In 2007, the Government of Alberta introduced mandatory seatbelt laws. This was not openly received by everyone. Nowadays, it seems a critical error in judgement to allow children, or indeed anyone, to take a high speed ride in a sea…
Research and experience in vision clinics around the Province show that there are a great many children who struggle with serious vision concerns, and that these are mostly undetected and uncorrected. These children move through school grades and find things…
In any given classroom in any school in the Province, there are a number of children struggling with difficult vision. These children are not blind, but their vision problems are in a way much worse: A child with visual impediments…
I love this simple expression, it means so much. In effect, before we can begin to do any good for anyone else around us, we must first be willing to show compassion and kindness to those closest to us. For…
The term ‘evidence-based medicine‘ (EBM) has risen to celebrity, perhaps religious, status among healthcare practitioners. The term, when used, suggests that a particular treatment is preferred because there is evidence that it works. The medical and pharmaceutical industries love this…