Web resources on diabetic eye disease mostly poor quality: study

Patients increasingly rely on the Internet for health-related queries, and past research shows that online information can influence patients' decisions about their care, the study team notes in JAMA Ophthalmology. — AFP

Diabetes-related eye disease is a leading cause of blindness, but finding accurate, readable information about it online isn't easy, a US study finds.

Researchers rated 11 top search-engine-ranked websites about diabetic retinopathy. They found that some were accurate and complete but too technical, while others were easy to read but lacked in quality. None scored highly on all of the standards examined.