Choosing the fluorocarbon line for your style of fishing is not as complicated as you might think. There is a lot of hype and stigma around fluorocarbon, but really it’s a pretty uncomplicated fishing ...

Is the equipment designed to protect healthcare workers in cath labs doing more harm than good? For years, concerns about clinicians working in fluoroscopy labs have centered on the long-term dangers ...

Nine leading medical societies are calling for updated safety standards in fluoroscopy laboratories, often called "cath labs," where clinicians performing minimally invasive procedures face radiation ...

Heading into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, skiers and snowboarders were already adjusting to a ban on fluorinated waxes long prized for making their equipment faster. This week, the Winter Games ...

Tim Baucom has done this before. The Milan Cortina Games will be his third Olympics as a wax technician for the United States’ cross-country ski team, a job characterized by long flights schlepping ...

Fluoroscopy-free RIRS is successful in some cases, but fluoroscopy should remain available for unexpected intraoperative challenges. In a randomized controlled trial, a fluoroscopy-free technique for ...

Radiographers, also called radiologic technologists, are health care professionals who operate special scanning machines that make images for medical purposes. They use equipment like X-ray machines, ...

A general rule for leader material: Any part of your leader that you want to float should be monofilament, and any part that you want to sink should be fluorocarbon. For dry fly fishing, monofilament ...

The following is a summary of “Location of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography impacts fluoroscopy time: a multi-institutional retrospective study at tertiary academic centers,” published ...

Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children. By Melinda Wenner Moyer Utah has become the first U.S. state to outlaw the addition of fluoride to ...

The greatest tragedy and the greatest scandal in 20th-century American politics have intersected in the latest batch of files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy released Tuesday night.