The modern world has had many innovative developments: we can talk to our phones, cars and homes and they respond, we can order anything imaginable online and it arrives on our doorstep within hours… Convenience is the name of the game, and in the world of optometry, the progressive evolution of contact lenses continues to […]
Jace fans, this one’s for you. 🖤 July 12 was Different Eye Colour Day (yes, that is a thing) and we thought, what better way to celebrate than to dive into the magical world of heterochromia? The fascinating condition that manifests different eye colours in a single individual. Whether you consider it magical or mundane, […]
Cataracts are a common vision condition you’ve likely heard of. In fact, it’s very likely you even know someone who’s been diagnosed with them, or has had surgery to remove them. It’s estimated that up to 90% of people over the age of 80 will experience cataracts. In Canada, more than 350,000 cataract-related surgeries are […]
If you’ve been a reader of ours for a bit (thank you!) you may remember our blog post Seeing Is Believing: Nutrition to Optimise Your Vision Health. In that post, we listed lots of unhealthy (albeit delicious) things to avoid for the sake of your health (particularly vision health), and we also listed the essential […]
Optometry is a vast and deeply-detailed world, brimming with information, constant advances, and continuing studies. While this creates a space for a lot of education, it can also create a fair amount of confusion for patients outside of the optometry sphere in their everyday lives. One of the biggest questions that we see come up […]
Spring is in the air outside my office window, our maple tree suddenly filled with birds and sunlight after a rather dreary winter. I sip my coffee, wondering at the simple beauty of it all. And then it happens. From the other side of the house, a crash. A bang. Inaudible obscenities exchanged. I enter […]
We discuss many different eye conditions in our blog posts, because it’s important to us to raise awareness surrounding ocular issues that can affect anyone or their family. It’s also important for our patients to understand why we do certain things in an eye exam, and why we may request additional tests. Our patients’ eye […]
When we think of Blindness, we often think of complete vision loss: no awareness of space, colour or movement, requiring physical aids to navigate the world. In reality, there are varying degrees of blindness, and complete blindness (inability to detect any sense of light) is actually considered quite rare. Many people with blindness actually have […]
It’s that magical time of year! The snow is here (for some of us), carols are on the radio (my condolences to the retail workers), and the holiday season is in full swing. Whether you’re drowning in Hallmark movies, travelling to see family, prepping a Yule log, or revelling in whatever your favourite holiday traditions […]
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Month, drawing attention to this chronic disease, and specifically how it affects vision and eye health, an aspect of diabetes that may not be discussed as often as perhaps it should. What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that revolves around the body’s insulin function. Insulin is a hormone the […]
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