Nearsighted? Special contacts can have lasting benefits for teens

Nearsighted? Special contacts can have lasting benefits for teens

For people who squint trying to read a road sign or the writing on a whiteboard at the front of a classroom, here’s some good news. There are effective ways to treat this eye condition, known as myopia. But it really helps if you catch it early — and use special contact lenses to slow down that fuzzying of long-distance vision. Until now, no one knew if long-term benefits of those contacts might require permanent use. A new study finds they don’…