tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784987305844324312012-02-25T19:16:26.014-08:00See For Life - Dr. Mini Randhawa, Optometrist, Vancouver, BCClinic Address: 112 - 2609 East 49th Avenue Vancouver, B.C.; clinic telephone: 604-435-3931.Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-7593213258567893242012-02-24T20:31:00.002-08:002012-02-25T19:16:26.026-08:00Research shows that half the eyeglasses bought online are junkResearchers from Pacific University published a study in 2011 that tested glasses purchased on-line for compliance of optical and safety requirements. Of the 154 pairs of glasses purchased from the top ten U.S. online spectacle vendors, almost half of them failed at least one parameter of testing.
Staff at my clinic have reported many people comming in with glasses bought online that have RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-79076159372611860992012-02-19T21:20:00.000-08:002012-02-19T21:20:00.139-08:00Three million Canadians suffer from computer vision syndrome
Some 3 million Canadian workers suffer from Computer Vision Syndrome, a condition caused by prolonged computer use. In addition to that, a recent survey by the American Optometric Association found that 68% of young adults report a technology related vision problem.
And as our nation has moved from a manufacturing society to an information society, Computer Vision Syndrome has become a RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-19542893392346429582012-02-15T21:38:00.000-08:002012-02-16T16:30:51.910-08:00Fake doctors injecting fake Mexican Botox in Vancouver. Buyer beware.Many people seek out Botox injections to reduce wrinkles and frownlines around their eyes and between their eyebrows. Here in British Columbia, there are unlicensed people, fake doctors, injecting fake Botox and harming their clients in the process.
Health Canada regulations stipulate that only a physician can inject Botox. Moreover, Allergan, the company that makes Botox only supplies it to RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-48063439483143343272012-02-09T22:40:00.001-08:002012-02-09T22:52:37.858-08:00Sharp Vision Sharp MindPoor vision and inadequate eye health care is linked to cognitive decline in elderly people.
In a recent study of 625 elderly patients conducted by the University of Michigan, those with poor vision who did not receive proper eye care were a stunning nine times more at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and five times more at risk for some form of cognitive impairment.
In contrast, those RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-68562481457591907082012-02-08T14:26:00.000-08:002012-02-08T14:26:49.409-08:00Is your child at risk for a vision disorder? Take this interactive quiz to find out.
Organizations devoted to eye care estimate that one in five children has a vision disorder. This can be something relatively simple like nearsightedness or farsightedness that can be corrected with eyeglasses. However, more complicated disorders are also a possibility such as strabismus, amblyopia, convergence insufficiency, binocular vision problems, lack of depth perception and the list goesRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-57728350747969267922012-01-30T13:10:00.000-08:002012-01-31T11:59:34.533-08:00Can't recognize faces? You may have a brain-related vision problem.A study in the new issue of Optometry and Vision Science helps increase our understanding of how people recognize faces and why some people have difficulty with that task.
The authors looked at adults who had one eye removed while they were babies. The study's results show that face perception is more difficult for adults that developed with the use of only one eye. The authors propose that RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-65218628385038524702012-01-27T14:43:00.000-08:002012-01-27T14:43:05.583-08:00The unseen danger of diabetesMore than 20 Canadians are diagnosed with diabetes every hour of every day. I encourage anyone who has, or may be at risk for, diabetes to have an annual eye examination.
Diabetes affects 3 million Canadians, many of whom may not know they have the disease. One of the health problems associated with diabetes is diabetic retinopathy, a disease of the eye which can cause blindness.
Diabetic RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-36384644581290431742012-01-23T08:49:00.000-08:002012-01-23T08:49:44.026-08:00Catch Dr. Randhawa on RJ12OO on Monday January 23, 2011 at 2:00 pmDr. Randhawa will be on the radio today - 1200 on the AM dial at 2:00 PM today.
She will be talking about new developments in eye care including topics like new and sometimes dangerous ways to change the color of your eyes; healthy sight healthy mind: the connection between vision and Alzheimer's disease; new research into the connection between a common eye movement disorder - convergence RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-55277777502460879652012-01-18T21:22:00.000-08:002012-01-19T14:12:46.558-08:00Woman gets eye color surgery in Panama and goes blindThe "Ask a Doctor of Optometry" facebook page has unearthed another news item concerning the dangers of the risky methods that some people in the globalized Internet age use to access medical care and medical products. The first was a story of a Toronto man who purchased contact lenses online only to have them peel off a chunk of his cornea.
Now comes the story of Toronto artist, Beatriz RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-35727554858980945312012-01-16T06:24:00.000-08:002012-01-19T20:42:54.891-08:00Vision therapy for convergence insufficiency improves academic behaviorsWe know that in-office optometric vision therapy is the best available treatment for convergence insufficiency. Convergence insufficiency is a concern for parents, patients and doctors because it causes the eyes to malfunction when doing near work such as reading. And that is a problem because it impacts academic performance.
We now have a study that confirms that academic behaviours, as RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-78601388642169391222012-01-13T10:14:00.000-08:002012-01-13T13:32:00.891-08:00Can astigmatism ever be beneficial?A member of the public posted an interesting question on the Ask a Doctor of Optometry Facebook page. The question was whether astigmatism is ever beneficial. My colleague Paul Neumann gave an excellent answer which explains when a vision problem like astigmatism may work to your benefit. Here is what he said:
"Astigmatism means your eye has two focal points instead of one. This can have some RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-10248425257924887862012-01-10T12:33:00.000-08:002012-01-11T09:51:21.819-08:00New study supports orthokeratology for myopia control and for astigmatism correction
The Campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University issued a press release today on the results from two studies on orthokeratology. One, called the "ROMIO" study, was a single blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial on the effectiveness of orthokeratology for myopia control. The other, called the "TO SEE" study, RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-84618921226170950402012-01-09T21:27:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:03:20.457-08:00Larry Fitzgerald "eyes" superbowl victoryI came across a transcript of an interesting story on NPR involving Larry Fitzgerald and a couple of eye doctors who were talking about the superiority of Larry's vision and the role that vision therapy played. At the end of the story was this comment, which confirms that vision therapy has now become standard in professional sports.
What actually has become routine are the drills that RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-56946305865969393862012-01-09T20:58:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:01:02.908-08:00Vision therapy helped the most exciting player in the NFLRecently I met an interesting guy who played professional football in both the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. Teams in both leagues were using vision therapy to improve the performance of their athletes. Vision therapy is used, among other things, to improve visual processing, eye tracking and eye-body coordination so its no surprise that it is considered valuable inRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-12963254455122585322012-01-05T21:33:00.000-08:002012-01-05T21:33:25.263-08:00Health warning on eye drops
This is a re-post of a glaucoma related topic I addressed last year. I'm posting it again in honor of glaucoma awareness month. It highlights just one of the ways that glaucoma can sneak up on an unsuspecting patient. I've noticed something troubling lately. People may be misusing eye drops that contain steriods (usually when prescribed by doctor who is not an eye specialist). Steriod eye RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-73868596144120204872012-01-05T06:48:00.000-08:002012-01-05T06:52:26.808-08:00Online buyer beware - contact lens dangersA Toronto man bought contact lenses online only to have the lenses peel off the surface of his cornea!
A Toronto Star article reminds people that buying contacts lenses online and without a proper fitting by a Doctor of Optometry can lead to dangerous consequences. Click the link below to read the full article about a young man who developed a corneal abrasion after only four hours of wearing RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-63970178898182202842012-01-03T08:49:00.000-08:002012-01-03T14:21:25.868-08:00Awareness is the best weapon against glaucoma - January is glaucoma awareness monthGLAUCOMA IS A REALLY BAD DISEASEJanuary is glaucoma awareness month. So let me help you become a little more aware of glaucoma. And with glaucoma, awareness is is the key to beating the disease. A recent study has shown that Canadians are not doing enough to protect themselves (by getting regular eye exams) and that glaucoma rates are rising in Canada. This shows just how important glaucoma RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-63007991508733723212011-12-30T10:35:00.000-08:002011-12-30T23:01:43.259-08:00Eye Exams first to detect chronic diseases - the benefits of eyecare insuranceA study released earlier this year confirms that eye exams by an optometrist or ophthalmologist are often the first to detect chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension. The researchers found that eye doctors detected signs of certain chronic conditions before any other health care provider recorded the condition—65 percent of the time for high cholesterol, 20 percent of the time for RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com02609 E 49th Ave #112, Vancouver, BC V5S 1J9, Canada49.2248397 -123.0545584000000249.2247852 -123.05467240000002 49.224894199999994 -123.05444440000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-87177453419351135542011-11-20T15:31:00.000-08:002011-11-20T15:34:52.792-08:00Active therapy, Video Game therapy are more effective than patching alone in treating amblyopiaOptometrists have long been at the forefront of research into the vision problems and their relationship to the brain.
Optometric vision therapy, for example, has been shown in studies to be more effective than patching alone in the treatment of amblyopia. The basic principle is that active therapy for the weaker amblyopic eye will improve acuity as well as promote properly functioning RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-70245286653262807802011-11-19T18:49:00.000-08:002011-11-19T18:49:44.602-08:00BC Doctors of Optometry BlogThe BC Doctors of Optometry have a new blog. Check it out here: http://bcdoctorsofoptometry.com/?page_id=1033. The blog already has some very interesting posts:
Glaucoma: The Silent Thief
The Spots That Float in Your Vision
Why Styes occur and what to do about themRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-82970711461611912692011-11-14T13:05:00.000-08:002011-11-14T13:20:24.779-08:00Laser surgery turns brown eyes blue - permanently. Which color is better?A California eye doctor has come up with a $5,000 laser procedure - that takes only 20 seconds to complete - that will turn your brown eyes permanently blue. You can read about the details here. The long term risks are not known but that has not stopped thousands of people from contacting the doctor about the procedure. For some reason, lots of people prefer blue eyes to brown. I assume that RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-52518879576755736742011-11-02T22:11:00.000-07:002011-11-02T22:16:06.338-07:00Vision loss from glaucoma - preventable if caught early - is on the rise in Canada: Canadians are not taking easy steps to protect themselvesResearch published in the June issue of the Journal of Ophthalmology shows that Canadians are not taking easy steps to protect themselves against glaucoma. The study found that 50% of those who are newly diagnosed with the disease are already in the moderate to advanced stages of the disease. By this time they have suffered irreversible and often devastating vision loss.
Early detection is keyRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-91562701872753406222011-10-25T12:32:00.000-07:002011-11-10T11:20:01.403-08:00New research on the connection between convergence insufficiency and ADHD
New research was presented in October, 2011 in Boston - during Academy 2011 Boston - on the connection between ADHD and convergence insufficiency.
Convergence insufficiency is an eye movement disorder where the two eyes do not work together properly when doing near work such as reading.
The lead researcher, Eric Borsting, OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD, is an optometrist who for the last several yearsRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-61397698919739191002011-10-25T10:59:00.000-07:002011-10-25T12:41:31.168-07:00Adults with convergence insufficiency
Some people are are wondering about whether vision therapy is effective for adults with convergence insufficiency, as it is for children.
In 2005 Scheiman et al. published a clinical trial in Optometry and Vision Science on the vision therapy treatment of convergence insufficiency in young adults ages 19-30.
Basically, the results were that vision therapy was an effective treatment for RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-15394497200716037182011-10-24T12:55:00.000-07:002011-10-24T12:55:56.468-07:00Vision therapy makes the newsA CBS news affiliate in the United States aired this story about vision therapy. The main points are that school eye screenings don't check for many treatable vision problems such as visual perceptual skills or binocular vision dysfunction which make it difficult for a child to learn.
Note that people with these problems don't have a "learning disability" as that term has come to be defined toRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-62129318105304604342011-10-14T12:30:00.000-07:002011-10-14T12:31:22.935-07:00Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Success RateI've had some questions lately about the success rate in treating convergence insufficiency. With opometric Vision Therapy - which is the best available treatment - the success rate is 75%. This result was found by the recent National Eye Institute study on convergence insufficiency treatments which found vision therapy to be the best treatment and pencil pushups to be ineffective. Read more RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-82437878567241801882011-10-12T16:21:00.000-07:002011-10-13T22:13:03.108-07:00The myopia epidemic: why it is so dangerous.Myopia, also called nearsightedess, is increasing in the population at an alarming rate. According to the National Institutes of Health in 1972, the frequency of myopia was 25% in Americans aged 12 to 54. By 2004, it had increased to 41.6%. (Roan,2010).
Even worse than the increasing frequency of myopia is that for affected individuals it has a tendency to get worse over time. Some of you mayRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-42630516173171824312011-09-28T10:16:00.000-07:002011-09-28T10:16:02.504-07:00Cool new technology from the Las Vegas Vision ExpoLots of new and exciting new technology was launched at the Las Vegas Vision Expo last weekend. I was there and my personal favorite is "Opti-Fog" lenses from Essilor. These are the first lenses (as far as I know) that do not fog up!
Fog irritates glasses wearers in a number of situations. And in Canada it is often a daily bother. When you are going from the cold outdoors to the warm Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-55243403851003182822011-09-07T22:24:00.000-07:002011-09-08T21:31:12.706-07:00The miracle vitamin gets more miraculousA recent study in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology concludes that high vitamin D intake reduces the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women under 75 years of age. This study adds to the body of knowledge on the effects of nutrition in reducing the risk of developing the disease. Previous studies have concluded that nutrients such as anti-oxidents and carotenoids RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-60101180082737865372011-08-29T07:04:00.000-07:002011-08-29T07:04:14.736-07:00What about a women's eyes is the biggest turn off for men?The answer is tears. They contain chemicals that seriously dampen a man's desire according to a recent Israeli study that compared the reactions of men after sniffing saline solution and women's tears. Men found women's photographs less attractive after sniffing tears when compared to saline.
The scent of women's tears also had a physical effect on men. There was less blood flow to areas of RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-58028073616196735562011-08-26T13:34:00.000-07:002011-08-26T13:53:44.930-07:00Pencil push-ups are so last decadeI'm surprised that some doctors are still recommending pencil push-ups to patients with convergence insufficiency. Convergence insufficiency is an eye-muscle disorder where the two eyes do not converge properly when doing close work like reading. The symptoms are often double vision, blurriness, problems reading, eye fatigue, headaches, frequent loss of reading and more. It is the most common RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-33916596077290498792011-08-04T11:09:00.000-07:002011-08-04T11:24:43.618-07:00Which doctors make you spend the most time in the waiting room?Nobody likes sitting in the waiting room waiting for their doctor to see them. While most of the time waits are caused by emergency patients and other unexpected medical issues, excessive waits in the doctor's office are irritating for patients especially when the doctor does not apologize for the wait and gives no explanation for it. In the absence of the latter, many patients assume that the RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-56784687370126943112011-07-19T17:55:00.000-07:002011-07-19T19:46:58.301-07:00Vitamin C lowers cataract riskCataracts are a clouding of the eye’s lens that commonly causes vision problems in older people. A new study published in the journal Ophthalmology shows that vitamin C can lower the risk of developing cataracts.In contrast to previous studies, the new study focused on individuals in India rather than on people in Western countries. India is a particularly appropriate setting for a study on the RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-68028111768266761092011-07-18T08:54:00.000-07:002011-07-18T08:57:50.334-07:00I'll be on the radio today - RJ 1200 at 2:00 p.m.
Tune in to RJ 1200 (1200 on the AM dial) today at 2:00 p.m. to hear me talk about the things that people do to put their eyes at risk.
You can also call in with questions. If you want to listen live on the internet click here.Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-10061419988108868012011-07-06T14:03:00.000-07:002011-07-06T14:23:44.946-07:00Girl loses her eye after buying contacts at a beauty storeFox news reports that a New York girl needs a cornea transplant after she illegally purchased a pair of colored contacts at a local beauty store. But this could happen in Vancouver. There were reports last year of kids buying coloured contacts at various night markets around Vancouver and being told that they could clean the contacts with tap water (which is wrong and very dangerous advice).RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-23603219109927655792011-07-05T23:10:00.000-07:002011-07-06T14:01:53.202-07:00Problem readers may have convergence insufficiencyConvergence insufficiency (CI) is one of the most common childhood ocular motor disorders. It can make reading very difficult and consequently cause a child to fall behind in school. In my office many parents of kids with convergence insufficiency report that their child is a slow reader, intensely dislikes school and is generally performing very poorly. Often, the paradox of an intelligent childRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-23726199824498799802011-06-25T13:02:00.000-07:002011-06-26T13:47:21.288-07:00Never draft a baseball player with blue eyes?Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers blames his difficulties on the field on his blue eyes. Sounds crazy right? Not really.Having blue eyes can make it more difficult for a baseball player to see during day games compared to players with darker eyes. Blue eyes have less pigment in them than darker eyes resulting in excessive light entering the eye which scatters to cause unwanted glare. RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-17421671989117310252011-06-13T07:34:00.001-07:002011-06-20T21:22:32.041-07:00Childhood vision disorders lead to adult problems A 2011 study published in the journal, Pediatrics, found that in addition to refractive errors that can be corrected with glasses such as myopia and astigmatism, ocular disorders like strabismus (eye-turn, cross eyes) and amblyopia (lazy eye) that occur in infants, toddlers, and children may present lifelong problems for the child. Strabismus and amblyopia require more intense treatment such as RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-33558993265867632762011-06-09T09:10:00.000-07:002011-06-12T21:10:52.442-07:00Laser eye sugery makes you queasy?I came across this news article from Houston, Texas on corneal reshaping, which doctors call orthokeratology (the article curiously used the term "corneal molding", which makes it sound like your cornea is past its expiry date...).Orthokeratology reshapes your cornea while you sleep so that you have perfect vision during the day. No glasses, no contacts, no surgery. It is very popular with peopleRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-34045780831523498212011-06-04T10:15:00.000-07:002011-06-04T18:13:49.807-07:00Prevent blindness in kidsWear protective eyewear in sportsEye injuries, especially sports eye injuries are the leading cause of blindness in kids (read my previous post on this subject here) but they are easily preventable by wearing protective eyewear, which can prevent 90% of sports related eye injuries.Be smart about protective eyewearThe tragedy is that even though sports eye injuries are so easily prevented, very RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-59610790020783198702011-06-01T09:56:00.000-07:002011-06-01T10:05:05.566-07:00Kids' Sunglasses WarningDr. Jason Morris has an important warning about certain shaped kids sunglasses (like heart and star shaped sunglasses) that can actually increase the harm to your child's eyes from UV light.Be careful when selecting sunglasses for your children.Read Dr. Morris's warning here.RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-91594132623242740942011-05-30T13:24:00.001-07:002011-06-02T14:13:17.582-07:00TV interview with Fanny KeeferDr. Randhawa's TV interview with Fanny Keefer is on youtube. Just press play to watch it!RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-75409151312035514352011-05-29T18:00:00.000-07:002011-06-04T18:20:28.954-07:00Kids' blindness: the leading cause is ...I did some research on kids and blindness over the weekend and came up with some important information, which is especially relevant now as the warm weather brings kids outside to play sports.Eye injuries are the leading cause of blindness in kidsEye injuries are the leading cause of blindness in kids and most eye injuries among kids 11 to 14 occur while playing sports. While hockey is definitelyRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-68980007964369494692011-05-24T22:25:00.001-07:002011-05-25T23:55:55.165-07:00Only 38 years old and risking blindnessMay is vision health month. So it is appropriate that Global News did a story on the six o'clock news on Victoria Day highlighting the dangers of getting automated sight tests from opticians rather than a comprehensive eye exam from a doctor of optometry. You are risking blindness.Eye exams by a doctor of optometry assess the health of your eye and its component parts like the optic nerve. This RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-73667388656207918382011-05-24T10:49:00.001-07:002011-05-24T14:20:26.866-07:00Dr. Randhawa interview on TVDr. Randhawa was on Studio 4 and gave an interview with Fanny Keefer. The show will be repeated throughout the day on Shaw Cable channel 4 today and then will be available on the show's website here.RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-74052716275142170702011-05-17T06:01:00.000-07:002011-05-17T06:48:39.153-07:00Take your kids to see "Thor": doctor's orders!One of problems in diagnosing vision disorders in children is that children who have never had normal vision have no way to know that there is anything wrong with their vision. They have always seen that way and they think that everyone else sees that way too.
Most optometrists can tell you a story of a young child, perhaps 5 or 6 years old who goes to the eye doctor because she is not picking Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-31539332183935420342011-05-09T12:46:00.000-07:002011-05-09T12:59:16.612-07:00NHL should require visors after Manny Malholtra's eye injuryAt least one optometrist is telling National Hockey League players to wear visors. She happens to be engaged to one of them. Andrew Ladd's fiancee has tried unsuccessfully to convince Ladd to wear a visor while playing for the Atlanta Thrashers, reports the Candian Press. Visors are already required in international hockey rules.
Ladd is rethinking his stance on a visor after the horriffic Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-53778459297382470762011-05-06T11:27:00.000-07:002011-05-06T11:27:38.408-07:00Georges St. Pierre has HyphemaGeorges St. Pierre tweeted today that his eye condition is, in fact, hyphema, which is essentially blood in the front of the eye. Here is his tweet:
I am so lucky my BJJ instructor Bruno Fernandes is an ophtamologist!!! I'll be in good hands!!!
My medical condition is called Hyphema. My vision is still blurry and my eye sensitive but the blood in my eye has now been absorbed...
My retina is Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-13070856798206627182011-05-05T15:14:00.000-07:002011-05-05T21:15:23.454-07:00UFC Fighter escapes retinal detatchment
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre had to take a break from competition because of an eye injury.
Following a fight that left him unable to see out of his left eye, he went doctors who suspected a detached retina. This is a serious condition that requires emergency surgery or else permanent blindness may result.
Luckily, Mr. St. Pierre's retina was not detached and he will fully RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-81751559363333634122011-04-28T20:38:00.000-07:002011-05-08T13:13:30.299-07:00South Asians are at higher risk of glaucoma
Look out South Asians living in North America! You have a higher risk of glaucoma than other ethnicities, according to a new American study that looked at glaucoma risk among Asian Americans, including those of Indian and Pakistani ancestry. While the study looked at Americans, the findings will likely apply to Canadians who share a similar diet and lifestyle.
The study concluded that, among RGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-67052707341900858852011-04-23T09:27:00.000-07:002011-04-25T10:38:59.696-07:00Fixing My Gaze - Can you imagine not having 3D vision?I just read an inspirational book called Fixing My Gaze about neuroscientist, Susan Barry, who was born with strabismus (an eye turn) and had lived all her life without stereo vision, meaning that she could not see in three dimensions.She had three surgeries to "correct" the eye turn cosmetically but she still could not see properly and the eye was still turned, although less than before. She hadRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-53486080415534719822011-04-21T19:16:00.000-07:002011-04-22T09:56:47.266-07:00Are your kids dangerously inactive? It shows up in their eyes.We already know that many diseases like diabetes and heart disease show up first in the eyes.A new study shows that changes in the back of the eye can tell us if a child is on the path to future diseases. A new Australian study published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology concludes that dangerously inactive children have narrow arteries in the retina, the back of theRGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12395043081379388370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-90812660502992017222011-04-21T15:42:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:15:15.851-07:00Allergy season will be a month longer than normal this year - what to do about itchy and watery eyesI'm seeing more patients with complaints of itchy, watery eyes. And my husband is complaining like crazy and begging for a prescription! That means it's spring and allergies are here. In fact, in the northern part of North America (which includes most of Canada), allergy season is expected to last as much 27 days longer than normal according to a study published by the Proceedings of the Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-39112694881662460472011-04-20T06:00:00.000-07:002011-04-20T10:11:18.726-07:00Vegetarians and vegans have a lower risk of cataracts than meat-eatersAnother point for the vegetarians! There is a new British study published in the The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (it's in the March 2011 issue, if you want to read it) that concludes that vegetarians and vegans have a much lower risk of cataracts than meat-eaters.
The researchers monitored the medical records of 27,670 non-diabetic people aged 40 or over to see if and when they Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-49251579937835167492011-04-19T07:48:00.001-07:002011-04-20T23:53:36.658-07:00Free Prescription Eyeglasses CouponPeople like coupons that they can email to their friends. Several readers have asked for one for the free eye glasses promotion. So, here it is!
Click on the coupon for a bigger image and if you want to print it out. If you want to copy the URL, here it is:https://sites.google.com/site/doctorpromotions/home/free-eye-glasses/Mehfil%20ad%20free%20glasses%20copy.jpgDr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-75576024393266816342011-04-18T12:31:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:31:46.499-07:00On the Radio Today - Summer VisionTune in to RJ 1200 (am 1200) today at 2:00 p.m. to hear me on the radio talking about eye health and vision issues that arise in the summertime when the sun is hot and the UV index is high.
Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-49475334743589473902011-04-16T15:21:00.000-07:002012-02-10T10:05:04.252-08:00"Get your eye glasses for free - and save your sight in the process"Free Eye Glasses to See for Life
I'm doing what I call a "See for Life" campaign by giving away free prescription glasses to my patients. In case you are wondering, that includes the frame, single vision lenses, scratch resistant coating and 100% UV protection. The idea is to motivate people to come in for their annual eye health exam.
What prompted me to do this? I was seeing lots of Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878498730584432431.post-14751523338859330482011-01-05T07:38:00.000-08:002012-01-05T20:28:44.378-08:00Health warning on eye dropsI've noticed something troubling lately. People may be misusing eye drops that contain steriods (usually when prescribed by doctor who is not an eye specialist). Steriod eye drops need to be carefully regimented and their use needs to be monitored by an eye doctor. They should never be taken "as needed".
If not used properly, steriods can cause glaucoma - a disease that raises the pressure Dr. Mini Randhawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979041714041280662noreply@blogger.com1