Mesothelioma News

Minnesota Department of Health withheld information about miner's illnesses. Minneapolis TV11, June 2007 http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=257677

The poisonous legacy of 9/11. The New Statesman, June 2007. http://www.newstatesman.com/200706040025

Asbestos disease predictions too low. Australian National University, April 2007. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070402100931.htm

Men show higher malignant mesothelioma rates after asbestos exposure. Reuters Health Information, March, 2007. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/552943

Chemo combination improves survival in asbestos-related cancer. Center for the Advancement of Health, Feb. 2007. http://www.hbns.org/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1439

Virotherapy Shows Promise in Treating Mesothelioma http://www.cancermonthly.com/iNP/view.asp?ID=172

Legacy of asbestos contamination still being set http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/21/news/state/65-asbestos.txt

Union probes disease, asbestos links at shipyards http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/03/19/asbestos-shipyards.html

International Symposium Will Focus On Curing Mesothelioma
Source: BioSPace.com - October 6, 2004
A lethal, but long- overlooked cancer will take a major step out of the shadows next week, as The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation convenes the First International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma. 4Article

Daschle Agrees to $140 Billion Asbestos Relief Fund
Source: Bloomberg - September 16, 2004
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle accepted a Republican proposal limiting a trust fund for asbestos victims to $140 billion to break a deadlock that has stalled the legislation in Congress. 4Article

Experimental Surgery Gives Cancer Patient Hope
Source: TheBostonChannel.com - September 16, 2004
Nine months ago, Karen Grant was diagnosed with a cancer that doctors said was untreatable, but an experimental surgery gave her a sliver of hope. 4Article

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) seeks to serve as the united voice for all asbestos victims.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice has just helped expose -- and is working hard to prevent -- an illegal and unethical asbestos experiment planned by the City of Fort Worth, Texas. Read Article.

TV Ad Calls For Asbestos Bill To Fail

Research is continually being conducted to learn more about mesothelioma and its physical consequences as well as the effectiveness of various treatments. Keep checking here to find updated information on studies that can help you deal with this disease.

Environmental Working Group new study shows that 10,000 people a year are dying from asbestos and the death toll rising. See www.ewg.org/reports/asbestos for the full report. Read Article

The Food and Drug Administration announced on 2/5/2004 it has approved the first drug for treatment of a rare type of cancer known as malignant pleural mesothelioma. Read Article

ASBESTOS legislation falls apart in the Senate Article. Read Article

Senator renews her efforts to ban asbestos. Read Article

New study reviews novel approach to control inflammation caused mesothelioma Read Article

Fund would aid asbestos victims But few expect the Senate to approve the $114 billion measure Read Article

Meet the Chemistry professor that developed Alimta, the new cancer drug. Read Article

American Cancer Society

New Drug Nearly Doubles Survival Time For Mesothelioma Patients Pain; Other Symptoms Also Eased For Many
2002/08/20

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