Optometry – New Professional Education and Career

What is Optometry? Ophthalmic Optics (popularly known as Optometry) is a science, which deals with the structure, function and working of the human eye and specially in relation to Visual, Optical symptoms and Refractive errors and their correction primarily by Optical aids. Optometry is an independent discipline accepted academically as such by the pattern of […]

Optometrists and Occupational Health

Role of Optometrists in Occupational Health The aim of occupational health can be summarised as “The adaptation of work to main and of each man to his job. “This implies that the physical and mental capacities of the individual has to be matched with the demands of the job. Vision is one of the most […]

Nursing Ethics

The nursing profession deals with human beings in a helpless and sick condition. Human dignity is to be respected at all times, caring for patient is essence of Nursing Ethics signifies morals. In all fields of human activities, the society has come to expect a certain standard of conduct and behaviours. Ethics involve not merely […]

International Standards for Tuberculosis Care

Download file pdf  ISTC_report_FINAL Developed by the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA) Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Endorsements: For an updated list of endorsers, see the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center website at http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/international/ or the Stop TB Partnership website at http://www.stoptb.org/. Disclaimer: Disclaimer: The information provided in this document is not […]

Noise Pollution and Health

Increasing urbanization and industrialization creates a lot of problems on environment as well as on our health. Water and Air pollution are referred as major environmental pollution and get a great attention of researchers. But now days, researcher also get much attention towards noise pollution research because it also play a important role to effects […]

The Ultimate ‘Dis’Advantage

The Ultimate ’Dis’Advantage Let me introduce you to a very interesting marketing tool. It is called converting your disadvantage into an advantage. Most of us loose sleep over what we think is a weakness of our organization. Well, it is possible to convert the weakness into strength. A client of mine was worried that his […]

Nocturnal Emissions

The discharge of semen through the penis during sleep is called nocturnal emissions. That is the result of erotic dreams. Their alternative and most common names are wet dreams, night falls and night emissions. Nocturnal emissions begin during puberty when body starts making major hormones. Women have also wet dreams. They become sexually aroused in […]

Neuroretinitis

Synonyms: Leber’s stellate Neuroretinitis, ODEMS (optic disk edema and macular star) Definition: Neuroretinitis refers to disk edema and peripapillary or macular star. Clinical features: This condition usually affects children or young adults. Most cases are unilateral. The incidence is equal in both sexes. Most patients present with acute loss of vision with or without ocular pain. A nonspecific viral illness […]

Neuron

Neuron – The Longest Cell in the Human A cell in the lumbar posterior root ganglion has a running length greater than the height of the individual. The ratio of the total length to the diameter of the cell body is in terms of at least a million. Needless to say such a cell in […]

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of Quality Council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. The board is structured to cater to much desired needs of the consumers and to set benchmarks for progress of health industry. The board while being supported […]

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