CHICAGO – Airline pilots have an increased risk of nuclear cataracts [common type of cataract, associated with aging] compared with non-pilots, and that risk is associated with cumulative exposure to ...

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IN keeping with the times, a chief interest of physicians should center about the ionizing radiations. Yet it may not be amiss to present a synopsis of ocular effects from portions of the ...

Pilots may be at increased risk of suffering eye cataracts caused by greater exposure to cosmic radiation during long-haul flights, according to a study published in a US-based ophthalmic magazine.

Cataracts are like death and (yup) taxes: Inevitable. At some point—usually as you enter middle age—most people develop this eye condition, which is a clouding of the eye's lens that can get ...

Public health initiatives target the gap between skin safety awareness and ocular protection to reduce age-related cataract ...

location - has to work inside and near the X-ray tube and cannot be too far away from the patient; time - the radiation 'ON' time in a well utilized catheterization laboratory is typically a few hours ...