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2 in 5 Canadians Living with Diabetes Skip Annual Eye Exams

As Diabetes Awareness Month begins, new data from the Specsavers Canada Eyecare Report 2025 reveals a concerning trend: 38% of Canadians living with...

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Fight the Leading Cause of Working Age Blindness: Diabetes

In Canada, someone is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes A diabetes diagnosis holds many implications for a person: it impacts a...

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HIV and Diabetes Drugs May Lower the Risk of Developing AMD

Two research groups have used data from American health insurance claims to see if individuals on specific drugs have a lower risk of developing...

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Waterloo Smart Contact Lens Start-Up Receives $1.4 M in Seed Capital

Medella Health, a start-up company developing a proprietary smart glucose monitoring contact lens, founded at University of Waterloo’s technology...

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A New Technique for Assessing Diabetic Retinopathy

Ultrawide field (UWF) retinal cameras are providing new insights into the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy A recent study from the...

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