Winter’s Coming – Are Your Dry Eyes Acting Up?
If there’s one thing that Grande Prairie is known for, it’s our long, temperate summers and short, mild winters… or is it our long, unpredictable…
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What Is Dry Eye?
Dry eye is a common condition that affects millions of Canadians every year. In Alberta, our arid climate and high amounts of farmland and prairie…
(AMD) Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is also often referred to as simply macular degeneration (these two terms are used interchangeably). It is exactly as its name…
What Are Cataracts?
Cataracts, once considered a “prescription for blindness”, are an inevitable condition for most people. Increasing in frequency with age, eventually everyone will develop cataracts of…
Conjunctivitis
More commonly referred to colloquially as “pink eye” or “red eye”, conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the eye’s conjunctiva (white part surrounding the pupil). There…
What Is Glaucoma?
Glaucoma is perhaps the most well known of all vision-threatening eye diseases. The subject of many national awareness campaigns, charitable initiatives, and research, glaucoma is…
Eye Floaters & Flashes
Eye Floaters: What They Are, and What Causes Them Thanks to a certain episode of Family Guy (season 5, episode 11 “The Tan Aquatic with…
Diabetic Eye Disease
The term diabetic eye disease is used to describe a group of eye diseases that are either exclusive to people living with diabetes, or are…
Laser Refractive Surgery
If you’re a fan of the radio you’ve likely heard your fair share of advertisements touting the incredible effectiveness of laser refractive surgery. Generally referred…
What is Amblyopia?
Amblyopia – also known as “lazy eye” – is a visual developmental disorder that impacts visual acuity (how well you see). It generally develops during…
What Is Strabismus?
Strabismus is a visual disorder in which both eyes are misaligned and are unable to point or look in the same direction. The muscles in…
What Is Hyperopia?
When people think of hyperopia (farsightedness), they seem to think that that person has super eyes that can zoom in on distant objects, but that’s…