Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Early pars plana vitrectomy may be a low-cost, definitive treatment for patients with ...

Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in the United Kingdom among people of working age. Many with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) go on to develop vitreous haemorrhage (VH). Those with ...

Purpose: To investigate the rate and risk factors for neovascular glaucoma (NVG) after vitrectomy in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Methods: Five hundred and twelve patients (512 eyes) with ...

Two large NIH-funded clinical studies have shown promising results that laser photocoagulation therapy prevents vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Results of the Diabetic Retinopathy ...

Despite marked improvements in the treatment of diabetes and its retinal complications, diabetic retinopathy remains a leading cause of blindness and vision impairment in working-age adults. Control ...

Robert Wong, MD: Pharmacological, laser, or surgical treatment should be tailored for every patient with diabetes depending on the eye condition. Anti-VEGF [anti-vascular endothelial growth factor] ...

A key protein, LRG1, was identified as the early cause of diabetic eye damage, and blocking it may stop the disease before ...

Vision is one of our most precious senses, yet diabetic retinopathy continues to be a leading cause of blindness among ...

Housing instability, food insecurity and other factors related to social deprivation come with significantly greater risks ...

Diabetic retinopathy, a type of diabetic eye disease, is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Despite this, almost 40% of people with diabetes don’t get an annual eye exam. But ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery found that Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) laser ...