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Diabetic Retinopathy

Findings from P. Massin and co-authors provide new insights into diabetic retinopathy

Published in Aging and Elder Health Week, August 26th, 2007

"This review article attempts to clarify current and future issues concerning diabetic retinopathy in the elderly. This retinopathy is often part of multiple geriatric ophthalmological diseases (cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration [ARMD])," investigators in Paris, France report.

"Current management is insufficient. A variety of factors come together to aggravate the situation: the increase in the number of elderly diabetic patients and the decrease in the number of ophthalmologists. Through a review of the literature, seriously lacking in prospective studies specific to the geriatric population, we discuss the epidemiology, the screening problems, and...

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