Archive for category: Macular Disease

VISION QUEST 2017 – SPEAKER SERIES

VISION QUEST 2017 – SPEAKER SERIES

At the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) we are motivated by a singular goal: develop new treatments for blindness and vision loss. This goal fuels all of the research that we fund and everything that we do! Vision Quest is the FFB’s educational program that we share with patients and families […]

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Why doesn’t Dr. Sexton prescribe eye glasses?

Why doesn’t Dr. Sexton prescribe eye glasses?

 We often get asked… “Why doesn’t Dr. Sexton prescribe eye glasses?”  Click here to find out    

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EVENT: Bollywood Ball Feb 13, 2016

EVENT: Bollywood Ball Feb 13, 2016

 The Bollywood Ball 2016 Help prevent blindness by equipping a new Retinal Operating Room at the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre. Did you know that Retinal Disease is the leading cause of blindness? 4,700 British Columbians lose their vision every year. 75% of vision loss is preventable. Your […]

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Vision Quest Vancouver 2015

Vision Quest Vancouver 2015

Vision Quest Vancouver will be held on November 14th, 2015. Dr. Briar will be chairing the event this year! This important education event on retinal disease is being held Saturday, November 14th at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre. Register by July 31 and save on your session registration! If you have age-related […]

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Buyer Beware: Nutritional supplements aren’t always what they seem

Buyer Beware: Nutritional supplements aren’t always what they seem

For patients with macular disease I recommend Preservision with Lutein or, if they have dry eye, Preservision AREDS 2. I do this based on good data from the Age Related Eye Disease Study  (AREDS) I and II  trial showing up to 25% reduction in significant vision loss over five years […]

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Age Related Macular Disease: Community Information Session

A great optometrist in our community is donating her time to give a public information session on Age Related Macular Degeneration. I think it will be a valuable source of information and a great forum for any questions you may have! Age Related Macular Degeneration: An overview, recent advances in […]

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