While wave upon wave of smartglasses and face-based wearables crash on the shores of CES, traditional glasses really haven’t ...

At CES, smart glasses were unveiled that replace multifocal lenses with real-time focus adjustment, no cameras or screens, ...

Wearers of “progressive” eyeglasses, or multifocals, must look through the top of the lenses for distance, through the middle for intermediate distance and through the bottom for close reading. Many ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...