"Deployment and extensive use of information technology alone can bridge the gap between urban and rural eye care and one of the effective tools could be tele-ophthalmology," S.S. Badrinath, Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, said here on Friday.
Screening and treatment of patients in remote rural areas would be possible through IT applications and hence the focus should be on IT-penetration in rural areas.
Speaking to reporters at the inauguration of a three-day national workshop on `IT applications in eye care,' he said tele-ophthalmology was making it possible to extend quality eye care in villages.
Two eye care majors in the State — Sankara Nethralaya and Aravind Eye Care System — are jointly organising the workshop under the auspices of Vision 2020-The Right to Sight India, a national organisation. According to Dr. Badrinath, IT gains relevance in all aspects of ophthalmology from management to diagnosis and it is very important in the scenario of swelling cases of diabetic retinopathy across the country.
Cancerdefine is one of the most potent diseases and claims millions of lives around the globe every year. Certain kinds of cancer typically affect women only. Here’s themedguru’s low-down on these lady-killers…
A cancerdefine is a state of abnormal growth and replication of cells in the body at a certain point. The cell division is a highly regulated process with the new cells getting formed only when the old cells die. However, this process can go off track at times with the continuous growth of new cells at a rate higher than the cell death rate. Thus, the extra cell mass is formed in a tissue or an organ which is called a tumor.
Heart attack is one of the major causes of women’s death after breast cancerdefine and poses a great threat to women. At least one in three women dies of heart disease or stroke. The fact is that women are as much vulnerable to a heart attack as men.
While heart disease becomes significantly prevalent among women after they reach menopause, it can and does affect younger women too. According to the American Heart Association, heart disease kills about 16,000 young women and accounts for 40,000 hospitalizations in young women in U.S. every year. So, women of all ages need to become aware of it and take steps to prevent heart disease.
Diabetes has a unique impact on the lives of adolescents and requires constant monitoring of blood sugar levels, medication and effects of food and activity. With careful management by diabetologists, nutritionists, and psychologists, and with support from parents, these young people can lead full and healthy lives.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF)’s World Diabetes Day campaign focuses this year on children and adolescents with diabetes. According to IDF, children and adolescents with diabetes face a lifetime of living with a disease that poses particular challenges for them. These struggles include higher insulindefine insensitivity linked to puberty, rapid behavioural changes, increased risk of depressiondefine, anxiety, and low self-esteem and transition to adult services.
delicious
digg
google
yahoo
Recent comments
21 hours 57 min ago
22 hours 4 min ago
22 hours 7 min ago
22 hours 25 min ago
22 hours 47 min ago
22 hours 53 min ago
23 hours 2 min ago
23 hours 5 min ago
23 hours 20 min ago
2 days 1 hour ago