Hypertensive retinopathy occurs due to high blood pressure, while diabetic retinopathy results from diabetes. Both are eye diseases affecting the retina. Retinopathy is an eye disease affecting the ...

Intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (IRMAs) are abnormal branching, or dilation, of the blood vessels in the retina. It occurs as a complication of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy ...

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy are stages of diabetic retinopathy. The former is the more severe form that can lead to vision loss. Unmanaged diabetes ...

The prevalence of vision-threatening retinopathy in people with diabetes has increased exponentially in the past decade, most acutely among younger adults and Hispanic and Black populations, an ...

The five human senses include sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. While each of these matter for different reasons, they aren't perceived as being equal. For instance, according to a YouGov ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes”, an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Sterling Glass had many health problems as a ...

In patients with type 1 diabetes, use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices -- alone or with insulin pumps -- was associated with lower odds of developing diabetic retinopathy and ...

While eye drops may help alleviate some symptoms of diabetic retinopathy, they don’t target the underlying blood vessel damage in your retina. Retinopathy is a possible complication of diabetes. At ...

In patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who underwent cataract surgery, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy was associated with increased risks for progression of the ...