Vaishaali Gunalan, Research fellow, M Optom Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India   Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) - A component of solar radiation: Over the past 2 decades, there has been documented depletion of the ozone layer that drew...

Arnab Mazumder, Under-graduate student Bachelor in Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India   The recreational activities of the current generation are evidently distinct from forgoing generations by virtue of their access to a virtual...

Swetha Ravichandran, B.S. Optometry M. Optometry Student, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal University, India   Introduction: Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) is a procedure that was first explained by Wollensak et al in 2003 (1). Currently, it...

Brughanya S, B.Optom M.Optom student, Department of Optometry, Medical & Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India   Introduction: Hypoxia is a state of low oxygen tension (refer Figure 1) and is typically associated with abnormal...

Shakthi Mageshwaran R, B.Optom Work-Integrated Fellow in Clinical Optometry, Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India   Introduction:  Contact Lens (CL) is increasingly used for refractive correction nowadays because it is cosmetically more appealing, provides...

Jannet Philip, B.S.Optometry Graduate research student, Elite School of Optometry, Units of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, in collaboration with SASTRA University Thanjavur, India   Introduction: “Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) is a verifiable visual...

Nandini Ravi,  BS Optometry Fellowship in Binocular Vision and Vision Therapy, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy   Introduction Accommodative Insufficiency (AI) is characterized by reduced Amplitude of Accommodation (AOA), which is confirmed by comparing the...

Soundharya. S,  BSc. Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics MSc. Clinical Nutrition (student), MMM College of Health Sciences A Unit of Madras Medical Mission   Introduction Vitamin-A is a fat-soluble vitamin discovered in 1909 by McCollum and Davis1. The chemical name...

Hadiya Farhath.P, B S Optometry Research Optometrist, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai   The C-Quant device is a straylight measurement meter that relies on a psychophysical procedure using flickering stimuli1. Straylight is defined as a...

Pritam Dutta, M.Optom Lecturer, Ridley College of Optometry, Optometrist, Chandraprabha Eye Hospital Jorhat, Assam   Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is defined, “as an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of  brain pathology, caused by an external...

Sucheta Mitra, M.Optom Amity University, Haryana   INTRODUCTION  ‘Nesofilcon A’ is one of the highly recommended choice for those people who dropout due to contact lens discomfort. This case description shows how a patient, who is reluctant to use contact lens,...

Khaarthiyaa Lokanathan,   B.S. Optometry Research Optometrist, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai   The natural camera, our eye, captures several images from our surroundings via an aperture, which controls the amount of light passing...

Brajesh Kumar, M.Optom Faculty Optometrist, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi   The retina is the innermost neurosensory layer of the eyeball and the only part of the human body where the blood vessels are directly visible. Retina is a mirror of many...

Sangeetha N, B.S.Optometry . Research Optometrist, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai   Introduction In our day-to-day life, we either voluntarily or involuntarily align our eyes to the natural scenes at various ranges for perceiving the...

Megha Chatterjee, M.Sc Senior Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi   Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly, has proven to be a powerful model organism that can answer complex questions regarding the human disease pathology, development and...