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 ...

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that causes changes to the blood vessels in the part of your eye called the retina. That's the lining at the back of your eye that changes light into images.

Diabetic retinopathy involves damage to the eye’s retina due to high blood sugar levels in the body. It is a common complication of diabetes, affecting millions of people with both type 1 and type 2 ...

Retinopathy refers to conditions or damage affecting the retina. Without treatment, it can cause blindness. Hypertensive retinopathy results from high blood pressure, while diabetic retinopathy is a ...

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the advanced stage of diabetic retinopathy. It involves the development of abnormal retinal blood vessels. The vessels may leak blood and fluid into the ...

The PCE was developed by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association and uses factors such as age, sex, ...

If you have diabetes, prediabetes, or gestational diabetes (diabetes that occurs during pregnancy), keep your eye on a potential complication that can compromise eyesight. Diabetic retinopathy (DR), ...

The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and eyes. These barriers are created by cells that are joined tightly together ...

GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs protect against diabetic retinopathy, a common complication of diabetes that can lead to sight loss, suggests new research being presented at the annual meeting of the ...

Significant gaps exist in HCPs' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding DR screening, particularly among non-ophthalmic professionals. Inadequate training, lack of screening tools, and high ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Diabetes is a disease that disrupts the body’s ability to turn food into energy and can damage major organs such as the heart, kidneys and eyes. Diabetes is a leading ...