? Eyes are our windows to the world. It is not considered a problem to have spectacles. But having a clear vision is more than aesthetics being marred by the frames of the spectacles. It is to have the freedom of sight, the luxury of seeing everything firsthand, rather than having to peek through the slides of glass. When you have an option of choosing a spectacles-free life, there is no reason in putting it off.

LASIK, which stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, is the most commonly performed lasik surgery used to correct vision in people with nearsightedness (myopia), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism. This lasik surgery procedure is designed to improve vision and reduce or eliminate a person's dependence on glasses or contact lenses.

The condition of poor visual perception is commonly defined as?blindness. There is some classification when it comes to?blindness?and there are various scales to explain the extent of vision loss and define?blindness. Total?blindness?is the complete lack of visual perception and is clinically recorded as "no light perception?.?Blindness?is frequently used to describe severe visual impairment with some remaining vision.

?In this era of fast working life, we require equally supplementary food intake to fulfill the needs of the body, to keep it running and healthy. It is more than understood now that food we take affects our health immensely. Not that our food choices were not significant before, but nowadays the boom in food research has proven the need of necessary nutrients in the diet to ensure a healthy living.

? ?World?Diabetes?Day? was introduced in 1991 by the International?Diabetes?Federation and the World Health Organization with a goal in mind of creating awareness regarding startling statistics of rising?Diabetes?observed on global scale. This day is observed on November 14 of each year. It has become an active campaign under the International?Diabetes?Federation each year to address issues facing the global?diabetes?community.

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Centre for Sight (CFS) Medical Services Director Dr Santosh G Honavar today underlined that India has the highest number of Retinoblastoma (Rb) affected children in the world, with about 1500 new cases reported each year.

Centre for Sight (CFS) Eye Hospital, Hyderabad is organising awareness programmes between May 11 and 17 on retinoblastoma, the commonly occurring?eye cancer in children, said its director and ocular oncologist Santosh G. Honaver, in a press release here on Monday. The programmes are part of World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week, being held by health providers.

India has the highest number of Retinoblastoma (Rb) affected children in the world, with about 1500 new cases reported each year informed Dr. Santosh G. Honavar, while addressing a press conference here in city on the occasion of World?Retinoblastoma Awareness?Week.

Rahul is lucky to be alive and to see the beautiful world, even though with just one eye. His elder sister was not so fortunate, as a late detection of eye cancer proved fatal for her.

?We learnt our lesson after losing our daughter and kept Rahul under close medical observation since birth,? said Kavita, Rahul's mother.

When Rahul was eight-month-old he was detected with cancer of the eye retina, also known as retinoblastoma (RB).