Category Archives: Health and Wellness

January Is Glaucoma Awareness Month

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Red public health graphic stating “You could have glaucoma and not know it.” Text encourages scheduling a dilated eye exam. An outline of the United States is filled with people icons showing that 50% know they have glaucoma and 50% do not. Includes the National Eye Health Education Program logo and a link to nei.nih.gov/glaucoma.

NEHEP Graph Encouraging Having a Dilated Eye Exam January is glaucoma awareness month. This month, APH VisionAware is partnering with the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) to provide important resources and updated information about glaucoma and other eye conditions.  According to NEHEP, glaucoma is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the United States […]

The Retina and Alzheimer’s Disease

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picture showing where image is focused on the retina coming through the pupil, lens, and cornea

In June 2023, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) [of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)] released a report on changes in the retina (the layer of cells lining the back wall of the inside the eye that perceives light and signals the brain so one can see) and their relationship to stages of Alzheimer’s disease […]

Healthy Vision Month-A Family Focus

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National Eye Institute-NIH- Healthy Vision-A Family Focus logo with pivtures of families with children and the logo with an eye and a heart in the center

This year, National Eye Institute’s Healthy Vision Month’s goal is to encourage and equip families to protect their vision together! They aim to highlight their Spanish content to support Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino families and caregivers. Spanish/English Materials The National Eye Institute (NEI) created campaign materials using a Spanish-first approach, meaning the information was written in Spanish […]