Diabetes roughly affects 40 million Americans, with 1.2 million being diagnosed with the disease every year.Eye exams can be ...

To help detect diabetic retinopathy, health experts recommend regular eye tests, which will include a fundoscopic exam. This test involves a doctor looking at the back of the eye.

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults in the U.S. and is a complication of diabetes.

Mission Vision, a public health initiative, has launched in India to combat the escalating crisis of vision loss due to ...

People with diabetic retinopathy may experience diabetic macular edema, too. This is when fluid from the eye’s damaged blood vessels leaks into the macula, causing swelling.

If you have diabetes, Medicare will cover one annual eye exam from an authorized doctor in your state for conditions like diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. If you’re living with type 1 or type ...

Hemoglobin A1c, BP With Eye Exam for Diabetic Retinopathy An Expert Interview With David J. Browning, MD, PhD Troy Brown February 07, 2012 ...

November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. “Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of legal blindness in individuals under 65. In the early stages of retinopathy, the vision might not be ...

As diabetic retinopathy progresses to severe NPDR, the damage to the eye becomes more widespread. An even greater amount of blood and fluid leaks into the retina. And a larger section of blood ...

August is National Eye Exam Month and county officials are encouraging the public to get checked out.  Legislators passed a ...

In a report on the study published Jan. 11 in Nature Communications, investigators examined diabetic eye exam completion rates in people under age 21 with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and found ...