Researchers develop a novel test that can predict Glaucoma risk by analysing DNA Hina Zahid23 Jan 2020 11:49 AM ISTGlaucoma is a group of diseases that are characterized by progressive damage and degeneration of the optic nerve, causing gradual loss of vision.
Hospital slapped Rs 48 lakh compensation on account of Oxygen Toxicity leading to Blindness in infant Medical Dialogues Bureau2 March 2019 3:42 PM ISTJaipur: The Rajasthan consumer commission on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 48 lakh on a private hospital after a newborn had lost eyesight due to...
WHO felicitates Nepal for eliminating trachoma, controlling Rubella Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Nov 2018 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has felicitated Nepal for eliminating trachoma, a tropical disease that leads to blindness, as a public...
Doctors at city hospital cut 100-kg sugar-free cake to create awareness about diabetes Medical Dialogues Bureau15 Nov 2018 3:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors at a private hospital in the national capital Wednesday cut a 100-kg sugar-free cake on the occasion of World Diabetes Day to...
400 MBBS, AYUSH Practitioners to be hired for Eye Screening Programme in Telangana Garima2 Aug 2018 9:28 AM ISTThe recruitment would be done on a temporary basis to assist eye specialists for a period of six months and a monthly sum of Rs 30,000 will be...
45 lakh children to be vaccinated in J&K Medical Dialogues Bureau28 Jun 2018 12:33 PM ISTSrinagar: Over 45 lakh children would be vaccinated to prevent them from Measles Rubella disease in the Jammu and Kashmir, Director Family...
Botched Cataract at Private Hospital: 11 patients lose vision Medical Dialogues Bureau3 March 2018 2:34 PM ISTRajnandgaon: At least 11 people lost vision in one eye after they underwent cataract operations at a private hospital here in Chhattisgarh, doctors...
Indian-Origin surgeon saved me from blindness, Says former UK PM savita thakur thakur1 Nov 2017 2:24 PM ISTLONDON:Â Â An Indian-origin doctor gets a special mention as an "old friend" in an autobiography written by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.The...
Tobacco may cause irreversible blindness: AIIMS Doctors savita thakur thakur2 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Tobacco not only causes cancer, its prolonged consumption also may also lead to blindness, and often such cases are irreversible, doctors...
Odisha govt forms empowered committee to reduce blindness savita thakur thakur29 Aug 2017 9:22 AM ISTBhubaneswar: In an effort to develop a roadmap to reduce 25 per cent of curable blindness by 2022, Odisha government has formed an empowered committee...
India changes definition of blindness as per WHO, Check out details savita thakur thakur20 April 2017 12:09 PM ISTNEW DELHI: India has changed its over four- decade-old definition of blindness, bringing it in line with the WHO criteria, a step that would...
L V Prasad Eye Institute sets new world record supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 9:03 AM ISTHyderabad : The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has created history once again in the field of Corneal Transplantation with its Hyderabad campus...
