EyeconX Ideas! - Nurses' Health Study sheds light on eye disorder http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=nurses-health-study-sheds-light-on-eye-disorder Age, gender and place of residence affect a person's risk of developing exfoliation syndrome a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract, as well as cataract surgery complications according to data from the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study.Researchers used data from 78,955 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 41,191 men in the Heal... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:59:56 EST en