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Australia: Up to 1,000 coalminers could have black lung disease, says mining union
2016-03-03 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: As many as 1,000 coalminers may have black lung disease, the mining union says. The potentially fatal disease is caused by the inhalation of coal dust over a long period, and can emerge up to 15 years after exposure. A coalminer diagnosed with the first case of black lung in Australia in more than 60 years worked in an underground mine for six years after early signs of the disease were missed in a medical examination. The CFMEU says it is very concerned about a backlog of screening x-rays...
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New Lung Programme Helps Pig Farmers Review Respiratory Diseases
2016-02-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Two organisms that can cause serious respiratory diseases in pigs are the bacteria Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia. Vaccination is used to help farmers prevent infections but due to complexities, vaccination procedures may need to be reviewed or improved.
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Cloaked chemo agents can treat lung cancer with 1/50th normal dose
2016-01-19 22:00:42| Extremetech
A new step forward in the use of the body's own "exosomes" in medicine could have major implications for the fight against cancer.
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Queensland miners dispirited by return black lung disease
2016-01-14 08:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Underground coalminers feel let down by the system amid fears more workers could be diagnosed with the potentially deadly black lung disease in Queensland, a mining union says. Five cases have been confirmed in the state, indicating pneumoconiosis had re-emerged for the first time at Australian coalmines in three decades. Related: Coalminers call for inquiry after return of black lung disease in Queensland Jason Hill, from the mining division of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy...
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Emulate's Lung-Chip Demonstrates New Capabilities To Predict Human Lung Inflammation And Drug Responses In Asthma And COPD
2016-01-06 06:32:00| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page
Emulate Inc. announced recently that it has developed a new living human Lung-Chip system that accurately recreates the unique structure and function of the human lung small airways within microengineered chips - as reported today in the journal Nature Methods
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