Being board-certified means that in addition to going to medical school and doing a residency in family medicine, a doctor has also passed an additional rigorous examination.
Silicosis (previously miner's phthisis, grinder's asthma, potter's rot and other occupation-related names) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
1 Gold dust day gecko, a subspecies of geckos which lives in northern Madagascar and on the Comoros. 2  Gold dust disease, also known as velvet disease, a fish disease caused by the dinoflagellate parasites.  Aurinia saxatilis, an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe.