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Diabetic retinopathy
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What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
One of the complications of diabetes is possible eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina.
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Bush's first veto shoots down embryonic stem cell funding that could benefit Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, Diabetes & Spinal Injury
On July 19th 2006, President Bush issued the first veto of his five-year-old administration, rejecting Congress' attempt to lift funding restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research.
Even though both the Republican-controlled House and Senate passed the stem-cell legislation by comfortable margins, they did not have the two-thirds majority required to override the veto.
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