A new report shows the benefit of wearing contact lenses for slowing myopia has a lasting effect -- good news since 50% of the world (5 billion people) will likely be nearsighted by 2050.

We all want to keep our eyes healthy and our vision crisp. Some of your daily habits might be secretly sabotaging your efforts.

Capping ten years of work to stem the tide of nearsightedness, David Berntsen, Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry and chair ...

Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the ...

Have you also considered replacing your glasses with contact lenses, especially when it’s raining? Contact lenses are magical ...

However, silicone lenses come with some risks. If overworn or not cleaned properly, these contact lenses can still cause problems. And some people cannot tolerate a silicone lens due to dryness, ...

During a routine cataract surgery, doctors discovered 27 contact lenses trapped under a 67-year-old woman's eyelid. Despite her wearing monthly disposable lenses for 35 years and experiencing ...

Guns, violence, gore: hardly the usual elements of a classic Christmas film. The debate around whether or not Die Hard (and Die Hard 2) constitutes a proper holiday movie is almost as contentious ...

It turned out to be a clump of 17 disposable contact lenses bound together by mucus. A surgeon then recovered 10 more lenses during a closer examination under a microscope. The diagnosis ...

Can you work out who this Die Hard star is? Stepping out this week in a rare public outing, the Canadian actor looked totally unrecognisable, 36 years after appearing in the iconic Bruce Willis ...