Eyeglass prescription. Using a phoropter to determine a prescription for eyeglasses. An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed necessary to construct and/or dispense corrective lenses appropriate for a patient.
Smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. There is a tobacco-related death about every 28 minutes in Australia, adding up to more than 50 deaths each day.In 1998, 19,019 deaths were caused by tobacco use.moking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. There is a tobacco-related death about every 28 minutes in Australia, adding up to more than 50 deaths each day.
The commonest single cause of death in the alcohol excess group was ischaemic heart disease (n = 27 or 16.7%). In the alcohol excess group, âcoronary heart diseaseâ (i.e., Davies criteria 1, 2 and 3 deaths) accounted for 32 or 19.8% of deaths versus 408 or 36.1% of deaths in the group with no history of alcohol excess.