The PCE was developed by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association and uses factors such as age, sex, ...

Specialists can identify subtle changes in the retina before symptoms appear and apply treatments that can slow or stop vision loss. Ophthalmologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of ...

Retinopathy refers to conditions or damage affecting the retina. Without treatment, it can cause blindness. Hypertensive retinopathy results from high blood pressure, while diabetic retinopathy is a ...

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is associated with reduced risk of diabetic retinopathy and proliferative diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes patients. Language barriers and limited health ...

A new study from UCLA Health shows that a cardiovascular risk score already used routinely in primary care can predict who ...

Have you ever seen small spots, threads, or web-like shapes drifting across your vision? These are called eye floaters, a common experience for many, especially as they age. Usually harmless, floaters ...

Living with diabetes is challenging. So is treating it, with a myriad of factors determining or influencing a person’s health. Getting a diabetic retinopathy test completed annually, which might ...

Discover how cardiovascular risk scores can indicate future eye disease risk. Keep reading to learn how to protect vision.

November is Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month, and early detection and treatment of diabetes are key to reduce the risk for significant vision loss and blindness, according to Prevent ...

In October, after almost a decade of work, Google licensed its artificial intelligence (AI) model for detecting the eye disease diabetic retinopathy to three health-care technology companies — two in ...