Guidelines 2016 for diabetic retinopathy by AAO Meghna Singhania27 March 2016 4:55 PM ISTDiabetic Retinopathy can be considered as one of the most dreaded complications of Diabetes Mellitus. Large number of adults who develop blindness...
Soon, drugs to halt accelerated onset of diabetic retinopathy supriya kashyap kashyap2 April 2016 11:15 AM ISTWashington D.C : A team of researchers has identified a candidate biomarker of accelerated onset diabetic retinopathy, bringing new therapies closer...
Smoking Linked to Loss of Vision supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2016 6:15 PM ISTNew Delhi : With a surge in eye-related diseases in India, Ophthalmologist have said smoking is emerging as one of the major reasons behind...
Blindness in US Will Double By 2050: Study supriya kashyap kashyap22 May 2016 4:01 PM ISTPrevalence in visual impairment and blindness is expected to double over the next 35 years in the US, says a study led by a Indian-origin...
Tight diabetes control cuts diabetes Retinopathy risk by half- ACCORD Trial Eye Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 Jun 2016 2:36 PM ISTWashington D.C : You can protect your vision from the effects of diabetes by intensively controlling your blood sugar level, according to a recent...
Diabetic Retinopathy Associated with Higher Risk of Depression : JAMA Study supriya kashyap kashyap9 July 2016 9:07 AM ISTIn a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology, Gwyneth Rees, Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues examined the...
How a protein can cause blindness in diabetics supriya kashyap kashyap16 July 2016 2:01 PM ISTBy creating a virtual tissue model of diabetes in the eye, researchers have shown precisely how a small protein that can both damage or grow blood...
Loss of vision considered WORST ailment: JAMA Study supriya kashyap kashyap6 Aug 2016 3:59 PM ISTWashington : Loss of eyesight is considered a worst ailment compared to other conditions like loss of limb, memory, hearing, or speech, a recent study...
Eating oily fish may lower risk of diabetic vision loss supriya kashyap kashyap20 Aug 2016 1:07 PM ISTLondon : Eating oily fish twice in a week equivalent to 500 mg per day of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids can decrease the risk of...
More than two-thirds rise in vision loss globally due to diabetes: Study supriya kashyap kashyap27 Aug 2016 12:11 PM ISTLondon : More than two-thirds of the increase in blindness and visual impairment globally in the past two decades has been caused by diabetes, finds a...
Diabetic Retinopathy- Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap31 Oct 2016 1:46 PM ISTDiabetes Mellitus (DM) has established itself as a pandemic disease, projected to affect 438 million people by the year 2030.The exponential growth in...
Over 30 mn diabetics in India in one decade: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap15 Nov 2016 3:56 PM ISTNew Delhi : In the last one decade, the number of diabetes patients in India increased by over 30 million due to sedentary lifestyle and erratic...
