Awareness

Dec. 5 is World Geographic Atrophy Day, a new initiative that seeks to empower individuals with this advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration and expand global advocacy, education and support efforts.

During the month of November, clinicians, lung organizations and patients with COPD come together every year to spread awareness of COPD and its symptoms.

As November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month, Healio has gathered the most recent top stories about the condition that affects 3.4 million Americans each year.

According to Prevent Blindness, more than 26% of people with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetes-related eye disease and the primary cause of blindness in adults aged 20 to 74 years.

Among U.S. adults with elevated LDL, being unaware and untreated was more common among Black and Hispanic adults and those with lower income or without health insurance, data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show.

As Halloween draws near, Prevent Blindness urges consumers to take extra care when considering cosmetic or decorative contact lenses or applying makeup to enhance a costume.

Eczema, a chronic skin disease, affects about 31.6 million Americans with potentially debilitating physical pain and discomfort, as well as putting a significant damper on their social and emotional well-being.

NEW ORLEANS — Supporting World Sight Day on Oct. 12 is just one way Optometry Giving Sight fights global blindness due to refractive error, Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, said at Academy ’23.

In this edition, precision navigators reduce racial disparities in genomic testing; cancer diagnoses fell sharply during early days of pandemic; Prostate Cancer Awareness Month updates, and more.

LAS VEGAS — A new Johnson & Johnson Vision campaign is promoting the importance of eye health by sharing real-life stories of patients, Carla Calizaire, the company’s vice president of sales for North American vision care, told Healio.