Diabetic eye damage can begin early, even before diagnosis, silently threatening vision. Early screenings and lifestyle ...

Diabetics are at higher risk of developing serious, sight-stealing eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and ...

Diabetes is a systemic disease, which means it affects many organs, including the heart, blood vessels, nerves, kidneys and ...

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

New blood vessels in your eye can signal eye disease. This is called neovascularization, and it’s often a sign of diabetes-related retinopathy. When your body makes new blood vessels in places they ...

Blurry vision can be an early warning sign of diabetes. It's also a sign of advanced diabetic eye disease. If blood sugar goes uncontrolled, diabetes causes progressive damage to structures in the ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina are comparing two treatments to determine which works better against the eye damage associated with diabetes. Almost one-third of the 18 million ...

When you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it can lead to even more health problems. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is an eye disease that happens to about 10% of people with diabetes. It can happen to ...

Every November we recognize Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day, which was celebrated this year Nov. 14. Diabetes ...