Sankhajyoti Saha, M.Optometry Clinical Optometrist, I for Eye-Care, Falakata, India   “We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.” - Stephen Hawking   Cyberchondria (Cyber=relating to technology; Chondria= anxiety from...

Dr. Abhishek Mandal, Ph.D. Senior Business Adviser, Vision Science Academy, London, U.K.   Vision Science Academy Exclusive   It is no secret that industries around the globe are transitioning to a focus on technology. Whether it is investing in artificial...

Priyanka Ray, M.A., B.Ed. Digital Strategist, Vision Science Academy   Eyes are indispensable for normal functioning of human life. Without vision, life is incomplete, enveloped in darkness. Taking optimum care of eye health will ensure a normal and healthy life....

Brughanya Subramanian, B.Optom M.Optom student, Sankara Nethralaya Medical & Vision Research Foundation, Chennai, India   Digital reading: Computer screens, smart phones and tablets are the modes of digital reading which display text and images using pixels....

Soundharya Subramanian, BSc Clinical Nutrition, M.Sc. Clinical Nutrition (Student), MMM College of Health Sciences, Chennai, India   Introduction Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin which plays a major role in vision, reproduction, growth, and maintenance of...

Nandini Ravi, B.S Optometry Fellowship in the Department of Binocular Vision and Vision Therapy, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India   Preface Accommodation is a process by which the eye changes focus from distance to near objects. This process is done...

Pritam Dutta, M.Optom Lecturer, Ridley college of Optometry, Assam, India   Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive and neuro-degenerative disease associated with various motor and non-motor clinical features(1).  As per World Health Organization (WHO) report,...

Solanki Lala, B.Optometry Intern Optometrist, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye hospital, Delhi, India   Malingering, a term used to imply condition where patients pretend to have certain symptoms which they do not experience. In a clinical setting it can falsely impact...

Mahatabuz Zaman, B.Optom Optometrist, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati   Not so long ago, social connectivity only meant talking over wired telephones or a feature phone with our relatives and friends. Not everyone had the privilege to own a PC or use the...

Swetha Ravichandran, B.S. Optometry M.Optom Student, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal University, India   Introduction:  Most often we would have wondered why there is a wide diversity in the size and shape of pupils among various animals compared...

Sankhajyoti Saha, M.Optometry Clinical Optometrist, I for Eye, Falakata, India   Ever wonder why after a heavy night shift or after a prolonged journey we often misjudge the time or experience a jet lag? Even it has found that blind patients do have sleep...

Mehal Rathore, B.Optom Graduate Research Scholar, Elite School of Optometry, A unit of Medical Research Foundation in collaboration with SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.   Retinal vasculature imaging and cross-sectional en face imaging of the retina have been...

Bhumin Parekh, Bachelor of Optometry Binocular Vision Fellow, Sankara Nethralaya   Introduction: Amblyopia is a neuro-developmental disorder of the visual cortex that arises from abnormal visual experience early in life (e.g. strabismus, anisometropia, or form...

Prantik Aditya, Bachelor in Clinical Optometry Fellow Optom, Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, Delhi, India   The cornea is the clear front surface of the optical system of the eye, which allows light to enter the eye for vision. It provides approximately 65 to 75...

Hadiya Farhath, B. Optometry Research Optometrist, Sankara Nethralaya, India   Flares and the cells (reflection of light from proteins and leucocytes in the aqueous humour)(1) are the major signs in uveitis. Aqueous flare (appears like smoke) intensity indicates...