Benjamin Franklin is generally credited with the invention of bifocals, and the basic technology ... Optometric Association. He says he'd love to see auto-focusing eyewear become a reality.

For children diagnosed with worsening myopia, bifocals might be a better choice than standard lenses for nearsightedness; researchers have found that the condition doesn’t seem to progress as ...

I think my bifocals are trying to kill me … and certainly mess with me in general. To be fair, I’m new to wearing these things, but I’m pretty sure I won’t be for long. I’ve given them a ...

There comes a time in some adults’ lives when they have to grab a pair of bifocals to do some light bedtime reading. As a woman of a particular age, I know this all too well. It’s all due to ...

Now, as an aging grown-up picking in the foothills of Virginia, I seem to be constantly reaching up, only to have the berries disappear from sight in the never-never land of my bifocals.

I'm a lucky guy. I wear glasses, and I like wearing them. They're sort of my way of saying, "Screw you, world, I'm an actual nerd!" My glasses are big, they're black, and they make me look so good ...

Bifocals may help reduce a child's degree of myopia, a new study suggests. In myopia, or nearsightedness, light gets focused in front of the retina instead of on its surface. Nearsighted people ...

Few things say aging as loudly as bifocals do. I survived unscathed when, a few years ago, one of my sons challenged me to a race and won for the first time. I rationalized that one. He was ...