'Snapshots' Of Eyes Could Serve As Early Warning Of Diabetes
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 23:07
in Health & Medicine
A new vision screening device, already shown to give an early warning of eye disease, could give doctors and patients a head start on treating diabetes and its vision complications, a new study shows. It captures images of the eye to detect metabolic stress and tissue damage that occur before the first symptoms of disease are evident.
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