The heartbroken widow of a joiner who died after being exposed to deadly asbestos dust is appealing for help to trace his former colleagues. His wife Pamela, 58. and their four children, Kelly, Christopher, Mark and David, are calling on the help of hi…
A Costessey fundraiser has warned women whose husbands worked with asbestos that they too could be affected by the killer dust. Julie Sapey has raised 13,000 over the last two years after she was inspired to step up her charity work when her mother was…
A CARER from Weymouth has launched a petition asking for more time off work for people who look after ill loved ones. June Hamon, 55, cares for her husband, Mac, who suffers from mesothelioma – a life-limiting form of lung cancer associated with exposu…
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A federal jury in Phoenix, Ariz. on Friday awarded $17 million in damages to the family of a retired civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who died from the fatal asbestos disease mesothelioma after working for years in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virgi…
Trade unions and affected family members say it’s long past time to ban all asbestos products in Canada, calling them the country’s number one workplace killer. A tearful Michelle Cote, whose boiler maker father was diagnosed with deadly, asbestos-caus…
Trade unions and affected family members say it’s long past time to ban all asbestos products in Canada, calling them the country’s number one workplace killer. A tearful Michelle Cote, whose boiler maker father was diagnosed with deadly, asbestos-caus…
Back in the day, around 2003, somebody asked me a question regarding paid search: “Do you know what the most expensive keyword is on Google Adwords, and how much it costs?” I made a bunch of guesses, gradually increasing the amount I thought it might b…
Juno Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on re-engaging the body’s immune system to revolutionize the treatment of cancer, today announced, in partnership with its collaborators, early clinical data from two oral presentations for …
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Dr. Philip Greenberg , head of immunology and a member of the Clinical Research Division at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a leader in cancer immunology, will describe how he and colleagues are genetically engineering T cells to s…
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Metronomic oral vinorelbine is effective in metastatic NSCLC and malignant pleural mesothelioma, but all the studies published thus far were based upon a variety of empirical and possibly suboptimal schedules, with inconsistent results. Mathematical mo…
People searching for early-detection cancer tests may now find the answers they’re looking for through a simple blood test. According to Dr. Akbar Khan at the Medicor Cancer Centres in Toronto, it’s a test that costs up to $1,700, but it could save you…
It’s in Des Sayegh’s nature to help others, but his work rebuilding cyclone-ravaged Western Australia nearly 40 years ago is helping to kill him. The 81-year-old Aucklander has just won a confidential payout from Australia for asbestos exposure while w…