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Blind to the limitations of a single case report of teen’s “blindness caused by junk food diet”

September 4, 2019 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is publisher & founder of HealthNewsReview.org.  He tweets as @garyschwitzer. The title of the article that appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine was too tempting for many journalists – “Blindness Caused By A Junk Food Diet.”  It was an article about the experience of one teenage… Read More: Blind to the limitations of a single case report of… »

Wear Contacts 24/7? You Risk Infection, Blindness

Despite the introduction of silicone hydrogels in the 1990s, overall corneal infection risk has held steady over decades, Schein said, affecting about one in every 2,500 lens wearers. But that risk is “at least 10-fold greater for those choosing to sleep with lenses in. So I discourage that practice whenever I can,” he added. As… Read More: Wear Contacts 24/7? You Risk Infection, Blindness »