American Academy of Ophthalmology Release: Glycemic Control Appears to Reduce Type 1 Diabetics’ Retinopathy Risk; Night Vision Symptoms May Predict Macular Degeneration Progression

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This month’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on the conclusions from a population-based study of risk factors related to progression or regression of diabetic retinopathy over a 25 year period in people with Type 1 diabetes, and on the associations found between night vision symptoms and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a cohort study within the Complications of Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial (CAPT), a multi-center randomized clinical trial.

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