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HealthNewsDigest.com: "DALLAS – June 2, 2005 – The need for reading glasses or bifocals as we age may begin fading from sight with the latest generation of intraocular lenses.

Doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center are among the first to receive the ReSTOR lens, a new surgically implanted lens that can allow patients who have trouble seeing at arms length to see near, intermediate and far distances without glasses or contacts.

“It’s a huge evolutionary step,” said Dr. James McCulley, professor and chairman of ophthalmology. “We all want a glasses-free and contact lens-free society and we are very rapidly moving toward that.” "