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September 25, 2017

Children Binocular Vision (Part 2)

In the previous blog entry, I have described the symptoms and management methods of the common manifest binocular vision disorders. This entry will focus on the […]
September 15, 2017

Children Binocular Vision (Part 1)

Having good binocular vision is very essential in carrying out different daily visual demanding tasks such as reading, playing sports and driving. It helps people judging […]
September 7, 2017

Hypertension and Eye

Hypertension is a common but detrimental cardiovascular disease in modern society. It is defined by having systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg or more and diastolic […]
August 25, 2017

The relationship between orthokeratology (ortho-k) lens wear and microbial keratitis

In 2014, some news reports stating that children wearing ortho-k lenses had 5 times more risk of getting microbial keratitis. In this blog entry, I would […]
August 17, 2017

Don’t Let Diabetes Takes Away Your Vision!

Diabetes mellitus is one of the major health problems affecting the developed regions. It affects the integrity of blood vessels and cause damages in multiple organs. […]
August 11, 2017

Know More about Dry Eye Disorder

Dry eye is one of the most common eye disorder reported by the patients when they see their eyecare practitioner. Dry eye can affect patients in […]
August 4, 2017

Common Geriatric Eye Disease – Cataract

Cataract is a very common eye disease. In 2012, World Health Organisation has published a report which pointed out that cataract was the first cause of blindness […]
July 28, 2017

Presbyopia Treatment or Correction

Middle-aged people are plagued by reading difficulties named presbyopia. As mentioned in the previous passage, near blur is a normal age-related change and currently there is […]
July 21, 2017

2017 World Sight Day Darkness to go

In 2012, World Health Organization (WHO) has summarised various population-based vision screening surveys from 39 countries worldwide, and estimated that 285million of the people in the […]
July 14, 2017

Orthokeratology Lens (Ortho-k Lens)

In my previous blog entry, I have listed out and explained different myopia control methods which are with scientific evidence. In this entry, I will further […]
July 7, 2017

Blue Light : Harmful to your eyes?

In recent years, digital devices have dominated our everyday lives. Concerns about the potential health hazards arise with the coming of this digital era. One of […]
July 2, 2017

Reading Difficulties: What Is Happening to My Eyes?

When You Have Reading Difficulties, Find A Qualified Optometrist For a Comprehensive Eye Exam. When the 40s call, no matter how much effort and money you […]
June 29, 2017

Refractive Surgeries – Glasses-free Soultion?

For glasses wearers, most of us have thought about doing surgeries to correct your blurry vision so that you can be glasses-free. The suitability of doing […]
June 23, 2017

Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme

The government has announced the lowering of age requirement for the Elderly Healthcare Scheme from 70 to 65, enabling more elders to benefit from the HKD […]
June 16, 2017

Children Myopia Control

Myopia (short-sightedness) in children is a serious health issue in Hong Kong. Research shown that the prevalence of myopia (-0.50D or above) for Hong Kong children […]