Vision for the future
By Tom Corwin
The Augusta Chronicle
April 29, 2010
William Schafer is not surprised that the injection and laser treatment he receives for diabetes-related eye problems has proved successful in a national study.
Dr. Dennis Marcus, of the Southeast Retina Center, injects Van Tassel's eye with Lucentis, a drug that has helped improve the eyesight of diabetics in a study when combined with laser treatment.
"It helped mine," said Schafer, 48, as he sat at Southeast Retina Center, one of 52 sites nationally taking part in the clinical trial.
Physicians involved in the study say it provides evidence for the first new treatment in 25 years for a diabetes-related eye swelling called macular edema, the leading cause of blindness in working-age Americans.
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