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Three-year screening interval for diabetic retinopathy appears safe
May 26, 2011
| Diabetes, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Ophthalmology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes without retinopathy can be safely screened for sight-threatening vision problems every 3 years instead of every 1 or 2 years, researchers from Sweden conclude based on a study they conducted.
Screening for diabetic retinopathy is “highly...
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Another anti-VEGF drug showing promise for diabetic macular edema
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a phase 2 study of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), intravitreal injections of the vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor, VEGF Trap-Eye, proved superior to macular laser treatment, researchers report.
“The results of this clinical trial,” they say,...
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Topical lubricants, steroids may help dry eye due to Sjögren’s syndrome
Apr 12, 2011
| Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eye drops containing lubricants, corticosteroids, cyclosporine, or autologous serum improve dry eye symptoms associated with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), according to a literature review. Evidence also showed some benefit from plugging the tear duct and from systemic drugs that...
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