Patient Education

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Many patients are interested in contact lenses but wait for their provider to bring them up, according to a clinician speaking at Optometry’s Meeting about a recent Contact Lens Institute report.

The risk for lung cancer has been found to be particularly high in some Maryland counties, but a recently launched initiative is making sure screening is available for all eligible state residents, according to a press release.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Although more than 70% of surveyed optometrists felt they bore some responsibility to provide nutrition counseling to patients with diabetes, most spent less than 2 minutes doing so, according to research.

DESTIN, Fla. — Patients with gout should be continually reminded that urate-lowering therapy may go on for the rest of their life, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting.

April is STD Awareness Month, and according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, STD cases remain high among all demographic groups.

Websites focused on inhaler technique frequently overlook important preparation steps and device care/maintenance, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

A variety of approaches were used to teach new patients how to handle soft contact lenses, although most instructors dispensed lenses after watching patients succeed three times, according to survey data in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye.