A simple test is helping thousands of diabetics in L.A. County who face an increased risk of going blind

Monday, June 12, 2017 - 06:32 in Health & Medicine

After years without an eye exam, patients would show up at Dr. Lauren Daskivich’s clinic suddenly unable to see. They were diabetics who had bled into their eye, marring their vision. “It’s like a ticking time bomb and patients have no idea, but when the bomb goes off they definitely do,” said...

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