Fundoscopy can detect diabetic retinopathy. The exam involves a bright light shined into the eye, allowing an eye doctor to see any potential issues happening in the back of the eye. Share on ...

New blood vessels in your eye can signal eye disease. This is called neovascularization, and it’s often a sign of diabetes-related retinopathy. When your body makes new blood vessels in places they ...

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. But ...

Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes that affects vision. Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy describes the earlier stages of the condition before it progresses into the final and most ...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are two common vision conditions related to diabetes. While both can lead to vision loss, they are different eye conditions. DR is a ...

I learned I had diabetic retinopathy in 2004. Unfortunately, my diagnosis came a little too late, and I lost most of the vision in my right eye. Today, when I do advocacy work, I stress how important ...

High blood sugars have long been known to cause eye damage in diabetics. However, new research has found that low blood sugar may also contribute. The good news is that it also identified a way of ...

Treating people in the early stages of diabetes-related eye disease may help slow the progression of the condition, but a new study also suggests that it can’t help prevent vision loss in the future.

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss in working-aged people in the U.S. It’s a complex disease that can lead to irreversible vision loss. Diabetes affects the retina, a fine layer ...

A new study from UCLA Health shows that a cardiovascular risk score already used routinely in primary care can predict who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The phase 2 DR:EAM clinical trial did not meet the endpoint of the percentage of patients with a two-step or ...

Diabetes-related blindness is the leading cause of preventable blindness cases among working-age adults in the United States. But only about half of diabetic patients receive dilated eye examinations ...