Endocrine System Diseases: News and Research on Diabetic Angiopathies

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How diabetes affects your eyes

While eye care and regular eye exams are important for everyone, they're particularly vital for people with diabetes.

Early trigger of diabetic eye disease identified

A team led by UCL scientists has identified a key protein that triggers diabetic retinopathy—a condition caused by high blood sugar damaging the retina's blood vessels and a leading cause of sight loss among working-age adults.

Obesity genes tied to kidney, eye and nerve damage in diabetes

A large genome-wide analysis reports that common obesity traits share, and in some cases drive, risk for diabetic kidney disease, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic neuropathy. The study maps shared DNA signals, tests causal ...

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