Lung Diseases: News and Research on Lung Diseases, Interstitial

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Exploring the occurrence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis-linked deaths

From 2020 to 2023, 1,754 decedents had coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) listed on their death certificates, according to research published in the Dec. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pulmonary fibrosis traced to key signaling pathway

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease in which healthy lung tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue. While the early events that initiate this change are poorly understood, recent research suggests ...

Oncology & Cancer

US lung cancer screening fails most patients, according to study

In a study of nearly 1,000 consecutive patients treated for lung cancer at Northwestern Medicine, researchers discovered only 35% would have qualified for screening, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...

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