It was a solemn memorial to 14 men taken too soon – photographs of the dead, showing men lost to lung, bowel or prostate cancer, pinned to a noticeboard in the Dunedin City Council’s former Midland St workers’ yard. The men worked for the council’s water maintenance team, and most never saw retirement – dying in their 50s, early 60s, or in one case a week after retirement.
From miracle mineral to silent killer, asbestos has left behind a toxic legacy of death and disease in New Zealand. In the first of a three-part series, Chris Morris counts the human cost.
The death toll from asbestos-related disease in New Zealand will continue to climb for decades to come, despite a ban on imports of building materials containing the toxic mineral. Environment Minister Nick Smith on Wednesday announced New Zealand woul…
The road toward eliminating the threat of asbestos has been long, slow-moving, incredibly frustrating and littered with significant hurdles. Thankfully, advocates like Linda Reinstein, who lost her husband to asbestos-related disease in 2003, refuse to…
A former Marlow teacher who is dying from a type of cancer believed to be caused by asbestos has called on her family to launch a campaign pressurising the government rid schools of the deathly material. Sue Stephens – who taught at two primary schools…
Badly timed IPO and a weak market have led to a poor stock performance, but the fundamentals tell a different story. Stock, near an all-time low, is trading at a significant discount to other biotech names that are focusing on cancer treatments, which …
Synergistic anti-tumor efficacy of immunogenic adenovirus ONCOS-102 and standard of care chemotherapy in preclinical mesothelioma model. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer type caused mainly by asbestos exposure.
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MARCH 16: Youssef Cohen rides to a doctor’s appointment with his wife Lindsay Wright on March 16, 2016 in New York City. Cohen, 68, has an incurable cancer called mesothelioma and is advocating for the right to choose how and when he will die, proposed in New York State’s End of Life Options Act, currently in front of the state legislature.
Mycosis Fungoides is a very rare form of lymphoma affecting approximately 1,000 people per year in the United States. To provide insight for patients with Mycosis Fungoides and ensure they have access to information about their disease, the National Comprehensive Cancer NetworkA has published the NCCN Guidelines for PatientsA and NCCN Quick Guidea for Mycosis Fungoides , completing the series of NCCN Guidelines for PatientsA : Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas .
The unsafe removal of asbestos by unprotected workers poses a huge health and safety risk in today’s workplace. Although asbestos is known to cause lung cancer and mesothelioma, it is not banned and continues to pose dangers for U.S. workers.
The British Lung Foundation published figures this week, showing the relative risk of various lung diseases in each London borough. According to statistics, the average risk is presented as the number one, and Barnet has hit below the average in all bu…
Brian McConnell’s wife Marion and daughter Josie Barac remember the respected drug law reformer after he died of Mesothelioma. If you see any accidents or have any info on the morning commute, let us know whenever it is safe to do so.
Youssef Cohen, 68, sits while undergoing cancer treatment as his wife Lindsay Wright looks on, on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Cohen has an incurable cancer called mesothelioma and is advocating for the right to choose how and when he will die, proposed in New York State’s End of Life Options Act, currently in front of the state legislature.
Although surgery can prolong the lives of patients with an aggressive type of cancer called malignant pleural mesothelioma, many patients avoid the operation for fear it will degrade their quality of life. But a study led by a Loyola Medicine thoracic …