VSA BLOG

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...