of vision loss caused by diabetes is preventable, and primary care physicians play a vital role in communicating risks and ...

But since the chronic condition can affect your total-body health, doing so may require some additional check-ups-including regular eye exams to screen for early symptoms of diabetic retinopathy.

The five human senses include sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. While each of these matter for different reasons, they aren't perceived as being equal. For instance, according to a YouGov ...

Eye injections are the only medication currently available to treat diabetes-related retinopathy. Modern eye injections are not painful and don’t cause many side effects. Diabetic retinopathy ...

Diabetic retinopathy, a type of diabetic eye disease, is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Despite this, almost 40% of people with diabetes don’t get an annual eye exam.

One of the most common ones is diabetic retinopathy. This is a condition that affects the blood vessels in your retina, the light-sensitive tissue in the back of your eye. If you have too much ...

The cross-sectional analysis of 359,126 patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, published online on June 13, 2024, in JAMA Ophthalmology, found the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR ...

Cataract surgery was associated with an increased risk of worsening diabetic retinopathy in adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a risk factor for complications due to cataract surgery.

Perspective from David A. Eichenbaum, MD The FDA approved Susvimo 100 mg/mL to treat diabetic retinopathy, according to a press release from Genentech. The approval was supported by positive 1 ...

Vision loss is a complication for many diabetic patients. In patients with diabetic retinopathy, the principal cause of vision loss is the breakdown of the inner blood-retinal barrier (iBRB)—an ...