Author: Mesothelioma News

Young Charlie Walker, right, with mum Jemma and brother George, has become a champion baker in memory of his dad Colin.

Sept. 27, 2013: The Pacific Meso Center at The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute held its inaugural fund-raising benefit, “The Greatest Escape” motorcycle ride, this past Sunday.

The event will take place The one-day conference will bring together attorneys – plaintiff and defendant – from around the Midwest to learn about ongoing trends in asbestos litigation.

A new centralised information management system is being deployed to help maintain asbestos registries as an audit is conducted of government-run Northern Territory schools.

The widow of a former Merchant Navy worker who died of an asbestos-related disease is trying to trace his former colleagues.

More than 800 people walked or ran in the race. The race was one of many events happening around the country over the weekend in celebration of National Mesothelioma Awareness Day on , 280 people attended the Second Annual Bruce A. Waite Miles for Meso…

First organized in 2004, Mesothelioma Awareness Day was created to honor patients whose lives were cut short by mesothelioma and to raise awareness about this horrible cancer.

Each year, 3000 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma . Mesothelioma is an atypical form of cancer because it has a very long latency period.

A GRIEVING husband whose wife died following prolonged exposure to asbestos dust has put up a memorial bench in her memory.

Kenneth A. Berlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rosetta Genomics, will present a corporate overview on Saturday, September 28 at 9:45 a.m. Pacific time.

A BODMIN man died from a form of lung cancer as a result of exposure to asbestos more than 50 years ago, an inquest has heard.

Verastem Inc. has expanded its development reach to Japan with the beginning of an early-stage trial there of its lead candidate to treat mesothelioma.

Sue Johnston has spent most of her life in the Comox Valley and is known to many as the founding owner of South Country Feed and Supply and as a past board member with the local Women’s Business Network.

University of Leicester researchers are leading two major trials into treatments for a type of cancer which affects those exposed to asbestos.

Over 250 people participated Sunday in the Second Annual Bruce A. Waite Miles for Meso 5-K Walk/Run at Ontario High School.