Diabetic Retinopathy

Dam­age to the blood ves­sels of the reti­na caused by long-term dia­betes, a lead­ing cause of vision loss in adults.

Sleep research — includ­ing Stan­ford’s SleepFM study — has found that sig­nals record­ed dur­ing a sin­gle night’s sleep can be asso­ci­at­ed with future risk of this and relat­ed con­di­tions. This is gen­er­al infor­ma­tion, not a diag­no­sis. Learn about the research behind this entry →