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.
lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a spirochete in the united states the actual name of the bacterium is borrelia burgdorferi in europe the bacteria borrelia afzelii and borrelia garinii also cause lyme diseaseyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a spirochete in the united states the actual name of the bacterium is borrelia burgdorferi in europe the bacteria borrelia afzelii and borrelia garinii also cause lyme disease