LONDON (CNN) -- Calling all contact lens users: Do not panic. (Shuddering is fine.) Imagine going to the eye doctor because your upper eyelid is swollen and painful. The doctor tells you it's a cyst ...

An English woman who was preparing for cataract surgery shocked medical staff when they pulled a total of 27 disposable contact lenses from her eye. National Public Radio reports the 65-year-old has ...

Eye infection outbreaks have prompted recalls of contact cleaning solutions in the past, but the risks continue. Contact lens wearer Orlando Tejedor needed a corneal transplant after an infection that ...

If you wear contact lenses, you probably don't think much about them. But they're a relatively new invention -- in fact, the first disposable contact lens wasn't introduced until 1982. "We think of ...

Like filing your taxes on time, taking proper care of your contact lenses—and your eyes, by extension—is something you know you should do. Then why, pray tell, is it so tempting to slack on the ...