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Healthy Eyes Deserve a Competent, Caring, and Friend Eye Care Practice

June 24, 2011 0 Comments
Here, at your local community’s eye care center, we understand that healthy eyes deserve a competent, caring,and friendly eye care practice. That is why we provide you, our Very Important Person (VIP), with ALL your optometric eye care needs, in one place. Our Mission: to preserve your eyes’ health and eyesight for an entire lifetime.

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Quality, Thorough, Unhurried, Eye Health Examinations

Advance Technology Ortho-keratology – Safe and Effective, Natural, Non-surgical, Gentle Vision Improvement Program for myopia and astigmatism
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Computer Eye Strain A Problem?

June 16, 2011 5 Comments

If you work at a Personal Computer for at least 2 hours a day, there is a very good chance that you suffer from a number of eye and vision-related problems. This group of problems is called Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS).

CVS includes eyestrain, blurred vision, dry eyes, irritated and tired eyes, and also headaches. Neck and back aches are common problems that are related to the way you use your eyes at the computer.

Good News: Good Eye Care as well as improvements in the ergonomics of your work station can help a lot in minimizing CVS.

Because the way you use your eyes at the computer is quite different from the way you use your eyes while driving or reading, many computer users require a pair of eyeglasses specifically made for computer use. These specialized computer glasses have a different prescription and/ or a different lens design as compared to your everyday jack-of-all-trades eyeglasses.
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Consider Eye Donation

June 16, 2011 0 Comments

Eye Donation is one of the most valuable gifts you could provide to help persons in need, as well as help research combat many devastating eye diseases.

Consider signing an organ donor card. The most important thing to remember is that you should inform your family (next of kin) of your intended organ donations.
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Are You At Risk For Eye Disease?

June 16, 2011 0 Comments

You can help protect your vision! With early detection and timely treatment, vision loss can often be prevented.

Seek Regular, Thorough Eye Care: Vision changes and eye diseases can occur without symptoms. Don’t lose sight of Glaucoma, Diabetic Eye Disease, Age-related Macular Degeneration, Cataracts and others.

Eat Right: Choose vitamin-rich foods. Multi-vitamins can supplement diet.

Wear Proper Sunglasses: To guard against macular degeneration and cataracts.

Watch your medications: Drugs can affect your eyesight, causing permanent adverse effects. Keep you eye doctor informed of all of your medications.
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Macular Degeneration

June 14, 2011 0 Comments

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) is a progressive deterioration of the macula, an oval area at the center of the retina that helps us see details clearly. As the name suggests, this is a more prevalent disease with our aging population. Symptoms include blurred vision and gradual deterioration of the centre of the field of vision. It is not accompanied with any pain or other warnings.
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Optometrist? Ophthalmologist? Optician? O? What’s the difference?

June 14, 2011 0 Comments

People, including healthcare providers, too often confuse optometrists with ophthalmology and opticians. Although the work involved with these three careers is closely related, their field of activity is quite specific.

Optometrists provide almost 80% of all eye care in Canada. We are university trained doctors who detect, manage, and appropriately refer diseases of the eyes. We provide most prescriptions for eyeglasses, contact lenses as well as for treating eye diseases, and we also make and sell eyeglasses and contact lenses. If you do not require surgery, then, like the vast majority of Canadians, you eye health as well as other eye care and eye wear needs are fully met by a visit to your optometrist.
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Insight Into Eyesight: You’re Not Getting Older…You’re Getting Better

June 5, 2011 0 Comments

You are probably taking vitamins to stay strong, walking to keep your spine and muscles healthy, and eating less fat and more fibre to stay in tip-top shape. Well, here are some tips for your eyes to stay healthy as your get older.
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Welcome to Dr. Hafiz H. Walji’s Eye Care Blog!

June 2, 2011 6 Comments

Welcome to Dr. Hafiz H. Walji’s Eye Care Blog! (Scroll Down to see our new posts, and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter!) Dr. Hafiz Walji is an Optometrist in Markham, who has been serving families in the York Region area for over twenty years. He has been voted “Best Optometrist” (Reader’s Choice award) five […]
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Insight Into Eyesight: Hyper-Phoria Can Be A Pain In The Neck!

May 29, 2011 2 Comments

Hyper-phoria is an eye condition where one eye tends to look higher than the other eye.

The problem with eyes being out of alignment is similar to your automobile wheels being out of their alignment. You tend to use one eye more than the other eye, and that works your eyes unevenly. When eyes do not work in sync, but fight against each other, reading becomes extremely difficult.

In most cases of hyper-phoria, you can compensate for this misalignment by tilting your head to one side, even if slightly only, to prevent seeing double vision. In severe cases, you will not only tilt your head, but also your neck, the shoulders, and your spine as well. This leads to headaches, neck aches, shoulder pains as well as backaches, all stemming from your eye problem!
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Glaucoma: The Silent Thief of Sight

May 10, 2011 0 Comments

Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the internal pressure in your eyes increases enough to damage the nerve fibers in your optic nerve and cause vision loss. The increase in pressure happens when the passages that normally allow fluid in you eyes to drain become clogged or blocked. The reasons that the passages become blocked are not known.

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in Canada. It most often occurs in people over the age of 40. People with a family history of glaucoma, African Americans, and those who are very near sighted or diabetic are at a higher risk of developing the disease.

The most common type of glaucoma develops gradually and painlessly, without symptoms. A rarer type occurs rapidly and its symptoms may include blurred vision, loss of side vision, seeing coloured rings around lights and pain or redness in the eyes.
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