Hope in Sight

A new artificial intelligence tool helps identify diabetic retinopathy Fact checked by Shannon Sparks During an appointment with her primary care physician this past July, Amy Morrow, an executive assistant and patient at OSF HealthCare, learned she had prediabetes. Moments later, Morrow walked down the hall and placed her chin onto an artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Can Eye Exam Reveal Alzheimer’s Risk?

Looking for clues about the health of your brain? You might want to pay a visit to your eye doctor. Research increasingly links common eye conditions — glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy — to risk for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. What’s interesting about the study results, says Albert Hofman, MD, PhD, […]