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IMA Warning: Use of smartphone in the night with one eye Looking at your smartphone with one eye while lying in bed at night could affect the vision.  New England Journal of Medicine, details cases of the two women, ages 22 and 40, who experienced "transient smartphone blindness" for months from constantly checking their phones in the dark. IMA warns that one should make sure to use both eyes when looking at your smartphone screen in the dark   The women complained of recurring episodes of temporary vision loss for up to 15 minutes. Both women typically looked at their smartphones with only one eye while resting on their side in bed in the dark — their other eye was covered by the pillow. So they have one eye adapted to the light because it's looking at the phone and the other eye was adapted to the dark. When they put their phone down, they couldn't see with the phone eye.  That's because  it takes many minutes to catch up to the other eye...

Courtesy  IMA What is a competent authority? It means the Head of the institution or hospital carrying out transplantation or committee constituted by the head of the institution or hospital for the purpose. What is its role? To give clearance to all near relative based transplants. The competent authority may seek the assistance of the Authorisation Committee in its decision making, if required. What is authorisation committee? For giving clearances in case of transplant is between other than near relatives and all cases where the donor or recipient is foreign national (irrespective of them being near relative or otherwise), the approval will be granted by the Authorisation Committee of the hospital or if hospital based Authorisation Committee is not constituted, then by the District or State level Authorisation Committee. What is the composition of Authorisation Committees? 1.         There shall be one State level Auth...