Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey poses with members of PANDAS/PANS Ontario at the Ontario Legislature recently. Queen’s Park voted in December to mark PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day annually Oct. 9. Pctured with Bailey, left to right, are Erin Kwarciak, Lena Henrikson, 10, Kerry Henrickson, Lena’s mom, and Ellen Nicol.
Surgery that preserves the lung, when combined with other therapies, appears to extend the lives of people with a subtype of the rare and deadly cancer mesothelioma, a new study suggests. Tracking 73 patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma — which affects the lungs’ protective lining in the chest cavity — researchers found that those treated with lung-sparing surgery had an average survival of nearly three years.
The family of a man who died last year believe he may have been exposed to asbestos and have launched an appeal to trace his former colleagues. Trevor Thomas Liles, from Aberkenfig , near Bridgend, died in September 2015 from mesothelioma that his fami…
Mr Johnson first became unwell in late 2015 and, after undergoing a full body scan as part of the Biobank health research project, had tests which confirmed the disease. Before his death, he instructed specialist lawyers at Irwin Mitchell’s Leeds office to investigate when and where he was exposed to asbestos.
In early December, the California Supreme Court ruled that companies can be held liable if asbestos exposure at a jobsite results in a worker’s family becoming sick. The court’s decision was covered in an article by the that reported the ruling stemmed from two previous lawsuits brought against companies after family members died from mesothelioma allegedly due to asbestos exposure from family members’ clothing.
Novocure’s Tumor Treating Fields delivery system – in the treatment of adult patients with supra-tentorial glioblastoma following maximal safe surgical resection and radiation therapy. Novocure will prepare to submit an application for public reimbursement of Optune for newly diagnosed GBM in Japan.
Instead of celebration or desolation over last week’s decision to ban asbestos use in Canada, there is only determination to forge ahead with remake of this devastated town’s economy. Francesco Spertini, a former geologist at the Asbestos mine in Quebec, recalled the negative reaction when he would mention the name of his hometown when travelling through Europe.
Asbestos abatement certification is lacking in British Columbia, according to the B.C. Building Trades Council. The federal government has ordered a ban on asbestos by 2018, but experts say coming up with a national approach for removing and disposing …
Michelle Cote says her father didn’t want to see anyone else have their life choked from them the way he did before succumbing to asbestos-related disease last July. Cote added a human face and emotional wallop Thursday to a long overdue federal government announcement that Canada will ban asbestos-containing products by 2018.
We can all breathe easier after this week’s announcement that the federal government is finally banning asbestos. It is a move that will, without question, save lives for generations to come, and make workplaces and public spaces safer for all Canadians.
Nancy Clark, Lowell, $25. Happy Holidays to all. In loving memory of Barbara, Bill and Cheryl Clark.
If an Arkansan gets sick because of a workplace injury inflicted more than three years before, he does not have a right to sue for any workers’ compensation benefits, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a split opinion. In the majority opinion, Justice Courtney Goodson said the court had no choice but to follow the law, which sets a three-year limit between exposure and injury.
Novocure announced today that it will participate in the 35th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 11, 2017, in San Francisco. William Doyle, Novocure’s Executive Chairman, will speak on behalf of the company and address questions from analysts.
Canada certainly isn’t the first country to ban the mineral: 58 countries have already banned asbestos. The decision is a positive and long-overdue first step, advocates say, but there is much more work to be done to remove the asbestos risk to Canadians.
A man who pushed for the Canada’s first asbestos registry in Saskatchewan is applauding the federal government’s plan to ban the material by 2018. “It’s not just a singular approach.