Silica dust that settles in the lungs can cause irritation and inflammation. Over time, this irritated lung tissue may lead to a lung disease known as silicosis. Also referred to as quartz surfacing, ...

As a respiratory physician, I am very concerned about the health risks facing tunnel workers who may be inhaling deadly ...

The Queensland-based tradie has been diagnosed with silicosis, the same incurable lung disease that killed his brother last month ... Adding to his anguish, Shane has to wait six months for his next ...

cdc.gov Objectives: To estimate excess lifetime risk of (a) mortality from lung disease other than cancer (LDOC), and, (b) onset of radiographic silicosis, arising from occupational exposure to ...

Workers have contracted the deadly lung disease silicosis after cutting high-silica engineered stone (Photo: Bill Oxford/Getty/E+) The firm has launched legal action against three of Marzec’s ...

Many people have lost loved ones due to awful diseases such as silicosis and tuberculosis. Silicosis is a lung disease that is incurable. It is caused by inhaling silica dust from gold-bearing rocks ...

The engineered surfaces have already been linked to more than a dozen UK cases of a lethal lung disease called artificial stone silicosis. At least two people in the UK have died after working ...

Jan. 6, 2025 — Researchers have developed a way of detecting circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer ... Scientists Develop Scans That Light-Up Aggressive ...

Dec. 25, 2024 — A new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

He was being treated at the Whittington Hospital under the care of leading occupational lung disease expert Dr Jo Feary, from the Royal Brompton Hospital. However, his silicosis - a long-term lung ...