Blurry vision can be an early warning sign of diabetes. It's also a sign of advanced diabetic eye disease. If blood sugar goes uncontrolled, diabetes causes progressive damage to structures in the ...

Diabetic retinopathy laser surgery is an in-office treatment that involves making tiny burns in the eye with a beam of light. While it does not correct vision loss that has already occurred, it can ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina are comparing two treatments to determine which works better against the eye damage associated with diabetes. Almost one-third of the 18 million ...

Raised blood sugar levels due to diabetes may damage blood vessels and organs, leading to complications such as vision loss. Some ways to cope include getting support from a low vision specialist and ...

When you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it can lead to even more health problems. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is an eye disease that happens to about 10% of people with diabetes. It can happen to ...

Investigators have provided new understanding of how diabetes delays wound healing in the eye, identifying for the first time two related disease-associated changes to the cornea. Investigators from ...

For patients, a new diagnosis of diabetes can be overwhelming. It means not only managing blood sugar but also preventing serious future health complications such as diabetic retinal disease, a ...

Researchers have identified a novel inhibitor drug that, when given to mice, prevented both eye and kidney complications commonly seen in diabetics. With the potential for one medication to treat two ...

Blindness and eye problems may seem far in the future for children and teenagers with diabetes. But a new study shows these concerns shouldn't be overlooked in those with the condition — of any age.