C4 Eyewear’s second collection of luxury eyewear is a game changer in fashion-forward reading glasses. Fans of the line will love the edgy silhouettes and on-trend accents. Choose from four standout shades and three effortlessly cool, optical-grade eyewear styles.
All C4 frames are optical-quality and are suitable for prescription use. $5 of every pair goes to Cause We Care, a non-profit for single mothers in need.
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A large population-based study has found that the 5-year risk of age-related macular degeneration is declining by birth cohort.
The study, published in the November issue of JAMA Ophthalmology, found that in the 4819 Wisconsin-based study participants the incidence of AMD drastically declined each generation. When adjusting for age and sex, each generation was 60% less likely to develop AMD compared to the generation previous. The 5-year age-adjusted risk for the Greatest Generation (people born 1901-1924) was 8.8%, for the Silent Generation (born 1925-1945) 3.3%, and for Baby Boomers (1946-1964) just 1.0%. The age-adjusted 5-year risk for Generation X (born 1965-1984) was just 0.3%. The decline in risk remained significant even when controlling for known AMD-risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol level.
The study authors admit that the factors explaining this decline in risk are not known, though they point out that this is consistent with a decline in risk of dementia and cardiovascular disease. All three of these diseases involve vascular and inflammatory pathways.
The study authors put forth as possible reasons for the decline: cleaner air and water, access to vaccines and antibiotics, fewer childhood infectious diseases and improved maternal health and childhood nutrition.
These results suggest that “the Baby Boom generation may avoid the loss of vision due to AMD that has been a major source of disability for prior generations.”
The full study is available at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2663390
Charenton-le-Pont, France and Milan, Italy – Essilor and Luxottica today announced the proposed combination between the two companies has been cleared by the Canadian Competition Bureau. Canada is one of the five jurisdictions where antitrust approvals are a condition precedent to the closing of the transaction.
The transaction has been cleared so far in ten other jurisdictions: Australia, Colombia, India, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Sensual! This is the first word that comes to mind of the one who puts her eyes on Vinyl Factory’s Badu!
What does this shape represent? That of a flamingo in flight, the jets of the fountain of youth? Anyway, in its red colour, it evokes passion. This passion that animates the greatest artists who, by their one-of-a-kind voice, awaken the senses of their fans!
Distributed by Optiman Group: www.optimaninc.com
With its strong commitment to sustainable water stewardship, Essilor is featured as a global leader in CDP’s 2017 Global Water Report. The group’s “A” grade from the CDP places it on the 2017 Water A List, which recognizes the top 10% of companies having exhibited the largest corporate commitment to sustainable water management and security. This list includes 74 global companies out of the 674 companies that voluntarily disclosed their data on water management to the CDP across four levels: disclosure, awareness, management and leadership.
Through its global program “Reboost”, Essilor defines and rolls-out group performance standards and speeds up reductions in water and energy consumption. Alongside the company’s largest facilities, all regions are required to define their own water roadmap, a process that is overseen at group level.
Since the launch of the “Reboost” program, Essilor has made significant and continuous improvements by reducing its water usage in production sites by 40% since 2007, which corresponds to approximately 9.1 million m3. The Group’s 2020 sustainability roadmap has since set a new objective to reduce water use by 20% compared to 2015. The ‘Reboost’ program also promotes training and best practices sharing with external stakeholders and within the group based on a collaborative approach between different departments.
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