I have been an optometrist for 34 years. It has given me a lot of opportunity to contemplate the reason I chose to dedicate my working life to this career. When I think of people at risk of losing their sight, I mostly think of seniors, or those with debilitating health conditions like diabetes. Protecting [...]
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens fresh in our minds, most of us see “dark side” and think lightsabers and Darth Vader. But did you know that light also has a dark side? What we know as “light” is actually just energy travelling in waves - a small portion of which our eyes are able [...]
Have you ever noticed how hard it is to read something when you look even a little bit to the side of the word? That’s because we see our best when we line up print with the part of the eye that has the most acute vision with whatever it is we are trying to [...]