Dentists Mysteriously Dying of Lung Disease: CDC Report

Health officials are trying to figure out why dentists are dying after discovering a strange pattern in cases of a lung disease.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that an analysis of patients at a Virginia care center found a high incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) for dentists. Out of nearly 900 patients studied over roughly two decades, the CDC found eight dentists and one dental technician, all men, had the disease. Seven of the patients had already died.

While that does not sound like a lot, it represents 1 percent of the total IPF patients. Meanwhile, the CDC noted, only about 0.038 percent of people living in the country are dentists.
Source:  newsweek