Dear Prevention minded friends,
Subject: Scientific letter and report on myopia prevention.
It has long been known that the use of a strong plus lens is
effective in preventing nearsighedness.

I am new to the Ventura, CA area and I need to find an optician/store where
I can get a good pair of eyeglasses with progressive lenses.  I currently
have a pair with Hoya lenses which provide me with good vision, and I'm
considering either Hoya again or Zeiss.  Before getting ...

Hi i was disgnosed with glaucoma and have been under treatmnt for a
month now. my doctor prescribed lumigan that got my iop from 30 down
to 19. however, my vision from my glasses seem worse so he checkd
again and my prescription got a little worse. he advised me to come

A recent comprehesive eye exam revealed that my vision is 20/30 in the
right eye, 20/50 in the left with astigmatism in both.  I requested a
try at contact lenses and the office set up a fitting procedure.
First pass:  Preference Toric soft lenses (numbers obtained from

I've been having a somewhat strange vision problem for about the last
two years: the near and far vision in my right eye is fine for about
the first 1-2 hours after I wake up in the morning, but after that, I
tend to see double images out of that eye (and only that eye). An

I am looking for info on a diamond edger. The tag on the front left says
M3X. No other obvious tag. Maybe underneath but I did not think to look
there and I do not have access to it at the moment.
I did a Google search but could not find anything. I would like to ID

My daughter is 9 years old. Her glasses prescription is -7.50 in R eye and -
7.75 in left eye. We only picked up that she needed glasses when she was
almost 5 years old -her first prescription was about -6.5 . Her
prescription has been -7.5 /7.75 for last few years. Her problem is ...

Hi All. My wife has been recently diagnosed (by a neuro-opthamalogist)
with dominant optic atrophy. We thought she just had a lousy
optometrist, I wish that were the case. There are so many questions:
Will there ever be a cure? Will our soon-to-be-born baby have the same

I've been wearing the updated spectacles for just about six months
now.  Over the last few weeks I've been experiencing increasing
difficulty in changing my focus from near to distance and sometimes
from near to middle distance.

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I'm contemplating getting zeiss glass lenses this year.  Does anyone
know the maximum total power and the maximum cylindrical correction one
can have in order to get these lenses?  Thanks!