Awareness

Tomorrow, Oct. 2, several lung and respiratory organizations will come together to celebrate World Oxygen Day and patients using oxygen therapy.

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month.

Prevent Blindness has declared Sept. 16 to 22 as Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week and is offering free educational resources and expert videos for the public and eye care providers.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

NephCure, a nonprofit organization focused on rare, protein-spilling kidney diseases, announced IgA Nephropathy Awareness Day, Sept. 26, to promote early diagnosis and treatment of the disease, according to a press release.

Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. It is a time to remember those lost to substance use disorders and addiction, particularly as the United States and countries around the globe grapple with the opioid crisis.

World KC Day, a global event sponsored by the National Keratoconus Foundation to promote awareness of keratoconus, is celebrated annually on Nov. 10.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The World Council of Optometry is supporting its stance that myopia management is standard of care by promoting a global educational resource, according to council leadership at Optometry’s Meeting.

Optometry Giving Sight has launched a new program, Together Eyecare Achieves Miracles, or TEAM OGS, as a means for optometry practices to raise funds for OGS and support its mission, the nonprofit organization announced in a press release.

Despite being the second-most common rheumatic autoimmune disease in the United States, Sjögren’s syndrome remains under-recognized, with patients often waiting 3 years for a proper diagnosis, according to the Sjögren’s Foundation.