Contact Lenses
- HealthYahoo Canada Style
Contact lenses contain toxic 'forever chemicals', study says: Should Canadians worry?
"Forever chemicals" have been known to cause cancer and autoimmune diseases, but one expert isn't buying the new study.
5 min read - HealthYahoo Canada Style
What The Health?! Can you really go blind from showering with contacts in?
A British journalist is warning people not to shower with contact lenses in after developing a horrific infection in early 2018.
- NewsYahoo Canada Style
Doctors find 27 contact lenses in 67-year-old woman's eye
"She thought her previous discomfort was just part of old age and dry eye."
- NewsAlice Sholl
Halloween contact lenses could be seriously bad for us
Whether you’re planning on being a skeleton this Halloween or going full zombie, adding novelty contact lenses is sure to make any costume pop. According to the College of Optometrists, wearing our favourite creepy lenses could be putting our eye health at risk as unlike normal contact lenses, they aren’t fitted by professionals who can give you advice on how to use them correctly.
- NewsMelissa Dunne
Optometrists separate contact-lens facts from fiction: test your knowledge
Contact lenses are a modern medical miracle. Little, clear, circular pieces of plastic let many Canadians see clearly without having to wear glasses. Over the past few decades many of us have heard eye-popping tales about contact lenses. Yahoo Canada spoke with three Canadian optometrists to help separate the facts from the fiction when it comes to contact lenses.