Occupational lung disease can be triggered by exposure to a range of different substances or conditions encountered in certain workplace environments. Perhaps most widely recognised are the risks ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Every job has its risks, but some jobs are linked to specific issues, such as lung disorders. The risks change over time, but an expert in occupational lung diseases says ...

DENVER - In a groundbreaking study led by a multinational team of experts, researchers at National Jewish Health and their collaborators in Colorado, Illinois, Taiwan and Israel have introduced a new ...

When Wendy Solano first heard the word “silicosis,” her husband Jose Raul Garcia Leon was already suffering from the incurable disease that would kill him. After immigrating from Mexico, the father of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with systemic sclerosis, occupational exposure to toxicants independently predicted decline in ...

Senator Shelley Moore Capito has written a formal letter asking for a reversal of cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which runs a coal mine lung disease screening ...

Should you have feedback on this article, please complete the fields below. Please indicate if your feedback is in the form of a letter to the editor that you wish to have published. If so, please be ...

A man in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with a rare lung disease that has been linked to a specific type of countertops.

A dangerous lung disease called silicosis is rapidly spreading among workers who cut and shape engineered stone. This material, popular for kitchens and bathrooms, releases harmful silica dust. Many ...