Dr. Colby answers the question: 'What Are Toric Contact Lenses?' Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: What are toric contact lenses, when are they used and what are the risks/benefits of using them?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Virtually every major contact lens manufacturer has either recently introduced improvements or expansions in ...

This survey involved analysis of a very large data set; as such, interpretation of the statistical results needs to be undertaken with care. Because statistical outcomes are related to sample size, ...

Objectives: To characterize toric contact lens prescribing worldwide. Methods: Up to 1,000 survey forms were sent to contact lens fitters in up to 39 countries between January and March every year for ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC), the global leader in eye care dedicated to helping people see brilliantly, today announced the Canadian launch of TOTAL30 ® for Astigmatism and DAILIES ...

Toric soft contact lens prescribing increased from 24.4% in 2000 to 46.2% in 2023. Men were more likely to be prescribed toric soft lenses compared with women (32% vs. 28.7%). Toric soft contact lens ...

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC), the global leader in eye care dedicated to helping people see brilliantly, today announced plans to launch TOTAL30 ® for Astigmatism, the first-and-only ...

Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) is an idiopathic, noninflammatory thinning disorder normally involving the inferior peripheral part of the cornea, concentric with the limbus, between the 4 and 8 ...

(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Most people mistakenly believe that they cannot wear contact lenses if they have astigmatism. But with advancements in optometry, there are already a lot of correction ...

I've been wearing yearly toric lenses for a while now, and I'm just starting to try to change over to 2-week ones. A complaint that I had about my old lenses was that I often didn't see perfectly ...

To report visual and refractive outcomes, and endothelial cell loss following primary and secondary ‘piggyback’ toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with high post-penetrating ...