Does Nearsightedness Reduce The Risk Of Diabetic Retinopathy?
Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 19:14
in Health & Medicine
To learn more about factors that may reduce diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk, researchers studied how refractive error (vision worse than 20/20, without glasses) relates to the presence and severity of DR. Earlier, smaller studies had suggested a protective effect for nearsightedness (myopia), but were inconclusive.
