Patient Education

ORLANDO — Patient education and more effective communication can help doctors from feeling forced to prescribe antibiotics for patients who do not need them, SHEA Spring attendees heard at a session during the conference’s first day.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Nadine Spring, PhD, about the importance of DEI in clinical care, driving positive social change forward and more.

Updated recommendations from an international group of diabetes experts aim to inform diabetes educators about best practices for insulin injections.

As the federal government lays off workers at CDC and NIAID, shutters programs, cuts research grants, and considers changes in Medicaid and Medicare, asthma patients will experience worse outcomes, according to experts.

SAN DIEGO — When children have a wheat allergy, it can significantly affect the quality of life of their parents, but education and support may mitigate these impacts, according to an abstract presented here.

Visualizing and explaining patients’ risk for coronary artery disease using coronary CT and coronary calcium scoring may improve statin adherence and subsequently lower risk for future CAD events, researchers reported.

LaTrisha Horne, MSHI, LSSBB, FACHDM, has been named a 2025 American College of Health Data Management fellow.

Withings Health Solutions announced its novel cellular BP monitor received FDA clearance to measure BP and pulse rate in adults with arm circumferences of 22 cm to 42 cm or 40 cm to 52 cm.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis in a supervised education and exercise program demonstrated similar clinical outcomes regardless of whether they previously had knee surgery, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.

INDIANAPOLIS — In this Healio video, Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, discusses key takeaways from a recent Contact Lens Institute report, which details how practitioners and their staff can help improve contact lens wear retention rates.