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Have you ever wondered what you can do to help patients prevent diabetic retinopathy? You’re not directly involved in first-line treatment—intravitreal injections—so you may think you don’t have much of a role, but that’s not true. Compounding pharmacists...

Nearly 30 million people in the US have diabetes, according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control). It is widely known that diabetes affects the blood vessels and nerves of the body. However, what people often are not aware of is the damage it can cause...

In 2012, diabetes health costs in the U.S. were $245 billion, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that by 2020, one in every three health care dollars in the U.S. will be spent on diabetes-related care. Diabetes is now...

We’re not exactly going out on a limb when we call diabetes a serious, surprisingly common problem. Recent estimates have pegged the number of Americans with the disease at around 29 million, meaning that, if you’re reading this article from within the...

KOTA KINABALU: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a long term complication of diabetes mellitus and is now the leading cause of blindness in patients with diabetes. A diabetic patient is 25 times more likely to have visual impairment compared to a non-diabetic...