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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...