New help for that bane of middle-age: blurry close-up vision

Dr. Mark Whitten, left, leads Christianne Krupinsky out of eye surgery in Washington after inserting a Raindrop inlay, a disc implanted in the cornea to reshape it for better close-up focus. This new kind of eye implant corrects presbyopia, the need for reading glasses that eventually hits all of us, usually starting in the 40s.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Dr. Mark Whitten, left, leads Christianne Krupinsky out of eye surgery in Washington after inserting a Raindrop inlay, a disc implanted in the cornea to reshape it for better close-up focus. This new kind of eye implant corrects presbyopia, the need for reading glasses that eventually hits all of us, usually starting in the 40s.

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