Insufficient sun exposure has become a real public health problem

L Alfredsson, BK Armstrong, DA Butterfield… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article aims to alert the medical community and public health authorities to
accumulating evidence on health benefits from sun exposure, which suggests that …

Solar radiation exposure and outdoor work: an underestimated occupational risk

A Modenese, L Korpinen, F Gobba - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
A considerably high number of outdoor workers worldwide are constantly exposed for the
majority of their working life to solar radiation (SR); this exposure is known to induce various …

Complement system and age-related macular degeneration: drugs and challenges

J Wu, X Sun - Drug design, development and therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is directly attributable to vision loss, posing
significant pressure on public health. AMD is recognized to be a multi-factorial disease and …

[PDF][PDF] Review of neovascular age-related macular degeneration treatment options

NM Holekamp - Am J Manag Care, 2019 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
has multiple small lipid deposits called drusen (< 63 μm) and a smaller number of medium
drusen (63-125 μm) under the retina, or mild pigmentation abnormalities of the retinal …

Exudative versus nonexudative age-related macular degeneration: physiopathology and treatment options

AR Fernandes, A Zielińska, E Sanchez-Lopez… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease typically associated with the
aging and can be classified into two types—namely, the exudative and the nonexudative …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of cataract in health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation: a systematic review

E Della Vecchia, A Modenese, T Loney… - La Medicina del …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The eye is an important sensory organ occupationally exposed to ionizing
radiation (IR) in healthcare workers (HCWs) engaged in medical imaging (MI). New …

Spectral evaluation of eyeglass blocking efficiency of ultraviolet/high-energy visible blue light for ocular protection

SA Giannos, ER Kraft, LJ Lyons… - Optometry and Vision …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE Studies have linked exposure of high-energy visible blue light to effect and
damage on retinal epithelial cells, photoreceptors, and ganglion cells.“Blue light” is more …

Occupational exposure to solar UV radiation of a group of fishermen working in the Italian north adriatic sea

A Modenese, FP Ruggieri, F Bisegna, M Borra… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Occupational solar radiation exposure is a relevant heath risk in the fishing sector. Our aim
was to provide a detailed evaluation of individual UV exposure in three different fishing …

Blue-light induced breakdown of barrier function on human retinal epithelial cells is mediated by PKC-ζ over-activation and oxidative stress

EK Ozkaya, G Anderson, B Dhillon… - Experimental eye …, 2019 - Elsevier
We aimed to study the time course decrease of human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)
barrier function when exposed to blue light. To this end, we cultured ARPE-19 cells on …

Association among pterygium, cataracts, and cumulative ocular ultraviolet exposure: A cross-sectional study in Han people in China and Taiwan

N Hatsusaka, N Yamamoto, H Miyashita, E Shibuya… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Pterygium is an ocular surface disorder mainly caused by ultraviolet (UV) light
exposure. This study explored the relationships between six cataract types with pterygium …