New discovery suggests our lungs are ‘innately prone’ to silicosis and related diseases

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 09:35 in Health & Medicine

For the nearly 2 million U.S. workers exposed to silica dust each year, a new discovery may help prevent or treat the development of chronic lung diseases related to this exposure. In the September...

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