Diabetes complications and comorbidities: Retinopathy

Results of a US study suggest that implementation of a primary care-based teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program could improve access to screening and maximize efficiency.

Research shows that the largest long-term reductions in microvascular complications around 20 years after bariatric surgery for obesity are seen among patients who had prediabetes at the time of surgery.

A deep learning algorithm is highly accurate for the detection of diabetic retinopathy in retinal fundus photographs, researchers report in JAMA.

Analysis of the Maastricht study reveals microvascular dysfunction in the eyes and skin of people with prediabetes.

Semaglutide significantly reduces the likelihood of adverse cardiovascular outcomes among patients with Type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk, the SUSTAIN-6 study shows.

Nearly 2 decades after the launch of the Steno-2 study, patients with complicated diabetes given intensive multifactorial treatment have gained nearly 8 years of life, say the researchers.