Image source: Treehugger.com I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful cherry blossoms that are all over the city. However, this is also the start of allergy season. Did you know that when you log onto your local weather network, it will tell you the pollen count for weeds,...
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Did you know that 80{4422c3e9d6d956ffe17c4a9703f8867adf328a271a08c00de098d82d34d0cfb5} of learning is visual? And 1 in 5 children has an undetected vision disorder! This problem is often misdiagnosed as a behaviour or an attention deficit issue. A simple eye exam can change everything. The months of August and September are a great time to have...
Brown, green, blue, amber, hazel, gray… what eye colour will your baby have? Eye colour is dependent on the complex genetics of the parents. It is believed that 3 genes determine eye colour and only 2 are well understood. Babies are usually born with little or no...
December is here and it’s time for me to get my act together and start my Christmas shopping! I’m finding it hard to shop for my friends’ babies because their likes and dislikes change so quickly. I’ve decided to be a good auntie and optometrist and buy gifts that...
As an optometrist, I see patients managing diabetes everyday. I usually ask about their blood sugar control and some are honest and tell me they don’t keep up with their measurements because they hate pricking their fingers with the needle. I recently read an article about a small non-invasive...