Three experts discuss the increased mortality risk for patients with diabetic retinopathy, available screening tools, and counseling patients during eye exams.

Image: Eamon N. Dreisbach “Pregnant patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes should be screened for retinopathy early in their pregnancy,” she said. Tsui said the rate of diabetes in ...

Type 2 diabetes is ... Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025. Diabetes Care. 2025;48(Supplement_1):S207-S238. doi:10.2337/dc25-S010 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Pycnogenol French maritime pine bark extract as part of a healthier lifestyle contributes to the reduction of high blood ...

Kaiser shared data from the phase 1 HELIOS trial that showed stability or improvement in diabetic retinopathy at 1 year after treatment with the implant. Patients also saw improvements in diabetic ...

In light of the potentially devastating effects of diabetes on ocular health, it behooves the eyecare professional to pay close attention to ocular changes in their diabetic patients so that they ...

Early poliferative diabetic ... diabetic retinopathy Moderate or severe NVD more than one-quarter to one-third disc area or mild new neovascularization on or within 1 DD of optic disc (NVD ...

As part of our Masterclass series, GP specialist in diabetes Dr Elizabeth Martin explains the key points in prevention, ...

Your healthcare provider may also perform additional tests to rule out type 1 diabetes, as elevated blood glucose levels can be present initially in both type 1 and type 2. The hemoglobin A1C test ...

Metformin is the first-line treatment for the majority of people with type 2 diabetes. Over time, you might need to add other oral meds, insulin, or other injectable drugs, like a GLP-1 receptor ...

According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology intravitreal injection (IVI) therapy has a ...

This study reinforces the significance of intensive glycaemic control and is a paradigm shift in managing the disease and its ...