By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 2:35 PM
This Monday, billions of people worldwide celebrated
Earth Day. But Earth Month, which stretches for all of April, is still going. Head over to
TIME for some surprising facts about Earth Day that you can lean on for the rest of the month.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 2:14 PM
VANCOUVER—Registration has opened for THE Myopia Meeting’s first in-person meeting of the year, scheduled for Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The live, in-person meeting will feature four hours of COPE-approved CE presented by world-renowned experts in the field.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 1:42 PM
The dream of retirement is getting further out of reach for many Americans. This year more than 4 million Americans will turn 65, and the ninth annual
Nationwide Advisory Authority survey, powered by the National Retirement Institute, is showing that traditional dreams of retirement are out of reach for many people. The survey found that more than 69 percent of pre-retiree investors, aged 55 to 65, believe they will not be able to retire at 65. More than two-thirds of pre-retirees believe they will be faced with more challenges related to retirement than their parents and grandparents.
The survey demonstrates a shift from the classic view of retiring at age 65 and has instead revealed a generation that believes retirement may not be in their future at all. More than 40 percent of pre-retirees believe they will have to keep working to supplement their retirement income, while 27 percent say they will have to live more frugally to fund their retirement goals.
More than 20 percent said their plans to retire in the past 12 months were put on hold or pushed back.
Many Americans are no longer relying on traditional safeguards in retirement, with 38 percent of respondents saying they lack confidence in the viability of Social Security. More than 43 percent of respondents said they are not counting on social security as much as they had expected, and 27 percent say they expect to receive less than previously anticipated.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:55 AM
LOMBARDY, Italy—Sergio Luigi Cereda, influential eyewear designer and industry visionary, passed away on April 18, 2024, following a long illness, his family announced. Cereda was 88 years old and surrounded by family at his home in Castiglione Olona, Lombardy, Italy, when he passed. He is survived by his wife Ivana, daughters Caterina and Stefania and grandchildren Edoardo, Jordan Nicolo’ and Giada Grazia. Born on June 21, 1935, in Lombardy, Cereda’s career in the eyewear industry began at Mazzucchelli 1849 and soon grew.
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By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:45 AM
As you know, preservatives are a mixed blessing. The Food and Drug Administration requires that multidose bottles of medications include a preservative to kill bacteria and fungi that may contaminate the fluid in the bottle; as a result, for several decades our medications have contained preservatives specifically designed to keep the medications sterile during patient use and the life cycle of the bottle. Unfortunately, while these preservatives are very effective against pathogens, they were not specifically designed to be friendly to the eye. They tend to consist of harsh chemicals that stop bacterial growth but also harm corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells. After chronic use of medications containing these preservatives, the deleterious effect on anterior segment epithelial cells leads to poor production and maintenance of the tear film, resulting in problems such as dry-eye syndrome.
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By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:27 AM
For retailers, the pressure to be everywhere their customers are has never been greater.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 8:02 AM
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:09 AM
Young children who lived through the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated modest changes in developmental screening scores, according to a cohort study of more than 50,000 U.S. children.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 12:25 AM
LOMBARDY, Italy—Sergio Luigi Cereda, influential eyewear designer and industry visionary, passed away on April 18, 2024, following a long illness, his family announced yesterday. Cereda was 88 years old and surrounded by family at his home in Castiglione Olona, Lombardy, Italy, when he passed. He is survived by his wife Ivana, daughters Caterina and Stefania and grandchildren Edoardo, Jordan Nicolo’ and Giada Grazia.