Just like most parts of the human body, our eyes have a tendency to get worse with age. You might take your ability to focus for granted now, but that could change once you hit late middle age and ...

The challenge of truly helping the poor of the developing world can often appear daunting which is where one far-seeing doctor comes in. More than one in three people in the United States wears ...

OXFORD, England — Joshua Silver remembers the first day he helped a man see. Henry Adjei-Mensah, a tailor in Ghana, could no longer see well enough to thread the needle of his sewing machine. He was ...

IXI, a startup based in Finland, has developed glasses that can automatically adjust the focus of the lens based on what you’re looking at. While they may not be the first to the idea, the result is ...

If your glasses need serious adjustment, take them to a professional, but there’s a lot you can do to make yours more comfortable at home. Maybe they rest a little too low on your nose, or they pinch ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with retired Oxford University professor Joshua Silver, who has developed inexpensive self-adjusting eyeglasses for use in underdeveloped countries. Joshua Silver wants to ...