Even office workers who don't need distance or reading glasses now may be taxing their eyes unknowingly.
He had a book in his lap and reading glasses perched near the tip of his nose.
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Presumably, said Mr Roberts, you must first turn on the lamp and pick up your reading glasses?
The ability to focus on near objects decreases, which explains why many people need reading glasses as they get older.
Last year Kassalow started going after the other 50% of potential customers who need stronger lenses than reading glasses provide.
It is pretty effective for keeping track of items such as your wallet, bag, laptop case, and even perhaps your reading glasses.
Some 9, 000 women in Vision- Spring's network have sold 600, 000 pairs of basic reading glasses throughout seven countries, including Bangladesh, India and South Africa.
The twerp with the IPO has yet to feel the twang of arthritis, buy his first pair of reading glasses or suffer his first sigmoidoscopy.
"VisonSpring is priming the market for us, " says Alec Taylor, chief executive of FGX, which sold VisionSpring 10, 000 pairs of reading glasses at a deep discount.
Dr. Kathy had reading glasses on a cord around her neck and a green button-up sweater that looked as if it were made entirely of pollen.
By the age of 40 or 50 most people are finding it difficult to focus on printed material in front of them, leaving them requiring reading glasses.
With his well-tailored suits, shiny cufflinks, wise reading-glasses and elegant ties, he looks a thousand miles from a roughhouse warlord.
The major difference being that using a standard lens will likely still require reading or prescription glasses (ongoing costs) whereas the upgrade may be able to eliminate eyeglasses altogether.
However, it has since emerged that he is short sighted and on Thursday in court, he admitted needing glasses for reading.
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Before her show, Raitt joked about her age, noting she needs two pairs of glasses -- one for distance and one for reading.
Though the need for glasses will be impossible to resist in most people, reading in good light and using clear type will help reduce the strain on the eyes.
People who work in jobs which require them to do a great deal of reading are likely to suffer from the condition, known as presbyopia, and will need glasses earlier.
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