Diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of blindness among people ages 40 to 60. The longer you have diabetes, the greater your likelihood of developing vision problems increases. Keeping blood ...
Medicare Part B covers an annual eye exam for people with diabetes to screen for conditions like diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma, which can lead to vision difficulties or loss. To be eligible for ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Agencies partnered together to host a Diabetes Clinic Day to help educate and ensure diabetic patients have at least an annual visit with their doctor. The clinic was put on ...
Diabetic retinopathy, a type of diabetic eye disease, is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Despite this, almost 40% of people with diabetes don’t get an annual eye exam. But ...
Sterling Glass had many health problems as a child—swollen feet, night sweats, nausea and vomiting, unquenchable thirst, and ...
If you've never stopped to think about your diabetes risk, there's no time like the present! Currently, more than 100 million Americans are living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. According to the ...
Fundoscopy can detect diabetic retinopathy. The exam involves a bright light shined into the eye, allowing an eye doctor to see any potential issues happening in the back of the eye. Share on ...
As the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers took the field for the Super Bowl in 2011, Odette Crawford noticed the screen looked blurry. She had just had an eye exam and received a new ...
Why are diabetic eye exams important? Dr. Stephen Spann, Dean of the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine explains. “Retinopathy is a complication of diabetes that affects the blood vessels ...
The frequency of eye exams among insured patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the United States is "alarmingly low," new research indicates. Findings from an analysis of nationwide IBM Watson ...
A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of children and youth with diabetes concludes that so-called autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) diabetic eye exams significantly increase completion rates ...
If you have diabetes, Medicare will cover one annual eye exam from an authorized doctor in your state for conditions like diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. If you’re living with type 1 or type 2 ...