Sentences with phrase «including diabetic retinopathy»

(C) Crosstalk between inflammation and neovascularisation in retina disease, including diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity.

The Academy has released a new animated public service announcement to help educate people about the importance of regular exams and common eye diseases including diabetic retinopathy.

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.

This screening test is to check for signs of diabetic eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy.

The prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in the United States is 9.3 percent and expected to increase, along with complications associated with diabetes that include diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults ages 20 to 74 in the United States.

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Competitions that are currently under way include one sponsored by the California Healthcare Foundation on identifying diabetic retinopathy in eye images and using U.S. Forest Service data to predict types of tree cover for a given location.

The study, from researchers involved with the nationwide SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, looked at five health complications and co-morbidities of diabetes, including: retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy (altered sensation in the feet), arterial stiffness and high blood pressure.

In fact, many forms of blindness result from illnesses that injure the retina, including macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.

Therefore, drugs targeting the RAPS may result in beneficial effects on various vascular disorders, including uveitis and diabetic retinopathy.

Summary: Use of eye injections of drugs aimed at slowing the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the eye is becoming more common for the treatment of individuals with many eye problems including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal artery or vein blockage.

In retinal diseases including age - related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy, the growth of new blood vessels damages the retina and causes blindness.

Evidence points to potential benefit from nutritional and botanical interventions for the prevention and treatment of several of these conditions, including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of the newborn, and retinitis pigmentosa.

Have you ever been medically diagnosed or treated for complications of diabetes, including insulin shock, diabetic coma, retinopathy (eye), nephropathy (kidney), neuropathy (nerve damage / pain), or used insulin prior to age 50?