An Eye Test for Diabetes

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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