An Eye Test for Diabetes
Date: 21.8.2008
**Diabetes** messes with the body's metabolism, which can result in devastating complications like nerve damage, kidney disease, and vision loss.
By capturing a snapshot of the eye, scientists in Michigan say that they can pick up telltale signs of metabolic stress in the retina caused by diabetes. They say that the **new imaging technology** may offer a quick, noninvasive way of detecting the disease early and monitoring its progress.
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