Awareness

LensCrafters announced the launch of the second season of its Eye Odyssey series, an immersive gaming experience that promotes healthy eye care habits, on the Roblox platform.

To mark this April as Parkinson’s Awareness Month, the Parkinson’s Foundation has created the #ABCsofPD to provide information about relevant symptoms, statistics and treatments.

A survey conducted by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that nearly 30% of Americans do not know that looking directly at a solar eclipse without protection can cause permanent eye damage.

EssilorLuxottica and the World Council of Optometry have announced a global partnership to raise awareness about presbyopia and establish standards of care for management of the condition.

Durga S. Borkar, MD, MMCi, assistant professor of ophthalmology and director of clinical data science Duke University Eye Center, emphasizes the need for geographic atrophy awareness among providers and the general public.

Kathryn P. L. Moore, MD, MSc, assistant professor of neurology at Duke University School of Medicine, emphasizes the need for Huntington's disease awareness among providers and the general public.

In this video, Audra Horomanski, MD, discusses improving awareness of vasculitis management through provider education.

Just as the groundhog reappears each year to make its forecast, Feb. 2 also brings a renewed focus on rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on the daily lives of millions of Americans.

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness about a disease that accounts for 9% to 12% of all cases of blindness in the U.S., according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation.

Only two in 10 parents are aware of the myopia epidemic, and about two in five parents know what myopia is, according to research from the Vision Council.