While eye care and regular eye exams are important for everyone, they're particularly vital for people with diabetes.

Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes that affects the back of the eye and can cause vision loss, blurry vision ...

As the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers took the field for the Super Bowl in 2011, Odette Crawford noticed the screen looked blurry. She had just had an eye exam and received a new ...

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 ...

Question: I know that diabetes can take a real toll on your body, but I didn’t know that it includes your eyes. How are they affected by this disease? Answer: While eye care and regular eye exams are ...

The learning curve was steep when Ofelia Alvarez was first diagnosed with diabetes in her 30s. She had watched family members struggling with the condition. “But I really didn’t know exactly what I ...

The frequency of eye exams among insured patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the United States is "alarmingly low," new research indicates. Findings from an analysis of nationwide IBM Watson ...

Why are diabetic eye exams important? Dr. Stephen Spann, Dean of the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine explains. “Retinopathy is a complication of diabetes that affects the blood vessels ...

If you've never stopped to think about your diabetes risk, there's no time like the present! Currently, more than 100 million Americans are living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. According to the ...

While eye drops can help with diabetes-related symptoms, such as dry eyes or irritation, they do not treat the underlying retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes-related complication that ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) boosts the screening rate for potentially blinding diabetes eye disorders in a diabetes clinic compared with referral to an eye care provider (ECP) in a racially and ...

Younger patients and those who have been diagnosed less than 5 years are less likely to follow guidelines for regular eye exams, despite the risk of blindness. Guidelines from the American Diabetes ...