Occurrence of major eye disease projected to increase among patients with diabetes

Monday, December 8, 2008 - 17:42 in Health & Medicine

Based on projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with cataracts is estimated to increase significantly by 2050, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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