Sentences with phrase «as diabetic retinopathy»

Underwriters will also be on the lookout for diabetes - related complications such as diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, and proteinuria.

It has been used historically for chronic conditions of diabetics, such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

This damages the cells and eventually leads to complications such as diabetic retinopathy, cardiovascular disorders, erectile dysfunction and disorders of the nervous system.

• Refractive errors • Cataracts • Optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerve • Retinal diseases, such as a retinal tear or detachment • Macular degeneration • Glaucoma • Conjunctivitis • Diabetic eye problems, such as diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema

The study, published online ahead of print in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, has implications for treating diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age - related macular degeneration — the leading causes of vision loss in adults.

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I've seen dogs that eat home cooked meals obese as fuck and blind from diabetic retinopathy.

As it stands, three quarters of a million people with diabetes in England are at risk of losing their sight because they are not being screened for diabetic retinopathy.

All the things that help prevent type 2 diabetes, such as exercise, also help prevent diabetic retinopathy.

Of the patients identified by IDx - DR as having at least moderate diabetic retinopathy, more than 85 percent actually did.

Earlier this month, a network of researchers supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI) found that the drug Lucentis (ranibizumab) can be highly effective for treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can occur as a complication of diabetes.

As better treatments for diabetic retinopathy emerge, it's important to remember that an early diagnosis is the first step to getting treatment and saving your sight.

Yonju Ha, a lead author of this article, said that further studies on this receptor and its role in white blood cell recruitment following tissue injury may aid in the development of new interventions for diseases associated with nerve injury, such as TON, stroke, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

An unexpected finding was that many of the innate immunity pathways that were active in the late stages of these inherited blinding diseases were the same as those that are associated with more common vision disorders including diabetic retinopathy and age - related macular degeneration, or AMD.

Masanori Aikawa, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, describes the new technology as «a monumental contribution» that should help researchers develop new treatments and learn more about diseases of endothelial tissue such as atherosclerosis and diabetic retinopathy, which can cause blindness.

The findings, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, point to critical interventions in the prevention and treatment of blinding eye diseases, such as age - related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy (DR), among Chinese Americans.

Until now, it hadn't been clear whether strict control of blood sugar and fats, or lipids, could still deter retinopathy in patients who had been diabetic for as long as a decade.

In addition, there was a positive relationship between increased intraocular levels of a soluble form of the (pro) renin receptor and monocyte chemotactic protein - 1, a known inflammatory mediator in uveitis as well as in diabetic retinopathy.

Inflammation plays a central role in vision - threatening eye diseases such as age - related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

In most cases, hypoxia is caused by either a dysfunction of the retinal vasculature, as in diabetic retinopathy and retinal artery and vein occlusions, or it is due to a mismatch between nutrient supply and demand, as in the case of a retinal detachment, where the retina is separated too far from the choroid to receive sufficient oxygen.

The pioneering work of Dr. Aiello helped demonstrate the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diabetic retinopathy and other retinal disorders, as well as the therapeutic potential of VEGF inhibitors in these conditions.

His research interests focus on understanding basic underlying mechanisms of ocular angiogenesis and identifying therapeutic approaches to treating neovascular eye diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

Just as he was getting back on his feet, Majka was diagnosed with the sight - robbing condition diabetic retinopathy.

The discovery could aid millions of people who have lowered vision because of conditions such as macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy.

I am a 37 year old Type 1 diabetic with gastroparesis, Stage II kidney disease, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma in both eyes, peripheral neuropathy in both legs, as well as previous surgical repairs from a serious car accident in 2008 which crushed my right calcaneus, broke my right femur, left ankle and shattered my left pelvis and now I have severe back problems and difficulty walking.