As a retina specialist, one of the most important aspects of eye care I focus on is the prevention and treatment of diabetic retinopathy. This condition is a leading cause of blindness in adults, yet ...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an important cause of avoidable blindness worldwide. Seventy percent of diabetes occur in low and lower-middle income countries. Clinical practice guidelines for the ...

Background: This study was performed to assess the prevalence of dry eye syndrome and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in type 2 diabetic patients and their contributing factors. Methods: 199 type 2 ...

One of the challenges with diabetic retinopathy is that you may not have any symptoms during the earliest stages, which is why we recommend that you have an annual eye examination if you have been ...

Diabetic retinopathy is another condition that can ... blindness. DR has two stages, explains Dr. Sun Kim, an endocrinologist at Stanford University, who specializes in treating diabetes.

Most use the International Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity system with five stages progressing from a temporal retinal demarcation line in stage 1 to a total retinal detachment in ...

The implementation of AIDRSS offers transformative implications for DR screening in India, particularly in rural and ...

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 ...

Women with chronic diabetes should undergo a retinopathy screening early in pregnancy. Anti-VEGF drug labels recommend against use in pregnant women. KOLOA, Hawaii — Patients with diabetic ...