Category Archives: Eye Health Blogs

Is your iphone/android getting harder to see?  Are you moving your cell phone further away from your eyes to see it clearer? With age come changes to our vision, some more serious than others. There are things you can do to protect your eye sight. Primarily having your eyes examined annually is key to early […]

80% of vision is done through your eyes.  Statistics show that 1 out of 6 children have a vision problem that can significantly impair vision.  This is why it is important for parents to bring in their children for yearly eye examinations with their optometrists.  Alberta Health Care covers 1 comprehensive eye examination per year […]

Most parents don’t think twice about applying sunscreen to their children to protect them from the sun but what about protecting their eyes?  UV rays can have the same harmful effects on a child’s eyes as on their skin.  As an Optometrist and a soon to be mother, UV protection in the form of sunglasses […]

Just because you see well does not mean your child does! We often take it for granted that our children see as well as we do. This may not be the case if your child has a lazy eye. Normal vision develops early in life when the brain learns to fuse the images from both […]

In 1895, Daniel Swarovski, a Bohemian inventor and visionary, moved to the village of Wattens, Tyrol in Austria, with his new invention designed for cutting and polishing crystals for jewelry. From this humble beginning, Swarovski has grown to be the world’s leading producer of precision-cut crystal for fashion, jewelry and more recently eyewear.   The […]

Thomas Carlyle “Tom” Ford, an American fashion designer and film director  gained international fame for his work with the turnover of the Gucci fashion house, the creation of the Tom Ford label and directing the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man. Tom Ford Eyewear is a luxury brand of the 21st century handmade in Italy.  The […]

Menopause typically occurs in women in midlife, during their late 40s and early 50s, signaling the end of the fertile phase of a woman’s life. One of the more common complaints we see in practice during this time is that of dry eyes.  In fact, more than 60% of women are affected by dry eyes […]