Category: Diabetes

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Diabetic Retinopathy and the Importance of Regular Eye Exams

March 04, 2016 | Diabetes

In California alone, approximately 2.3 million people suffer from diabetes. In addition to the overall health effects that can be caused by diabetes, both of the major forms of this condition, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, can lead...

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Diabetic Retinopathy and the Cost of Diabetes in California

November 30, 2015 | Diabetes

Each year, Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute partners with the San Diego County Optometric Society for Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes, an annual event created by the American Diabetes Association to bring awareness to this very common condition. Diabetic...

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Diabetes Awareness Month

November 29, 2014 | Diabetes

November is Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Month. It has special significance to GWSVI because as eye doctors, we see the effects of diabetes on our patients’ vision and one of our team has lived with diabetes for over 20...

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November is National Diabetes Month

November 12, 2013 | Diabetes

Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness among adults in the United States. Nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes.
Another 79 million Americans have prediabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. According...

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