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World Multiple Sclerosis Day 2014

by Himabindu Venkatakrishnan on  May 27, 2014
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Visual Accuracy Test

The top of this eye chart should measure 5 inches across on your screen! Stand 10 feet from the screen (About 3 large steps) and test one eye at a time. This test may be inacurate for a number of reasons and can only be considered a screening test. It is not intended to replace routine professional eye exams. It can give you an approximate idea of your visual acuity. You may test yourself both with and with out glasses or contact lens correction. Please contact your ophthalmologist if there has been a change in your vision!
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Multiple Sclerosis Support Groups: Building Lives

Multiple Sclerosis, the ‘young people’s disease’ was known in India until some decades ago, as yet another ‘Western disease’ and was believed to occur only in cold climates. An evening’s interaction with a Multiple Sclerosis care facility in the US, prompted A.H. Tobaccowala, former Chairman of Voltas Ltd, to begin a Support Group for Multiple Sclerosis in India in 1985 along with dynamic social worker Rehmat Fazalbhoy who was herself partially blind.
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