Students often compared Rick Doolin to a superhero, so his death to a rare cancer in June shook the campus community at Daytona State College where he had been a science professor for nearly a decade. On Monday students dressed as superheros such as Th…
A PROFESSIONAL flautist who played in the London Symphony Orchestra for 30 years died at a hospice after contracting an industrial disease, an inquest heard. Richard Taylor, 83, of Ferringham Lane, Ferring, died on August 11, at St Barnabas House Hospi…
“It is an honor to be named as one of the ‘Fierce 15,’ an award that recognizes our employees, our clinical collaborators and patients for the advancements we’re making in the field of cancer immunotherapy,” said Stephen T. Isaacs, chairman, president …
People suffering from mesothelioma can find the legal help they need to get the compensation they deserve by visiting the new website from the renowned attorneys Danziger and De Llano Los Angeles, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 22, 2014 / Mesothelioma leg…
“The risk of mesothelioma does not appear to decline over time and this stresses that the need to prevent people being exposed to asbestos is paramount,” A/Prof Reid says. Credit: iStock Western Australian researchers have determined the risk of develo…
AN Eastleigh man who worked for 40 years at the town’s railway works died of cancer caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard. Eric Williams, 73, was employed at the works from 1956 to 1995 and was constantly exposed to the deadly dust…
AN Eastleigh man who worked for 40 years at the town’s railway works died of cancer caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard. Eric Williams, 73, was employed at the works from 1956 to 1995 and was constantly exposed to the deadly dust…
Cleveland5Justice.org Now Features Even More Information about Mesothelioma and How the Law Firm Can Help Victims of Asbestos Exposure Cleveland, OH / ACCESSWIRE / Sept 20, 2014 / The Simon, Greenstone, Panatier and Bartlett law firm, a group of attorn…
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an incurable cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The United Kingdom has the highest death rate from mesothelioma in the world and this figure is increasing.
Many cases of a common lung disease that were assumed to be of no known cause are in fact the result of exposure to asbestos, UK scientists believe. Researchers from Imperial College London found a correlation between death rates in England and Wales f…
SWINDON widow Mary Neil has received a six-figure payout following the death of her husband, who was exposed to asbestos on a daily basis while working for British Rail for more than 40 years. Mary, 78, of Buckingham Road, Lawn, was awarded the A 170,0…
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that develops in the lungs. It is caused by exposure to asbestos, a mineral fiber the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says was once “added to a variety of products to strengthen them and to provide heat ins…
THE grieving partner of a kind-hearted postman who died of a deadly asbestos cancer will join other victims in the fight for more research. Terence McCarthy had been fit and healthy all of his life but when he fill ill with a suspected chest infection,…
Malignant mesothelioma carries a poor prognosis and response rates to palliative chemotherapy remain low. Identifying patients with MM that are unlikely to respond to chemotherapy could prevent futile treatments and improve patient quality of life.
Tom Barnes, 73, a former draughtsman who worked at William Blythe in Church, near Accrington from 1956 to 1965, has been diagnosed with the terminal asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. He is now hoping that his former workmates from William Blythe in…