Retinopathy News & Articles

New Diabetic Retinopathy Research Announced

University College London has announced that it is to partner with AstraZeneca in order to develop regenerative treatments for the progressive eye disease diabetic retinopathy, which affects people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and is thought to be the most common cause of vision loss in people of working age.

16th September 2010

More Diabetic Retinopathy, Less Brain Power

Just one of the debilitating side-effects of diabetes is the vision impairment, diabetic retinopathy, which can sometimes lead to the sufferer going blind. In the UK alone this cause of blindness is the most predominant in people of working-age. However, a recent study conducted in Edinburgh reveals that not only could a diabetic’s sight be robbed but also their brain power and memory.

5th March 2010

The War with Diabetic Retinopathy Isn’t Over Yet

Many scientists and research projects are dedicated to improving diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy and many people have benefited from this. However, with the characteristics of diabetic retinopathy often going unnoticed for a considerable amount of time, and with many people undiagnosed with their diabetes, many people are still suffering from the disease with their sight unnecessarily suffering due to this.

15th February 2010

Wales Sees Rise in Young Diabetic Retinopathy Cases

A condition that generally affects older diabetics, diabetic retinopathy, has been found to have worryingly doubled in the amount of cases in the past eight years, but also appears to be appearing increasingly in younger patients. With the condition itself being potentially blinding surgeons are having to perform surgery to safe eyesight in people as young as their late teens.

10th February 2010

Freedom Meditech Provide Hope at Conference

Following the sixth annual conference in London for the Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Conference it appears that Freedom Meditech’s speech is the one that caught many people’s eyes.

29th January 2010

Drug Delivery for Diabetic Retinopathy at Diabetes conference in London

Today sees the annual Diabetes Conference in London where Dr. Paul Ashton, the chief executive officer is to provide a speech on the improvement of administering drugs to patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy.

22nd January 2010

Newcastle fights back against Diabetic Retinopathy

With diabetes being the leading cause of blindness across the whole of the UK there have been many attempts over the years to increase peoples awareness to the disease and its devastating effects on our eyes.

20th January 2010

Bone Marrow Connected to Diabetic Retinopathy

Retinopathy is one of the severest consequences of diabetes as it can leave the sufferer with severely impaired vision or complete blindness. However, following research conducted at the Michigan State University, a link may have been found in the damage that occurs to the nerves in retinopathy and bone marrow.

11th January 2010

Colour changing contact lenses to aid diabetics

Following today’s shocking news from Fiji that four in ten people are suffering from diabetes, and a third of these are unaware of their condition, hope could be placed in a revolutionary contact lens.

28th December 2009

Diabetic retinopathy could be slowed with steroid injects in the eye

One of the complications of diabetes is this development of the eye disease diabetic retinopathy which can lead the sufferer to become blind. It affects thousands of people each year and is currently slowed down with the use of laser treatments and the control of blood glucose levels.

26th December 2009

November is Diabetes Month

November is Diabetes awareness month and it is certainly something that should not go unnoticed. Statistically those who suffer from or are at risk from suffering from diabetes are 25% more likely to develop a form of blindness than those who don’t.

18th November 2009

Diabetics increased risk of Retinopathy with Surgery

A recently completed Australian study has found that patients with Diabetes will have an increase in the risk of diabetic retinopathy after Cataract surgery.

30th September 2009

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