One of the rude awakenings of aging is the deterioration of reading vision. And with that, the daily hunt for reading glasses, which are an obvious sign a person is getting older.

Well, that may be changing with the use of special eye drops two or three times a day.

In mid-September, a study of 766 patients was presented at the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Denmark. It found that most study participants could read an extra two, three or more lines on the standard eye test chart after using specially formulated drops.

Moreover, this improvement was sustained for up to two years.

“In ophthalmology, each line on the reading chart represents a meaningful improvement in real life,” said Dr. Giovanna Benozzi , director of the Center for Ad

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