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 ...

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 affects ...

Diabetic retinopathy is an irreversible condition that damages the eye’s retina and can lead to vision loss. It occurs as a potential complication of diabetes from prolonged periods of hyperglycemia.

Intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (IRMAs) are abnormal branching, or dilation, of the blood vessels in the retina. It occurs as a complication of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy ...

Recent reports suggest diabetic retinopathy is more common in younger people than previously thought, leading to a call for more frequent screening for this condition and more attention to follow-up ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. This piece also marks part ...

Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, did not reduce the risk for incident nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy compared with dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors in ...

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 ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. This piece also marks part ...

Use of empagliflozin (Jardiance) was not linked to a lower risk of incident nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors among patients with type 2 ...

Type 2 diabetes is among the top causes of vision loss and blindness across the world. According to studies, visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy has increased significantly in the last 20 ...