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Need Prescription Smart Glasses? Meet Meta’s Scriber & Blazer

Need Prescription Smart Glasses? Meet Meta’s Scriber & Blazer

Published by skeptic

Meta’s latest additions to its Ray-Ban smart glasses lineup, the Scriber and Blazer models, mark a shift toward prescription-focused functionality. As highlighted by TechAvid, these glasses are tailored specifically for users who rely on corrective lenses, integrating seamlessly into the traditional eyewear market. Unlike previous iterations, the new models are sold directly through optical stores, allowing customers to select frames and lenses during routine eye exams. This streamlined approach eliminates the need for separate purchases or customizations, making smart glasses more accessible to those who already wear prescription eyewear. Explore how these models balance practicality and style, with features like multiple frame sizes, stronger prescription compatibility and distinct design options, rounded for the Scriber and angular for the Blazer. Gain insight into the retained smart functionalities, including open-ear speakers, voice command microphones and Meta AI integration, all while maintaining a lightweight, display-free design. This guide also examines how improved connectivity enhances daily usability, making sure these glasses fit naturally into your digital ecosystem. Designed with Prescription Users in Mind TL;DR Key Takeaways : Meta has …

A shopper’s guide for prescription drugs : NPR

A shopper’s guide for prescription drugs : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

When TrumpRx launched in February, it joined a chorus of websites claiming to have deals on prescription drugs. Despite the hype, many of the medicines on TrumpRx include brand-name drugs that patients can find cheaper elsewhere — as generics. For instance, Protonix for heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease is available for $200 on TrumpRx. But the generic version, called pantoprazole, cost less than $30 with a coupon from GoodRx, another drug discount website. And depending on the health plan, using insurance could mean a $5 or $0 copay. So with sites like TrumpRx, GoodRx, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs and a dizzying list of patient assistance, copay cards and even cash options from the drug companies themselves, what can you do to make sure you’re getting the best deal on your prescription? Well, there are no shortcuts, and it’s going to take a little work to figure it out. “I’m not sure that all of the options make things better,” says Ben Rome, an internist and drug policy researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in …

Can the prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says, probably not : NPR

Can the prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says, probably not : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Interest in leucovorin has been on the rise among some parents of children with autism. But researchers like Dr. Paul Offit say that the drug’s popularity is far ahead of the science. Inna Kot/iStock/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Inna Kot/iStock/Getty Images At a press conference in late 2025, federal officials made some big claims about leucovorin, a prescription drug usually reserved for people on cancer chemotherapy. “We’re going to change the label to make it available [to children with autism spectrum disorder],” said Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. “Hundreds of thousands of kids, in my opinion, will benefit.” The FDA still hasn’t made that label change. Since Makary’s remarks, though, more than 25,000 people have joined a Facebook group called Leucovorin for Autism. Most members appear to be parents seeking the drug for their autistic children. Also since the press conference, some doctors have begun writing off-label prescriptions for autistic children, against the advice of medical groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics. The buzz about leucovorin has led …

New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At 

New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At 

Published by José Betancourt

In the future, you may not need to get a new prescription for your eye glasses — because a Finnish company called IXI is claiming to have manufactured the world’s first eyeglasses that can adjust their corrective lenses automatically. These special glasses have “dynamic lenses” made of liquid crystals, which can transform to accommodate whatever focal length the user’s eyesight requires, IXI CEO Niko Eiden told CNN. That makes them a far cry from old fashioned bifocals, which are eyeglasses with two different prescriptions in the same lens that are clearly separated by a seam, or progressive glasses (also called varifocal lenses), which are similar to bifocals but use a progression of lenses instead of a hard divider. Eyeglasses that can autofocus automatically would be a huge leap for the tech, which hasn’t changed much since progressive lens were first developed in 1950s Germany. “The eyewear industry hasn’t really been innovating for vision correction,” Eiden told CNN. “Maybe 10, 15 years from now people will be wondering, how did we wear those fixed focus glasses …