You’ve worn glasses your whole life. Now, you worry about passing the gene on to your children. Well, according to some researchers, eyeglasses and contact lenses could be obsolete in the next 10 years. Scientists recently discovered a gene that causes nearsightedness - now, scientists are contemplating the development of a drug that could make wearing eyeglasses or contacts a thing of the past.

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We're giving away 2, that's right, TWO, free pairs of glasses to lucky winners of our YouTube contest!! The contest is really easy and only takes a few minutes of your time!

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Over the years, several myths have evolved when it comes to vision care and glasses. Old wives tales told time after time, often turn into what we perceive as fact and later report as fact. Did your mom ever tell you when you were a kid to eat your vegetables, especially your carrots, because they would improve your eye sight? What about sitting in front of the television will ruin your sight? How about the addage that reading in dim light can hurt your eyes and damage your sight? These tall tales that our mothers and grandmothers have been known to tell are not always true. Or, they may be partially true but not entirely - they can be half truths. Well, we are here to bust through those myths and give you the straight answer!

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As the American economy rebuilds itself, consumers are tightening their wallets and hitting the internet to look for deals. They are also searching for customer-to-customer ratings of various stores including e-commerce sites. GlassesUSA.com is proud to announce that they are the latest company to receive Bizrate's customer certified metal rating!

Bizrate, operated by Shopzilla, attracts over 18 million unique visitors who give customer feedback to millions of products and stores. Shopzilla, operating since 1996, is a leading consumer comparison site on the internet making online shopping easier for customers and more competitive for companies.

We all know that positive customer feedback and testimonials have been known to drive more customers to a business -

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GlassesUSA Helps Customers During the Economic Crisis

As the economy slips from bad to worse, many Americans put major purchases on the back-burner and hold off on massive investments until a sale arises. Unfortunately, health care has become one of the major investments that Americans do not want to sink their money into. GlassesUSA is aiding people all across the United States during the latest economic crisis by making eyeglasses affordable as vision care has generally be regarded as a luxury - even in times of economic prosperity.

GlassesUSA is hoping to change the world of vision care and eyeglasses by providing customers with "quality eyeglasses at affordable prices" and with

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GlassesUSA Partners with Lions Club

GlassesUSA announced a partnership with the Lions Club this week. The partnership will consist of taking used eyeglasses and returned prescription eyeglasses and donating them to the Uniontown Lions Club.

The partnership is a new development for GlassesUSA as it hopes to change the way people view eyecare and eyeglasses. Vision care has long been a luxury in the United States as opposed to a necessity. Lions Clubs all over the United States have taken to the streets to find old and used eyeglasses in order to produce a wearable eyeglass frame with new lenses. The new Read More

Oklahoma optometry procedure bill clears legislature

The Oklahoma House and Senate approved a controversial bill this December over the different kinds of eye surgery that is allowed to be performed in Oklahoma by optometrists as opposed to ophthalmologists. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Oklahoma approved the bill allowing optometrists the right to perform "non-laser" surgeries on the eye that are authorized by the Oklahoma Board of Examiners in Optometry. Cosmetic lid surgery and the LASIK procedure are still prohibited procedures for optometrists under the bill.

Ophthalmologists- doctors with an MD or DO, are specialized surgeons who deal with diseases and surgery of the entire visual pathway - including the brain, eye, and surrounding

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Vision care may no longer be something people view as a luxury. A tractor-trailer loaded with used eyeglasses, sunglasses, and prescription eyeglasses was recently shipped by the 55 Lions Clubs of Western New York for Luxottica's "Gift of Sight" and the Lions Clubs "Fight for Sight" programs. Drop boxes are located through-out the area for people to drop off eye glasses they no longer want or need.

The Luxottica promotion will fix, cleanse, sanitize, and grade the frames with lenses and then distribute eyewear to people all over the world who cannot afford corrective eyeglass frames and to people who do not have access to eyeglasses. Many of the eyeglasses that were collected will go to places in Central America, South America, and the Carribean.

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