«These findings fill in a major gap in our understanding of
how retinopathy progresses and provide unprecedented insight into how we could slow vision loss caused by this often devastating disease,» said Kaufman.
Not exact matches
IDx - DR studied over 1 million eye images to learn
how to recognize symptoms of diabetic
retinopathy, a condition that develops when high blood sugar damages retinal blood vessels (SN Online: 6/29/10).
Researchers compared
how well IDx - DR detected diabetic
retinopathy in more than 800 U.S. patients with diagnoses made by three human specialists.
Next Page: Cymbalta [pagebreak] Cymbalta
How it works: Approved in 2008 for use in fibromyalgia (and previously approved for diabetic
retinopathy and depression), Cymbalta (duloxetine) is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)-- a type of antidepressant that raises the levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain and body.
Depending on
how far your
retinopathy has advanced, there are different forms of laser surgery available as treatment.