Health
World first treatment for deadly silicosis revealed – Observer
Trailblazing doctors have found a potential world-first cure for the lethal lung disease silicosis that is killing hundreds of young workers across the country.
TRAILBLAZING Queensland doctors have found a potential world-first cure for the lethal lung disease silicosis that is killing hundreds of young workers across the country.
The Bulletin can reveal that since March, six silicosis sufferers have undergone trials as part of a Silicosis Research Program at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) in Brisbane.
Four tradies with mild silicosis were virtually cured of the disease after undergoing a whole lung lavage or “lung washout”; a process that involves…
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