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... Eye and Vision > 30-Day Soft Contact Lenses Pose Very Small Risk of Vission Loss .tcheader { background-color:#94ABBE; border-bottom:#003399 solid 1px; border-right:#003399 solid 1px; border-left:#99ccff solid 1px; border-top:#99ccff solid 1px; color:white; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing: .5pt; padding:1px; padding-left: 1px; text-decoration:none; display: block; } body{ font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 4px; margin-left: 4px; } a:link { text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } Home Aging Eye and Vision 30-Day Soft Contact Lenses Pose Very Small Risk of Vission Loss By: Johns Hopkins Medicine on Mar 11 2006 08:36:45 Contact Lenses and Visions LossA team of researchers led by the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have determined that the corneal infection rate associated with the use of 30-day - extended-wear contact lenses made from silicone hydrogel is comparable to that previously reported for older lens types worn for fewer consecutive 24-hour periods.The study, published in the Dec.

1 issue of Ophthalmology, recruited 6,245 patients, 64 percent of them women with an average age of 35, from 131 practices in North America between August 2002 and July 2003.

All participants were prescribed and fitted with CIBA Vision NIGHT & DAY® silicone hydrogel soft contact l...

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