Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Progressive-addition lenses are more likely than bifocals to improve mobility and balance in older ...

Many adults find once they reach the age of 40 or so that they start to develop what is known as presbyopia. This is when objects that are close to the eyes become less distinct and the eyes need help ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults who wore progressive-addition lenses had the greatest fall rate. PALs wearers were two times more ...

I used the "B" word, and was gently corrected: "They’re called ‘progressive lenses’ now. We don’t call them bifocals any more." I’ve known for a year that my first pair was coming, because reading the ...

They're not very pretty, but prototype eyeglasses from University of Utah scientists could make progressive lenses obsolete for older people. Using electronically activated lenses and infrared ...

There’s a new high-tech eyeglass solution for dealing with the increased difficulty of focusing on up-close objects that comes with aging. PixelOptics’ emPower! eyeglasses — billed as the world’s only ...