Sentences with phrase «of myopia»

Optometry Australia president Kate Gifford said «this new finding is of significant importance in our endeavour to mitigate the growing rate of myopia in children.»

President of Optometry Australia, Kate Gifford said «this new finding is of significant importance in our endeavour to mitigate the growing rate of myopia in children.»

«Specialised contact lenses and spectacles, which can be prescribed by eye care practitioners, have shown very promising results in controlling the progression of myopia.

«While screens are contributing to children spending more time indoors than in previous years, the research shows they are not the direct cause of the increased incidence of myopia,» he said.

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.

One of Knapp's discoveries was that a severe form of myopia (nearsightedness) responded to treatment with vitamin D and calcium.

This thinking by Bourdillon, today remains part of the evidence of myopia on the part of Tinubuists.

«The major concern is with the vast number of people who are likely to progress to high levels of myopia, which brings with it a significantly increased risk of potentially blinding conditions and vision impairment,» said Professor Naidoo.

Recent studies have suggested that time spent outdoors may prevent the development of myopia, according to background information in the article.

To William, who responded to my # 5: Perhaps it would be odd to not worry, and be accused of myopia.

Via: RockyMountTelegram More on Outdoor Education and Nature Deficit Disorder in Children Nature Deficit Disorder Tackled at Camp for Kids with Power Tools Sharp Increase of Myopia in Children Caused by Lack of Time Outdoors

She hints that at least part of this myopia must be blamed on Samuel Huntington's hugely influential «clash of civilizations» argument, which led many to believe that the world is «currently polarized between a Muslim monolith, bent on violence, and the democratic cultures of Europe and North America.»

The presence of myopia, or nearsightedness, significantly affects the muscles used in focusing the lens of the eye — a finding with important implications for the development of «accommodating» implanted intraocular lenses (IOLs) that can adjust to different visual distances, reports a study in the January issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.

A number of factors increase the risk for being short - sighted, including a family history of myopia, while other modern lifestyle factors may also help to explain the trends identified in this study.

The rapid increase in the prevalence of myopia globally is attributed to, «environmental factors (nurture), principally lifestyle changes resulting from a combination of decreased time outdoors and increased near work activities, among other factors,» say the authors from Brien Holden Vision Institute, University of New South Wales Australia and Singapore Eye Research Institute.

Thus a delay in the onset of myopia in young children, who tend to have a higher rate of progression, could provide disproportionate long - term eye health benefits,» the authors write.

In the U.S., the prevalence of myopia nearly doubled from 25 percent in the 1970s to 42 percent in the early 2000s.

-LSB-...] short, on Antarctica, Pell was selective to the point of myopia.

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...

I've reversed most of my myopia, starting at -5.00, and should be out of glasses altogether within the next or two.

Acupuncture, which has been made use of for treatment of myopia and dry eye, was compared to patching in a study which involved 88 children.

The researchers found that vitamin D levels were significantly related to severity of myopia.

Reading The Day After Tomorrow as a 9/11 film, in fact, adds another level of polemical discussion in that the film's Vice President Becker (Dick Cheney ringer Kenneth Welsh) emerges as the «I don't believe you» villain endemic to disaster movies and, in this way, at least partly responsible for the number of casualties suffered on behalf of his myopia.

At a similar time, research from Australian optometrists demonstrated that outdoor light plays an important role in reducing the chances of myopia, or short - sightedness, in children.

Worked closely with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland to produce photographic documentation of Myopia — a large - scale exhibition by artist and musician, Mark Mothersbaugh.

The folly of repeating these calls, despite long - term stagnation, reeks of myopia, self - interest and obliviousness.

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The findings point to a major public health problem, with the authors suggesting that planning for comprehensive eye care services are needed to manage the rapid increase in high myopes (a five-fold increase from 2000), along with the development of treatments to control the progression of myopia and prevent people from becoming highly myopic.

In the study mentioned, 2 breeds showed a higher incidence of myopia (near - sightedness): German Shepherd Dogs and Rottweilers.

The 3 - year cumulative incidence rate of myopia was 30.4 percent (259 cases among 853 eligible participants) in the intervention group and 39.5 percent (287 cases among 726 eligible participants) in the control group.

The results of the ophthalmologic segment of the population - based Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) undertaken by the Mainz University Medical Center provides evidence that environmental factors may outweigh genetic factors in the development of myopia.

To William, who responded to my # 5: Perhaps it would be odd to not worry, and be accused of myopia.

«There's mounting evidence that our anthropogenic light environments are having a real cost on our acuity,» said Melin, with rates of myopia — or nearsightedness — skyrocketing in recent years.

According to the Institute, reducing the progression of myopia in individuals by 50 %, will prevent almost 90 % of myopes reaching high levels of myopia.

- The prevalence of clinically significant myopia in the middle - income province of Shaanxi is almost 23 percent, nearly twice that of the lower - income province of Gansu, which has a 12.7 percent prevalence rate of myopia.

Establishing the long - term effect of additional outdoor activities on the development and progression of myopia is particularly important because the intervention is essentially free and may have other health benefits.»

The addition of a daily outdoor activity class at school for three years for children in Guangzhou, China, resulted in a reduction in the rate of myopia (nearsightedness, the ability to see close objects more clearly than distant objects), according to a study in the September 15 issue of JAMA.

«Our study achieved an absolute difference of 9.1 percent in the incidence rate of myopia, representing a 23 percent relative reduction in incident myopia after 3 years, which was less than the anticipated reduction.

In over 50 % of his patients, adding vitamin D and calcium stopped or greatly retarded the progression of myopia.

New research by Australian optometrists has confirmed the positive role outdoor light plays in reducing the incidence of myopia (short - sightedness) in children.