For Prevent Blindness we conducted the Prevent Blindness 2026 Consumer Survey survey of 1,037 U.S. adults aged 18 and older designed to gauge awareness of common misconceptions about eye health that was fielded from February 6-9, 2026. We found that Nearly a quarter (24 percent) of respondents shared that they receive their eye health information from the internet or social media. A majority of respondents (72 percent) were aware that a dilated eye exam can detect eye diseases, far fewer knew it can also help detect diabetes (27 percent), high cholesterol (15 percent), brain tumors (11 percent), and heart disease (10 percent), only 2 percent of respondents knew that a dilated eye exam can detect all five of these conditions.
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Logan Mine
