Eye health to be topic of Diabetes Support Group meeting

FALLBROOK - The Fallbrook Diabetes Support Group, sponsored by Fallbrook Hospital, will hold its first meeting of 2012 on Wed., Jan. 25, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the hospital’s Conference Room B. Attendees will need to check in at either the front reception area or the back entrance as a visitor to the hospital.

Jeniene Domercq, optician with Inland Eye Specialists, will be speaking about eye health and diabetes. People with diabetes are at an increased risk for eye complications such as cataracts, glaucoma. retinopathies (problems with the retina) and blindness. Diabetes can damage the blood vesse...