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Marijuana Compound May Help Stop Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted: Friday, March 17, 2006

A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.

Case Management Reduces Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

A relatively short period of case management can reduce the risk of retinopathy in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a recent report.

Rapid Glycemic Control Seen Detrimental Before Cataract Surgery

Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2006

In patients with moderate to severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, rapid correction of blood glucose levels before cataract surgery may increase the risk of postoperative progression of retinopathy and maculopathy and therefore should be avoided.

Aspirin Shows Promise Against Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2006

One more reason why patients with diabetes should be taking aspirin

Researchers Discover Link between Hyperglycemia and Retinopathy

Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2006

They identify a molecular link connecting high blood sugar inside cells to the initiation of diabetic retinopathy.

Molecule Linked to Vision Loss in Diabetics

Posted: Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Researchers have found that a long-suspected molecule helps cause diabetic retinopathy, one of the leading causes of vision loss in the United States and the world.The molecule is erythropoietin, a protein hormone whose main function is to stimulate formation of red blood cells

Retinopathy Found Prior to Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, September 06, 2005

The incongruous finding, among patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) who participated in the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), suggests that current cutoffs used to diagnose diabetes may need to be revised

Diabetic Retinopathy Without Diabetes?

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Over three years of subsequent follow-up of 302 DPP participants, 13% of prediabetics who developed type 2 disease were found to have diabetic retinopathy, and nearly 8% of “prediabetics” also were found to have diabetic retinopathy, though they never developed diabetes per diagnostic criteria.

Retinopathy Occurs Sooner In Pre-diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Retinopathy can lead to blindness in people with diabetes and may occur far sooner than previously thought, possibly when patients are still in the prediabetes stage or when glucose levels are only slightly higher than normal.

Diabetes Increases Risk of Urinary Infection in Postmenopausal Women

Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005