Parasite in eyeball

Acanthamoeba Keratitis Parasite in Her Eyeball Almost Blinds Florida Teenager

By Ashik Siddique | Mar 28, 2013 09:46 PM EDT

Clean your contact lenses regularly to avoid Acanthamoeba keratitis– the parasite in her eyeball ate through a Florida high school student's cornea.

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Researchers Create Contact Lens With LCD Display

By Makini Brice | Dec 10, 2012 03:00 PM EST

Researchers have developed a way to convert contact lenses into LCD screens that can project information.

Contact Lenses Worn By Night Corrects Vision During Day

Contact Lenses Will Soon Be Able to Stop Nearsightedness in Its Tracks

By Makini Brice | Oct 03, 2012 02:38 PM EDT

Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects 40 percent of the population in the United States and up to 90 percent of children in some parts of Asia.

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Eye-Eating Amoeba Causes Blindness in Contact Lens Wearers

By Christine Hsu | Sep 06, 2012 05:00 PM EDT

Contact lens wearers beware: scientists have warned that people who don't clean that lenses properly are at the mercy of a tap water-dwelling bug that can gnaw through eyeballs and cause blindness.

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