Image via CrunchBaseBy KAREN STABINER
The first reader to weigh in on a recent post about new fall-prevention guidelines was “h” from Chicago, who wrote: “I also wonder about bifocals causing falls. This is why I’m sticking to two pairs of glasses for now.”
That’s good advice, it turns out.
In a study published last year in the medical journal BMJ, Australian researchers found a decrease in the number of falls among people who switched to single-vision eyeglasses for outdoor activities and stairs.
The results, said the researchers, “demonstrated how multifocal glasses can impair visual abilities needed for detecting obstacles and judging depth.”
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