Health Insight
Vision Health
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Are You Living with Diabetes? Take an Active Role in Protecting Your Vision Health
For people living with uncontrolled type 1 and type 2 diabetes, an excess of blood sugar can damage or block the tiny blood vessels in their retina, resulting in a condition called diabetic retinopathy. The most common form of vision loss associated with diabetes, diabetic retinopathy affects approximately one million Canadians, making it the leading...
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Vision Rehabilitation Services Are Critical to Canada’s Aging Population
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada provides a range of programs and services to support Canadians living with vision loss.
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AMI Launches Exciting New Programming for the Disability Community
AMI’s pair of projects further the company’s vision of establishing and supporting a voice for Canadians with disabilities.
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Vision Partners Unite to Stop Preventable Blindness
It’s time to stop the crisis of preventable blindness. Currently, 1.2 million Canadians are blind, deaf-blind, or partially-sighted, and the number of Canadians living with vision loss is growing every day. Over eight million (that’s one in five) Canadians are living with an eye disease that puts them at significant risk of blindness. However, 75...
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Healthy Vision Is Everything and Canadians Deserve Full Access to Quality Care
The eyes are the windows to our physical well-being — and vision experts report seeing some troubling developments, especially among older Canadians. According to a recent research study conducted by Deloitte on behalf of the Canadian Council of the Blind, missed and postponed vision health appointments over the course of the pandemic have led to...
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Sight Loss Prevention Policy Hopes to Support Eye Health of Those with Diabetes
For people living with diabetes, understanding the corresponding risks to their eye health is vitally important.
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Taking Care of Your Personal Eye Care Backlog
Many Canadians missed essential eye exams and treatments during the pandemic, and now it’s time to get back on track. If you’re like most people, you and your family haven’t managed to keep your regular appointments with your ophthalmologist or optometrist during the pandemic. You’re not alone. A study conducted in 2021 estimated that nearly...