LisaCatanese
Freelance Writer
Biography
Lisa Catanese, ELS, has been a medical writer for more than 20 years. Through her company, Blue Blaze Communications LLC, she has written content for websites, hospitals, magazines, pharmaceutical companies, and medical education companies, and her writing has won 18 national and international awards. She is certified as an editor in the life sciences and is a member of the American Medical Writers Association.
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Expert Information
Can Marijuana Help Glaucoma?
With marijuana—or cannabis—now legal in several states recreationally and for medical purposes, there is renewed interest into whether it can be used to treat glaucoma.
Expert Information
Alzheimer’s Treatment Coverage: 6 Facts to Know About Patient Registries
Doctors who prescribe Leqembi, a new FDA-approved Alzheimer’s disease drug, are required to enroll their patients in a registry to obtain Medicare insurance coverage. Here are six facts to know about patient registries, including how your privacy is protected.
Macular Chats
Patient Voices: Coping with Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Geographic Atrophy
Rob Howden of Illinois and Diane Marshall of California participated in a BrightFocus Macular Degeneration Chat on May 31 to discuss their diagnosis, what living with geographic atrophy (GA) is like, some tips for adapting, and a newly approved drug to treat it.