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Mesothelioma Lawsuits: Get The Facts Along With Advice On Diagnosis And Treatment
Our site is designed specifically with our customers in mind, the people and their loved ones who suffer from Mesothelioma, and to provide them with information on symptoms and diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma treatments and suggests the best options for making their legal claim” says David Reed of Mesthelioma-information (http://mesothelioma-information.atspace.com) Mesothelioma (cancer of the mesothelium) is a disease in which cells of the mesothelium become abnormal and divide without control or order. They can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also metastasize (spread) from their original site to other parts of the body. Most cases of mesothelioma
Compensation battle
The word asbestos strikes a note of horror for hundreds of families bereaved through its related illness - we find out what industrial compensation those families may or may not be entitled to... Most of the heavy industry that helped to drive the industrial revolution, and which dominated the lives
Lung cancer drug 'gets go-ahead'
Patients across the north east of England are to be given a potentially life-saving lung cancer drug. Regional health bosses have lifted restrictions on Alimta to be given to people with mesothelioma. The decision by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority was made just days after a Teesside man's
Experts Say Fear of Asbestos Exceeds the Risk in Schools
The decision to delay the opening of New York City's schools while they are inspected for asbestos was based more on a need to reassure fearful parents than on any estimate of health risk in this situation, health experts and school officials say. There is no question that asbestos inhaled
Nephrotic syndrome and mesenteric infarction secondary to metastatic mesothelioma
Malignant mesothelioma can present insidiously with progressive breathlessness and chest pain. Paraneoplastic, or non-chest related, presentations are very rare. The case of an elderly man with occupational exposure to asbestos who presented with nephrotic syndrome due to minimal change nephropathy in the context of advanced pleural mesothelial malignancy is reported.
Man exposed to asbestos at work
An inquest has heard how a Warwickshire man died after being exposed to asbestos while working at a thermal engineering company. John Philpott of Villa Farm, Wolvey, died from mesothelioma, a malignant tumour of the lung lining, in June. Warwickshire coroner Michael Coker ruled Mr Philpott died from asbestos he
Asbestos will 'kill 250,000'
Doctors estimate that up to a quarter of a million men in Western Europe will die from an asbestos-related cancer in the next 35 years. Professor Julian Peto of the Institute of Cancer Research and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine predicted a European epidemic in mesothelioma, a
Diagnosing mesothelioma
Mesotheliom--a potent and usually deadly cancer that has been linked to asbestos exposure but that takes decades to develop--is the subject of increasing legal action, with dozens of law firms actively seeking plaintiffs to file suit against the companies that may have been responsible for their asbestos exposure. In fact,
James Hardie has moral obligation to pay up: Combet
TONY EASTLEY: While the Inquiry found that James Hardie is now not legally obliged to pay compensation, it did conclude that James Hardie has a moral obligation to do so. And the man who will have a large say in determining that compensation is ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet. I spoke to him
Woman wins asbestos compensation payout
COMPERE: Meanwhile an Adelaide woman who contracted mesothelioma by washing her husband's work clothes has received a compensation pay out of $374,000. Mrs Winnifred Brennan laundered asbestos contaminated clothes every day for many years. Petria Wallace reports that her legal win is expected to open the door for a rush of other
Asbestos legislation falls apart in the Senate
Once-promising legislation to compensate asbestos victims while shielding companies from crippling jury awards collapsed yesterday in the Senate amid charges of election-year gamesmanship. The $124 billion bill, which was written by Senate Republicans with comment from the asbestos and insurance industries, fell far short of the 60 votes needed to end