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Approximately two years ago, East London Optometry decided to purchase an instrument to do Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Wow! What a [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. Lisa Pray Allergies are a growing problem for Canadians with 20-30% of the population affected, and predictions that 50% of the [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. John Astles Mrs. J., a long time patient of mine, commented, as I was doing her eye examination, “You have found everything [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. Danielle McPhee Whenever the word “migraine” is used, people often think of a “bad headache”. There is [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. Raewyn Leech One of the most common ocular complaints, particularly during the colder months, is dry eye syndrome. There is a [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. Raewyn Leech A common misconception about the need for an eye examination is that if you have “perfect” vision, or if [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. John Astles By far the greatest source of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure, that we will experience in our lives, is the sun. [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. John Astles When I first started practicing optometry back in the early 80’s at least half of the glasses were made with glass [...]

ARTICLE BY: Dr. Lisa Pray WHAT IS REFRACTIVE AMBLYOPIA? Refractive Amblyopia (or lazy eye) occurs when the eye is unable to achieve good visual [...]