November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and in the eye health community, that awareness is focused on diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease resulting from diabetes. It is the leading cause of new diagnoses of blindness in Americans ages 20 to 74. Between 40 to 45 percent of all diabetics will suffer from diabetic retinopathy to some degree. For low vision practitioners, seeing diabetic patients requires treatment and management plans with multifaceted interventions of pharmacotherapy, patient education and rehabilitation to manage the patient's long-term health. Impact on quality of life due to vision loss determines an increased role for vision rehabilitation and research to address people who have diabetes.
This diabetic dilemma can only be overcome by treating the diabetic patient through a global, multi-disciplinary team approach. Chances are you have valuable field experiences, research proposals and clinical applications regarding working with the diabetic patient. Envision Conference is seeking your input and experience in Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness. Submissions for clinical and research sessions are open now through March 19, 2012 via the online submissions form.
Nominations Extended: The Envision “Excellence in Research” Award will be presented to the individual, individuals or organization that has demonstrated an outstanding career, program, research outcome or effort in low vision research with national or international impact for people who are blind or low vision. The “Excellence in Research” Award will be presented at Envision Conference 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. Please give an example of this research effort. Nominate a colleague today!
Register Today. Envision Conference 2012 will take place September 12-15 in St. Louis, Missouri. To register or learn more about Envision Conference visit the website at www.envisionconference.org or contact Michael Epp, Director, Professional Education, at michael.epp@envisionus.com. For updates from Envision Conference, follow us on Twitter (@EnvisionConf) or find us on Facebook.
If only people didn't consume so much sugar...
Posted by: eye surgery costs | December 09, 2011 at 10:14 PM