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FYidoctors Featured in the January Issue of Canadian Business Journal

FYidoctors has been featured in the January issue of the Canadian Business Journal. Check out this great feature here.

Computer Eyestrain Prevention

Most people spend several hours a day looking at a computer screen. Over time, this can cause eye fatigue and pain, which can hurt your productivity and cause eye problems.

This helpful video offers six steps for reducing eyestrain and preventing pain and fatigue. It offers advice about working in the right lighting, adjusting your workstation, and implementing a few simple habits to keep you eyes feeling fresh.

Whether you have bad eyesight or 20/20 vision, it’s important to visit your optometrist every year for a checkup. FYidoctors offers professional and comprehensive eye care, treatments and personalized vision products for optimum vision health and performance. FYidoctors even offers a specialized lens designed specifically for computer-use to help reduce eye strain and fatigue. Find out more by visiting our website www.fyidoctors.com or by visiting one of our locations and asking about the iOffice lens.

How Your Eyes Connect to Your Overall Health

When most Canadians think about healthcare, they probably don’t consider eye care as a top priority. However, there are many important links between your eyes and your overall health. Caring for your eyes can have a big impact on your vision in the future, and visiting your optometrist regularly can reveal important and serious health problems before you notice other signs.

General Health

Although you may not know it, your eyes can offer early indicators of many major health problems. Your vision and the appearance of your eyes can warn optometrists of vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, high blood pressure and aneurysms. Make sure to visit your optometrist for regular checkups to ensure good vision and general health.

Infection

Eye exams often reveal important indicators of infections before you notice other signs. Indicators of common viral, bacterial, and fungal infections including AIDS, herpes, and hepatitis can all be revealed in a regular optometry checkup.

Autoimmune Diseases

There are hundreds of health conditions that can impact your immune system and cause autoimmune disease. If you have an autoimmune disease, you may experience discomfort in your eyes due to blocked blood vessels and inflammation. If you notice any new or uncomfortable symptoms in your eyes, schedule an appointment with your optometrist.

Systemic Diseases

To a trained medical professional, an eye exam can reveal indicators of many diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Often, symptoms in the eyes are the first indicators of these health problems, so getting regular exams can help you identify major health threats earlier, improving your treatment options and chance of recovery.

Whether you have perfect vision or have a long family history of vision problems, it’s important to get regular checkups from a knowledgeable optometrist. FYidoctors offers a new approach to eye care that focuses on the patient experience and strives for the highest in professional treatment standards. Visit us on the web to find out more about the FYidoctors difference.

FYidoctors CEO Wins The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Prairies

FYidoctors CEO Wins The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Prairies

October 17, 2012

News Release

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FYidoctors is very pleased to announce that CEO and President, Dr. Alan Ulsifer, is the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Prairies, the very same award received by the leading entrepreneurs behind many western Canadian success stories, including WestJet.

“Ernst & Young is pleased to congratulate Alan for being chosen by our independent judges as Canada’s 2012 Prairies Entrepreneur of the Year. Alan was chosen among a very strong group of prairie finalists this year who showcase the diversity of visionary leaders that come from the West. We are very pleased to celebrate his innovation and leadership in our program,” says Dean Radomsky, Calgary Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Leader.

The award was announced Thursday, October 11th, at a gala in Calgary. After winning the category for ‘business to consumer products and services’, Dr. Ulsifer emerged as the overall winner for the Prairie region, competing against his fellow category winners representing leading and reputable companies spanning real estate and construction, technology, business to business products and services, cleantech, manufacturing, energy (public and private) and professional and investment services.

“Entrepreneur Of The Year is all about celebrating local leaders whose drive and determination has made a lasting impact on Canadian business,” said Rob Jolley, Prairies Director of Entrepreneur Of The Year. “Alan’s visionary leadership has single-handedly changed the face of the Canadian optometry industry.”

After building one of Canada’s largest independent optometry practices alongside his fellow optometrist partners, Dr. Ulsifer set out in 2006 to pursue a shared vision of merging practices and integrating health care, retail and manufacturing into a single entity — the first and only of its kind today. Since the company’s inception in 2008, FYidoctors has quickly become an innovative force comprised of over 230 optometrists serving over 100 practices coast to coast.

“I often receive accolades for the successes of FYidoctors but the successes of our company come from the vision and commitment of our doctors, our staff and our management team. I am lucky to work alongside such a passionate and intelligent group and this incredible recognition belongs to them. While our drive isn’t to receive awards but rather to promote eye health and patient care, something as honourable as this award serves to remind us that we are headed in the right direction.”

As the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Prairies, Dr. Ulsifer will join the 4 other overall regional winners (Pacific, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic), for the national honour of Canada’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012, to be presented at a gala celebration January 16, 2013 in Toronto. In June 2013, Canada’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 will move to the world stage to compete with more than 50 country recipients for the title of Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year.

Read more here

FYidoctors is a private optometry owned eye care services company with its head office located in Calgary, Alberta and a fully automated production and distribution facility based in Burnaby, British Columbia. FYidoctors is currently one of Canada’s largest providers of ophthalmic products and services with over 100 locations across the country. For more information please see our website: www.fyidoctors.com.

Benefits of Fish Oil

Nutritionists and healthcare professionals all agree that a daily dose of fish oil (otherwise known as Omega-3) benefits you in a number of ways, including helping to improve your eye sight.