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Estate home and pond on a mature treed acreage at Church Ranches Place in Bearspaw.

August 2025 Market Snapshot

What Buyers Were Paying For in Bearspaw and Springbank in 2025

Bearspaw Real Estate

Rocky View County

Woman resting her chin on a slit lamp headrest and smiling while an eye-care professional examines her eyes.

Eye Exams + Eye Health

Can an Eye Exam Reveal More Than Just Your Vision?

Young woman outdoors laughing, wearing oversized bright yellow eyeglasses.

Glasses + Vision Correction

Why Does It Seem Like Everyone Needs Glasses Now?

Older woman with white hair in a grey turtleneck standing at home with her arms folded.

Blood Pressure + Eye Health

What High Blood Pressure Does to Your Eyes While You Feel Fine

Extreme close-up of an older person's blue eye with a cloudy white area visible behind the pupil.

Cataracts + Vision Changes

Are Cataracts Starting? The Vision Changes People Notice First

Golden evening sunlight forms a large circular ring of light over tall grasses in a field.

Halos Around Lights: Is It Normal? When Should You Be Concerned?

Woman seated at a laptop holding her glasses and pressing the bridge of her nose with her eyes closed.

Autoimmune + Eyes

Can Autoimmune Diseases Affect Your Eyes?

Woman having retinal imaging performed during an eye examination.

GLP-1s + Your Eyes

Taking Ozempic? Here’s the Eye Thing Worth Knowing About

Eye-care professional holding a lens close to a patient's eye at a slit lamp during a retinal examination.

Diabetes + Eye Health

Can Diabetes Affect Your Eyes Before You Notice Vision Changes?

Woman wearing dark-framed glasses with blue digital reflections visible across the lenses.

Do Blue-Light Glasses Really Work, or Are We Just Hoping They Do?

Smiling woman adjusting a pair of round black glasses during an eyewear appointment.

What Do Our Eyes Really Say About Us?

Close-up of an eye wearing a contact lens, used for an IRIS Cochrane article about childhood myopia.

Why Childhood Myopia Is Rising, and What Cochrane Parents Can Do

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