Sentences with phrase «developing myopia»

Recent research shows that children require a minimum exposure to natural light of around two hours per day to reduce the risk of developing myopia.

The institute is working with the private sector to develop a myopia management program to ensure that there is a comprehensive management of patients including health promotion and clinical interventions.

Not exact matches

As the child develops, it may be exposed to different diseases such as myopia and hyperopia.

If your baby was born prematurely — especially if he was very premature, had an infection, or needed treatment with oxygen — he's at greater risk for developing certain eye problems, including astigmatism (blurred vision), myopia (nearsightedness), retinopathy of prematurity (abnormal blood vessel growth that can lead to blindness), and strabismus (eye misalignment).

«Myopia - related differences in eye structure may help in developing «customized» intraocular lenses.»

Optometrist and lead researcher on the project, Associate Professor Scott Read who is the director of research at QUT's School of Optometry and Vision Science, said children need to spend more than an hour and preferably at least two hours a day outside to help prevent myopia from developing and progressing.

Myopia generally develops during childhood and adolescence.

Half the world's population (nearly 5 billion) will be myopic by 2050 they predict, with up to one - fifth of them (1 billion) in the high myopia category, and at a significantly increased risk of blindness, if behavioural interventions and optical treatments are not developed and implemented.

In certain developed parts of East Asia, nearsightedness is skyrocketing, with the prevalence of myopia now at an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the population.

The Neitzes are internationally recognized for developing a potential gene therapy cure for color blindness and are among the world's thought leaders on genetic and environmental factors that may be influencing a global epidemic of myopia...

Romanek and DP Jeff Cronenweth make smart visual choices, stylizing the film as a flipbook of vibrantly developed prints to befit Sy's view of the world, while reminding us — by obscuring his eyes behind a magnifying glass, mirror, or fractured windshield — of Sy's disturbed myopia.

By turning your back on other financial institutions, you may develop a case of «financial myopia» in which you don't think about shopping around for better banking options.