The doctor who helped Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reap millions of dollars in “referral fees” was removed Friday as head of a cancer research center at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia. Dr. Robert Taub still remains on the payroll but is no …
The top oncologist at the center of disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption case has been given the boot from his job as head of a non-profit research center. Dr. Robert Taub, until Friday the director of the Columbia University Mesothel…
The top oncologist at the center of disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption case has been given the boot from his job as head of a non-profit research center. Dr. Robert Taub, until Friday the director of the Columbia University Mesothel…
The charges filed against New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are once again drawing attention to the lucrative arena of asbestos litigation. Mr. Silver is employed by the personal-injury law firm Weitz & Luxenberg PC.
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They got the bastard. So say the feds. Presumption of innocence granted, it was a pleasure to see Sheldon Silver in handcuffs .
An Epsom Council worker who died from an asbestos-related cancer was most likely exposed to the substance although it is not known how, a coroner has ruled. Valerie Smith, 61, of Holman Court, in Church Street, Ewell , died last April of mesothelioma a…
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization , which combines education, advocacy, and community to help ensure justice for asbestos victims, announced its speakers and honorees for the upcoming 11th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference , enti…
Mr Banton was widely recognised as the public face of the legal and political campaign fought in Australia from the early 2000s until 2007. His aim was to achieve a binding agreement with James Hardie Industries for a long-term compensation fund for th…
Shocking new research reveals that a specific type of lung cancer many smokers develop comes from tiny tears in their lung tissue caused by microscopic glass fibers, also known as glass wool, found in many conventional cigarette filters. These rips in …
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BackgroundEndometrial cancer that occurs concurrently with peritoneal malignant mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose preoperatively.Case presentationA postmenopausal woman had endometrial cancer extending to the cervix, vagina and pelvic lymph nodes, …
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