A research team that includes a Rutgers professor has found that the main ingredient in aspirin targets the activities of an inflammatory protein associated with a wide variety of diseases. The discovery offers hope for the development of more powerful…
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has cited new asbestos statistic at 194,000 deaths per year due to occupational asbestos exposure.
In August, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced that a metal recycling business in the state has been assessed over $35,000 in penalties for violating mercury and asbestos regulations. MassDEP had inspected the recycling p…
The Company’s WT1 cancer vaccine has shown increased survival compared to historical controls in patients with acute myeloid leukemia ; and has also shown encouraging early data in mesothelioma. SELLAS will initiate further studies across at least two …
Increasing numbers of white collar workers are succumbing to asbestos-related diseases after years of low-level workplace exposure, a lawyer has warned. John Hall, managing partner with Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors, which has offices in Hartlep…
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization , which combines education, advocacy, and community to prevent exposure and ensure justice for asbestos victims, today announced its far reaching activities to usher in the 2015 Mesothelioma Awareness Day on Sept…
The University of Maryland School of Medicine recruited Dr. Joseph Friedberg to direct its new mesothelioma specialty center in Baltimore.
After an eight-year battle with cancer, Lenny Goldberg, the creator and owner of CD or Not CD on East Main Street, died Friday. He was 67. Goldberg, a spirited fan of do-wop music – and a long-time performer in the field – fought a type of cancer, meso…
Feds upheld maintenance worker’s claims that Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital failed to protect workers from exposure to asbestos.
Barrie Ackland and Suzanne Bowditch decided to tie the knot after 22 years of engagement when they both learned they had cancer just days apart. The pair, both 60, received the dreadful news in July – with Suzanne finding out she had lung cancer a week…
As a spokesperson for http://www.mesothelioma.us/ noted, the founders of the site have posted the latest updates about clinical trials that are being conducted on people with mesothelioma, as well as new information about mesothelioma research. Althoug…
The Jarvis family lost their patriarch to mesothelioma, and now they’re helping the Pacific Meso Center raise money to find a cure for the asbestos disease.
Thalidomide was supposed to be the wonder drug that helped women manage morning sickness until they discovered it caused birth defects. Asbestos was supposed to be the ultimate fire resistant material that was later found out to cause mesothelioma when…
Comedian Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show used his star power to lobby Congress in support of 9/11 first responders and their health.
Gamesman, the international gaming equipment, components and systems manufacturer, part of Esterline Corporation, will be using its presence at G2E to bring its Target 25k fundraising activities ‘Stateside’. Launched at February’s ICE exhibition in Lon…