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The anti-fogging sprays and cloths that have become popular to help stop glasses from steaming up when wearing a face mask may be exposing users to carcinogens. That is the warning from Duke University-led experts, who found these treatments may contain cancer-causing per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). The team subjected four anti-fogging sprays and five anti-fogging cloths — all of which have received top ratings on Amazon — to high-resolution mass spectrometry. Specifically, the chemical analysis found that all nine products contained so-called fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) and fluorotelomer ethoxylates (FTEOs). These are two types of PFAS that have, until...

If you have been wearing glasses for years, like me, it can be surprising to discover that you perceive the world thanks to a few giant companies that you have never heard of. Worrying about the fraying edge of motorway lights at night, or words that slide on the page, and occasionally spending a fortune at the opticians is, for many of us, enough to think about. And spectacles are unusual things. It is hard to think of another object in our society which is both a medical device that you don’t want and a fashion accessory which you do....

This is mainly for the military retirees who access this site. I don't know whether to be happy or sad with this, but two weeks ago I ordered a pair of eyeglasses from NOSTA via email. I thought something was strange when I got two replies that they had received my order. Ten days later I received a new pair of bi-focal eyeglasses. Not the same BCGs that we had in the military but close. A day later I received a second pair of glasses. Now I have two pair of shooting glasses. While I don't mind having two pair...

I had to come on to FR and post the following discussion that just took place at lunch that I had with a law enforcement agent that I am currently working with and a general practitioner who happen to be dining at a booth next to ours. The television was on as the President was giving his speech about his 23 executive orders. When the discussion arrived about mental health and giving up personal information under the HIPPA act. The physician stated that if Americans read about Obamacare a year ago they would have seen that the foundation was clearly...

LOS ANGELES — As a promising Caltech graduate student in applied physics, Stephen Kurtin could have taken a job offer from Intel at the dawn of the microelectronics era 40 years ago. Instead he followed the path of a lone inventor, gaining more than 30 patents in fields including word processing software and sound systems, culminating in the pair of glasses resting on his nose, which he believes can free nearly two billion people around the world from bifocals, trifocals and progressive lenses. The glasses have a tiny adjustable slider on the bridge of the frame that makes it possible...

MILAN—On the heels of a 17.6 percent drop in net income in 2008, Luxottica Group is enacting a number of cost-cutting measures, including store closings, manufacturing reductions and cuts in advertising. The company announced in mid-March it is closing 117 stores in North America, and will franchise 56 additional Pearle Vision locations by year-end. Another 110 retail units are also “under review,” according to Andrea Guerra, Luxottica’s chief executive officer. Overall, the company plans a 2 percent to 3 percent reduction in its global store count. On the wholesale side, Luxottica will reduce its eyewear manufacturing volume by 15 percent—production...

While most critics called Palin's speech at the RNC a home run, others are saying her glasses stole the show. "She won the hearts of America with certainly those glasses she had on," Editor in Chief of 20/20, a magazine about glasses, James Spina said. "She certainly made her stance as someone who wears eyewear because it's iconic to her look." The now sought-after Palin frames will cost you around $375, excluding the lenses. "As you may have noticed they were not invisible on her. She's in the rimless style that has a lot of attention going to the temples,...

Mrs. 2ndDivisionVet is the manager of an optical department in a major department store chain. Two customers came in today asking for "Sarah Palin" type eyeglasses, and her associates at other stores are reporting the same requests. What does that tell you?

Being able to see properly is an important part of health. Unfortunately not everyone can afford to buy themselves proper glasses. Just like used clothes or sneakers, you can donate your used glasses. LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears, Target, Sunglass Hut, and BJ's Optical all donate used glasses to Give the Gift of Sight, a program that gives glasses to underprivileged people in North America and developing countries. All you have to do is drop your old glasses off at one of the locations and the program collects, cleans, repairs, and catalogs them into a computer system so they'll be properly...

REALLY? THE FACTS Glasses can bring a blurry world into focus, but some people suspect that by doing all the heavy lifting the glasses may speed the natural decline of vision. But ophthalmologists say this is an illusion. How well a person can see is largely determined by the size of the eyeball, something a pair of glasses cannot change. The average eye is about an inch from the cornea, in the front, to the retina, in the back. When the eyes are either too large (shortsightedness) or too small (farsightedness), the cornea cannot properly focus images on the retina,...

<p>WEST COVINA, Calif.(AP) - Linda Bellino found an eyeglass case while shopping at a Mervyn's department store and was stunned to see what was inside: $6,000 in cash.</p> <p>Without a moment of hesitation, the La Verne woman turned in the case and money to the store manager.</p>

<p>Hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents are losing health care or social services as a direct result of the more than $500 million cut from the state's human services budget over the last two years, according to a Globe analysis.</p>