Sentences with phrase «early diabetic retinopathy»

Harris et al. [2] also provided evidence of the presence of retinal hypoxia in the early stages of diabetes by showing that contrast sensitivity was improved when patients with early diabetic retinopathy were made hyperoxic.

The earlier diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and glaucoma — the three most prevalent diseases causing blindness — can be diagnosed, the more successfully they can be treated.

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In turn, this could help increase the likelihood of catching diabetic retinopathy early.

It is part of managing your diabetes, and diabetic retinopathy is treatable, especially if it is caught early.

1 Department of Health figures for the number of people with diabetes receiving screening for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy during the last 12 months.

Between 12,000 and 24,000 people in the United States lose their vision to diabetic retinopathy each year, but the condition can be treated if caught early.

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.

Development of this drug was based on earlier work by Dr. Feener's lab, which showed that activation of PKal can induce retinal edema in experimental models of diabetic retinopathy.