundreds of years we’ve been using them. The last ...

A new study suggests that older adults who wear multifocal contact lenses to correct problems with near vision, a very common condition that increases with age, may have greater difficulty driving at ...

They look like an ordinary pair of glasses – but these are tech-packed specs. On a Zoom call, Niko Eiden, chief executive and co-founder of Finnish eyewear firm IXI, holds up the frames with lenses ...