Sentences with phrase «reduced visual acuity»

This condition, also known as Achromatopsia, or color blindness, is characterized by cone photoreceptor dysfunction, severely reduced visual acuity or complete vision loss during daylight hours, and photophobia.

If they are absent in the infant diet, the child is likely to suffer from learning disabilities and reduced visual acuity.10 The most important LCP's are arachidonic acid (AA) of the omega - 6 family, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) of the omega - 3 family and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), also of the omega - 3 family.

After an average follow - up period of 6.3 years, supplementation with antioxidants plus zinc (but not antioxidants alone) significantly reduced the risk of developing advanced AMD and reduced visual acuity loss.

Zinc supplementation significantly reduced visual acuity loss in one of the studies [76] but had no effect in the other [77].

Each year, more than one million Americans are afflicted with severely reduced visual acuity caused by corneal damage or disease.

Dry eye disease afflicts millions of people worldwide, with symptoms such as pain, dryness, redness, reduced visual acuity, and feelings of grittiness.

Studies have shown that prolonged gazing at a spaghetti graph of climate model ensembles reduces visual acuity by 38 % and lowers the I.Q. by 42 full points.

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Today I would add that breastfeeding reduces ovarian and cervical cancer, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, bacterial and viral infections of all types and increases visual acuity, optimal neurological and social and oral development, as well as saves money for health care providers and families.

Contrary to what Mead Johnson's website states, the negative effects of artificial feeding include decreased visual acuity and reduced cognitive development.

This includes an increased risk of subnormal visual acuity, visual perceptual problems, strabismus, refractive errors (particularly high myopia) and reduced contrast sensitivity and visual fields.

The researchers also found that while participants may not have a measurable decrease in their visual acuity, their reported reduced visual function may possibly be the result of contrast sensitivity associated with early - stage AMD.

In addition, estrogen use may decrease the risk of developing glaucoma, prevent retinal ganglion cell death, reduce intraocular pressure and preserve visual acuity.

In addition, low levels of DHA are linked to suboptimal visual acuity and reduced brain development in infants (33).

As previously stated, pets that do not receive intraocular lenses will still have vision, but their near - vision, depth perception, and visual acuity will be reduced but still much better than with cataract.