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THE Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been promoting vision care through early screenings and tests at its eye clinic and the Vision Centre.
Comprehensive eye exams are vital for detecting early signs of systemic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and high ...
Analysis - Drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro (known as semaglutide and tirzepatide) have changed the way clinicians manage diabetes and obesity around the world.
The researchers focused on a protein called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which has been linked before to diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases. In this new work, they discovered that during ...
This study is significant as it explores a potential new treatment option for diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness. The intervention tested was EYP-1901, a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, ...
British number one blind golfer Billy McAllister recalls his journey in the sport after completely losing his eyesight in ...
Macular edema (ME), a leading cause of central vision loss, is often treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor ...
GLP-1 receptor agonists linked to modestly increased risk for incident DR, but tied to reduced risk for certain complications of DR.
Microaneurysm (MA) turnover increases with the progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and is correlated with presence of intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (IRMAs), ...
Studies have linked GLP-1 medications to various eye conditions, some of which may lead to vision loss. Despite these ...
A large study of over 185,000 adults with type 2 diabetes found that GLP-1 receptor agonist use was linked to a slight ...