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November has been named “Diabetic Eye Disease Month” by the volunteer eye health an safety organization, Prevent Blindness America. People with diabetes are at a high risk for eye disease. Diabetics should get an annual eye exam to screen for problems. Diabetic Eye Disease Month is the perfect time to remember that the vast majority [...] Image via nimh.nih.gov The brain and the body are in constant relationship. This truth is further supported by the recent study published in General Hospital Psychiatry that describes how people who suffer from both depression and diabetes are more likely to end up with diabetic retinopathy. In a study that controlled such factors as [...] Image by Tijmen Here’s another reason to stay well-hydrated this summer: drinking at least 34 ounces of water each day can cut your risk of developing high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). A French study shows that people who drink at least four eight ounce glasses of water per day were 21% less likely to develop [...] Image via cancer.gov Changes in lifestyle are usually the most important way that individuals with diabetes can control their conditions. Most people seem to know this, but a new survey shows that many diabetics do not follow that advice.
A study called SHIELD (The Study to Help Improve Early Evaluation and Management of [...] Image by Windchime A new study finds new information about the link between erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy in men with diabetes. Published in the journal Urology, this research included men with type 2 diabetes of an average age of 64 years, some of whom exhibited proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and some of whom [...] Image via VA.gov A new study confirms what might sound like common sense: the more severe one’s case of diabetic retinopathy, the more likely one’s quality of life is to deteriorate. Published in the journal Ophthalmology (Issue 118, 2011), research suggests that individuals’ quality of life declines more rapidly when their sight loss [...] Taurine is something you will often see in reference to your cats – it’s essential to feline health. You may not know that it is essential to your own eye health as well, especially if you are a person with diabetes. Diabetes increases the retina’s requirements for taurine. Uptake of taurine is increased in the [...] Image via www.myhealth.va.gov Diabetic retinopathy should be easier to detect with a new video imaging technique being developed in Australia.
At the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress researchers presented on how retinal video recording is as accurate at detecting diabetic retinopathy as the commonly established diagnostic practices – still photography [...] |
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