29 Jul Diabetic Retinopathy: Why Is It Necessary to Dilate Your Eyes?
What constitutes a diabetic eye exam? An annual check, at the very least, is required to look for signs of diabetic retinopathy. Early detection can save your sight....
What constitutes a diabetic eye exam? An annual check, at the very least, is required to look for signs of diabetic retinopathy. Early detection can save your sight....
In article released in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers describe a combination of brachytherapy and intravitreal injections of Avastin to treat patients with choroidal neovascularization from ARMD (the so-called "wet" form of the disease). In this prospective, randomized trial, 34 patients were treated with...
Diabetics need regular annual eye exams regardless of symptoms. Diabetic retinopathy can cause no symptoms, blurry vision or blindness....
Self monitoring is the best way to prevent visual loss in macular degeneration. The Amsler grid is very useful....
Sugar control is not the key to preventing diabetic retinopathy....
Patients with diabetes need to be examined at least annually. The reason is to be on the look out for the development of diabetic retinopathy. That's the disease that diabetes causes in the eye; it affects the retina. Diabetic retinopathy can cause anything from blurry...
Standard of care establishes how doctors choose which treatment is most appropriate in a given situation....
Definition of informed consent and an explanation of its different parts....
The data, including patient records, from the largest prospective study of macular degeneration is now "open source." The Age Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) was completed in 2001. It followed over 4000 patients for at least five years looking at factors that influence the development...
Scleral buckles are being replaced by vitrectomy for repair of retinal detachments....