Now you have no reason for not using your eye mask to help your dry eyes! Introducing Umay REST, a science-based technology to help you with your dry eyes and improve your sleep patterns. Umay REST combines the sciences of warming and cooling, and mindful breathing to improve your tears and sleep at the same […]
Category Archives: Eye Health Blogs
Theravision Acuvue Lenses – The first and only medication releasing contact lenses for allergies
We are excited to announce that we are one of the first clinics in Calgary to prescribe contact lenses that can help those suffering from eye allergies! Approximately one out of three contact lens wearers experience itchy eyes and 80% find that this affects their quality of comfort with contact lenses. Our optometrists find that […]
Introducing CEQUA Drops For Dry Eyes Treatment
Introducing CEQUA CEQUA, a new prescription dry eye solution, was just launched in Canada. CEQUA is one of three prescription drops approved in Canada to treat dry eye disease. What makes CEQUA unique is that it is formulated with Nanomicelle technology, which can form a protective shell around the active ingredient (cyclosporine) and deliver it to […]
5 Eye Care Essentials to Pack While You Travel
Everyone understands the importance of having eyes, yet very few prioritize eye health. Like any other part of your body, the eyes need proactive and preventive care to maintain optimal health. However, many people consider eye care as necessary only when they have underlying health problems that need treatment. Unfortunately, that lag in seeking eye […]
The Dry Eye Dilemma: What Eye Drops To Use?
Understanding Various Dry Eye Diseases We understand going to the pharmacy for eye drops or any eye care products can be overwhelming with so many options out there. So how do you know which eye drops to choose? There are mainly 3 types of dry eye diseases: Aqueous Deficient Dry Eye – not enough tears […]
The Latest Research on Myopia & Screen Time
A new study published in the Lancet Digital Health, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has revealed a link between screen time and higher risk and severity of myopia, or nearsightedness, in children and young adults. With increasing rates of myopia seen around the globe, it is predicted that by the year 2050 about […]
Sleep Importance for Myopia Control & Management
Why Healthy Sleep Pattern is Important? Healthy sleep patterns are very important for child development. Sleep plays a critical role in learning and memory, emotional regulation, and related brain structure development. Poor sleep or not enough sleep affects concentration, memory, and behavior. Children who don’t sleep well are more likely to feel sleepy at school […]
Myopia Management: Atropine Drops
Over the last several blogs we have discussed some different methods of myopia control including the Miyosmart lenses in glasses, Misight contact lenses and Ortho-K contact lenses. The final technique of myopia management is with atropine eye drops. Atropine is a prescription eye drop that when used at low concentrations has been demonstrated to slow […]
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) can help slow down the progression of Myopia
As Optometrists, it’s very rewarding to be able to help a child to improve their vision so that they can see well to do their best not only in school but in all aspects of their lives. But having good vision and eye health is about more than being able to read the small line […]
Miyosmart lenses help to slow down the progression of Myopia
Glasses have long been the cornerstone of myopia correction. However, instead of just correcting for blurry distance vision we can now prescribe glasses that can not only provide clear vision but also actively slow down the progression of nearsightedness. The Miyosmart lenses are a revolutionary spectacle lens designed by Hoya to help reduce the progression […]