Longer-acting eye treatment could reduce vision loss for Indigenous Australians
- Written by Hessom Razavi, Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
ShutterstockIndigenous people in Australia experience three times more vision loss than non-Indigenous people, creating a concerning gap for vision.
Much of this is due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Here, blood vessels in the back of the eye (the retina) are damaged by high blood sugar levels. Over time, this causes swelling (oedema) of the...
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