Jeff and I have built a career on trying to find the most effective treatments for dry eye disease. We’ve looked at research from all over the world, travelled to conferences, attended lectures, and sifted through studies in an attempt to find a variety of treatments to suit different kinds of dry eye disease and […]
Diabetes can have serious complications when it comes to our eyes and vision. If you have diabetes it is important to have your eyes checked by a Doctor of Optometry on a yearly basis. Diabetes and its complications can affect not only your vision, but the delicate structures inside your eye. Diabetes can cause fluctuating […]
Jetrea – Now Available Jetrea is the first and only eye medicine to treat sight-threatening, symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion affecting an estimated 15,000 Canadians each year. Vitreomacular adhesion occurs when the gel inside the eye starts to pull on the retina. In doing so, vision can be distorted or blurred. If patients are affected by this […]
Today, Drs. Jeff & Tina Goodhew attended a lecuture by Dr. Netan Choudhry a graduate of Harvard University, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infimary. Dr. Choudhry talked about new technologies that are being used to view the retina. These new advances help us do a better job in diagnosing various retinal conditions that we commonly see in […]
What are floaters and spots? Floaters (often called floating spots) are small, semi-transparent cobwebs, specks or squiggles that appear in your field of vision. They are actually small particles within the gel inside the eye that become noticeable when they fall within the line of sight. They move when you move your eyes, but tend […]
Drs. Jeff & Tina Goodhew attended a live surgery session at Ophthalmic Consultant Centres in Mississauga on Sunday June 2. They were able to observe 3 different surgeons at work. Dr. Armogan performed a glaucoma procedure where he inserted a filtering tube to reduce the pressure in the patients eye. On the same patient he […]
Macular Degeneration & Cataract Lecture Both Drs. Jeff & Tina Goodhew attended an excellent lecture last night in Mississauga featuring two pre-eminent Ophthalmologists. The lecture covered both macular degeneration and cataract surgery. Dr. S. Somani spoke regarding macular degeneration, both the dry and the wet forms. He touched on treatment options as well as lifestyle […]
Thanks to Mike P from Labtician for sponsoring a wonderful continuing education event. Dr. Bindlish (Ophthalmologist, Oakville) gave a talk about new surgical options for patients with glaucoma. He discussed an exciting new mirco-surgical technique that implants a tiny drainage device in the anterior portion of the patients eye. This device lowers the eye pressure and […]
While everyone is enjoying their family day weekend, Dr. Tina Goodhew is flying to Denver, CO for an intensive weekend of dry eye education. Our hope is when she returns she will have new information to help better serve our dry eye patients. […]
We have seen more cases of “pink eye” recently in our clinic. We have added a link to a fact sheet that provides lots of helpful information on this condition. For a complete work-up and diagnosis call our office and book an exam with one of our eye doctors. http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/pink-eye-facts.pdf […]
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