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Diabetes...an epidemic that can be managed

There are 18 million people with diabetes in America and about 200,000 people with diabetes lose some of their vision each year due to diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME). That makes diabetes the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20-74 years old. Most of this vision loss is preventable with regular dilated diabetic retinal evaluations. Inoveon's iScan offers the most accurate and convenient way to get this evaluation done.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, national diabetes fact sheet.

Preventive practices for eye care

Detection and treatment of diabetic eye disease with laser therapy can reduce the development of severe vision loss by up to 90% and moderate vision loss in 60% of patients at risk.

Major clinical guidelines recommend annual retinal exams

All major diabetes-related organization endorse guidelines advocating yearly dilated retinal evaluations to prevent these vision loss events:

American Diabetes Association (ADA)	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)	Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
American College of Physicians (ACP)	Indian Health Service (IHS)
American Optometric Association (AOA)	National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

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