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"Many long-term survivors with diabetes show little or no progression of retinopathy after a certain point, and this resistance apparently has nothing to do with glycemic control, a researcher said here.
A new study of 'Medalists' ? a cohort of diabetics who have lived for 50 years or more with the disease, assembled by the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston ? indicated that about half did not have proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and those individuals almost never showed any worsening of eye disease after the first 17 years."
Medical News: AAO: Ocular, Glycemic Surprises Found in Diabetic 'Medalists' - in Meeting Coverage, AAO from MedPage Today
A new study of 'Medalists' ? a cohort of diabetics who have lived for 50 years or more with the disease, assembled by the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston ? indicated that about half did not have proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and those individuals almost never showed any worsening of eye disease after the first 17 years."
Medical News: AAO: Ocular, Glycemic Surprises Found in Diabetic 'Medalists' - in Meeting Coverage, AAO from MedPage Today