Patient Education

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.

NEW YORK — Reimbursement and pipeline products, as well as educating patients and doctors about Demodex blepharitis, remain priorities for Tarsus Pharmaceuticals in the wake of Xdemvy’s launch, a company executive said at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK — New data from the Contact Lens Institute indicate that nearly half of glasses wearers are interested in wearing contact lenses, but only one in 10 said their eye care provider suggested them.

Healio has compiled February’s most-read news in asthma and allergy.

WASHINGTON — Heightened odds for an asthma attack appeared among current tobacco smokers, women and those with a low education level, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

The volume of Google searches related to food allergy grew between 2012 and 2022, with specific search topics varying by country, according to a letter published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

ChatGPT correctly answered more than two-thirds of submitted questions about thyroid nodules, though its responses may be at a grade level too high for patient education, according to study findings published in Thyroid.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Ophthalmologists should engage patients in an informed consent process that offers education, communication and documentation to mitigate the risk of endophthalmitis claims, according to a speaker here.

Older adults who were given personalized information about benefits and harms of colorectal cancer screening were more likely to receive screening orders that aligned with benefit, reducing overall use of screening, researchers reported.

Patients undergoing treatment for active breast cancer reported experiencing significant financial burden from cancer care, according to survey results.