Sentences with phrase «treat diabetic retinopathy»
There are some pilot studies going on right now using near infrared light to treat diabetic retinopathy where they're literally shining the near infrared light right into the eye.
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«Our results show that normalized blood glucose levels alone are not sufficient to fully treat diabetic retinopathy,» said Dr. Alice Ly (PROT), lead author of the study.
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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.
«Study explains why diabetic retinopathy is difficult to treat.»
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.
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.
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.
I neglected to mention above that before Barnard, before McDougall, before Pritikin, the rather eccentric Dr. Walter Kempner had been treating diabetics with a diet of rice and fruit since 1939, with results on reversal of diabetic retinopathy reported in 1958.
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?