An observational study of 160,000 patients with diabetes taking GLP-1 drugs finds no heightened risk for retinopathy ...

A large study of over 185,000 adults with type 2 diabetes found that GLP-1 receptor agonist use was linked to a slight ...

New studies found that Americans with type 2 diabetes who are taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could face an ...

Studies have linked GLP-1 medications to various eye conditions, some of which may lead to vision loss. Despite these ...

Fully autonomous screening for diabetic retinopathy is coming to pharmacies and other locations through a strategic ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists linked to modestly increased risk for incident DR, but tied to reduced risk for certain complications of DR.

However, left untreated, diabetic retinopathy will steadily get worse over time and start to affect your vision. Treatment can help prevent, delay, and reduce vision loss.

Diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema (DME) are two of the most common vision conditions related to diabetes. They affect about 1 in 4 people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Regarding diabetic retinopathy’s prevalence, , there are 40 million Americans who have diabetes, and about 60% of them of them will go on to get diabetic eye disease.

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.

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults in the U.S. and is a complication of diabetes.

An automated grading system for detection of vision-threatening referable diabetic retinopathy on the basis of color fundus photographs. Diabetes Care. 2018;41 (12):2509-2516. doi: 10.2337/dc18-0147.