Sunday 24 August 2014

African-Americans at Higher Risk for Diabetic Vision Loss, Says Study

A new research finds African Americans bear heavier burden of diabetic macular edema (DME), one of the leading causes of blindness in diabetic patients in the United States. The research published online today in the iJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Ophthalmology/i, indicates a higher burden of diabetes-related vision loss among certain ethnic populations because of problems with access to care, said corresponding author Rohit Varma, M.D., ...

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