Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist may reduce incidence of diabetic retinopathy
1. Patients with Type 2 Diabetes taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have a lower incidence of diabetic retinopathy ...
Tag: diabetic retinopathy
Subthreshold micropulse laser is equivalent to standard laser for treating diabetic macular edema
1. In a randomized trial of about 250 patients with mild or moderate center-involving diabetic macula edema (DME), subthreshold micropulse ...
Faricimab may improve visual acuity in patients with diabetic macular edema
1. Faricimab every 8 weeks and faricimab per personalized treatment interval (PTI) were noninferior to aflibercept for mean change in ...
Quick Take: Effect of basal insulin supplement therapy on diabetic retinopathy in short‐duration type 2 diabetes
Better treatments are needed for diabetic retinopathy (DR), a microvascular complication of diabetes. Intensive glycemic treatment can delay DR onset ...
ACE-inhibitors and statins do not impact albuminuria in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: The AdDIT trial
1. In adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus, the albumin-to-creatinine ratio was not significantly changed by angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors alone, ...
Individualized screening for diabetic retinopathy with fundoscopy and HbA1c
1. Risk of developing clinically significant diabetic retinopathy or macular edema over specified timeframes can be modeled using fundal exam ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind November 30, 2015
Home Use of an Artificial Beta Cell in Type 1 Diabetes While intensive insulin therapy is the standard of care ...
Novel target identified for treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy [PreClinical]
1. Levels of angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4), a protein involved in new blood vessel production (angiogenesis), were highly upregulated in various ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 1 – February 8, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Tenofovir-Based ...
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass may slow progression of diabetic retinopathy
1. In diabetic retinopathy patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, there was no significant progression of diabetic retinopathy scores after 2 ...