Sentences with phrase «by diabetic eye disease»

Study findings indicate that among older adults who had diabetes for a shorter duration (9 years or less), nonfatal cardiovascular complications had the highest incidence (coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease), followed by diabetic eye disease and acute hypoglycemic events.

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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.

The most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness is diabetic retinopathy, which is caused by elevated blood sugar levels damaging the blood vessels of the retina and affects approximately 7.7 million Americans.

SALT LAKE CITY — Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness — age - related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy — can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in...

This research points to exciting new possibilities for preventing or reversing the disabling vision loss caused by age - related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, and other diseases that damage the retina, the layer of light - sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye.

Among the newly funded investigations are: the development of animal models of diabetic eye disease to learn how fenofibrate, a drug clinically - approved to treat cholesterol, protects the eye from diabetes - related damage; the development of a specialized camera to capture how the retina's rods and cones (responsible for turning light energy into shapes and colors) work in health and how they fail in retinal diseases; and the exploration of mechanisms by which intestinal tract bacteria impact the health of the eye.

Studies have found that omega - 3 fatty acids, in particular, benefit eye health by enhancing vision development in case of infants; and is also known to prevent diseases like diabetic retinopathy and AMD in adults.

Thirty - nine percent of Univera Healthcare commercial members living with diabetes are at risk for eye disease and blindness because they aren't getting their recommended annual diabetic retinal exams, according to a review of claims data by the regional health insurer.