Everyone is unique, with many sides to their personality – serious, playful, sporty, and fashion conscious, to name a few. With multi-dimension lifestyles, how can we expect one pair of glasses to do it all? Most people need at least 2 pairs of glasses – one for indoor use and one for sun protection. Everyday […]
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Ahhhhh June … the start of the summer season when Canadians delight in the great outdoors. To bring awareness to the importance of protecting our eyes against the harmful effects of the sun, we are making June our “Sunglass month”, and showcasing our newest line of sunglasses – the Adidas line. The Adidas join our beautiful line-up of Michael Kors, Ray Ban and Guess sunglasses. […]
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In the journal Nature, Dr. Charles Czeisler discusses the function of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) in regard to regulating circadian rhythm. Just as the ear has two functions (hearing and balance), so does the eyes. Light exposure at night, particularly in the wavelengths 459 nm to 484 nm, has decoupled us from the 24-hour-day from which our […]
Dr. Mei-Ling Chan Optometry is thrilled to introduce our newest line of frames – the MICHAEL KORS EYEWEAR. The collection includes both ophthalmic frames as well as sunglasses. The frames are made of acetate (including the exclusive vintage tortoise) and metal (including the rose gold metal that matches Michael Kors’ signature rose gold plating). And the sunglasses […]
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Did you know that May was Vision Health Month?! To bring awareness to the importance of making eye health a priority, the Barrie chapter of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) hosted their 5th annual Barrie Visions Gala – Dining in the Dark. Dr. Mei-Ling Chan Optometry joined local residents, businesses and community leaders […]
When patients get their prescription from their doctors, they go to their local pharmacy and get the medication. When patients are finished with their eye exams, they give their spectacle prescription to their optometrist or optician and the lenses get put into the frame of choice. Simple, right? But have you ever thought about what […]
The importance of good vision in learning is well known. But do you know that eighty percent of learning is based on vision. So with the kids starting yet another school year, the importance of having their eyes checked to ensure they have the requisite vision to see well cannot be understated. In school-aged kids, […]
As we count down to the start of the Eye See … Eye Learn (ESEL) program, Dr. Chan is putting on a contest for great prizes so that anyone from young to old can win! Have your eyes examined by us between June 18th and August 15th, and enter the draw to win: Draw 1 […]
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JFK, James Dean, Tom Cruise in Top Gun – need I say more? In the 1950s, the graphite green lens were applied to sunglasses worn by U.S. Navy pilots based on research that showed the gray-green color helps pilots locate and track objects against a variety of outdoor backgrounds such as earth, sky and water. […]
Bacterial keratitis is a serious eye infection that occurs when the corneal (front layer of the eyes) defenses are breached. In addition to corneal trauma and eyelid disease, hypoxic trauma from contact lens wear is another cause for this condition. The latest scenario sets up an ‘ideal’ condition for any bugs inhabiting the contact lenses, […]
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