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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
King County 4th in U.S. for asbestos deaths
King County has the fourth-highest number of deaths related to asbestos in the country, likely a deadly legacy of its heyday as a World War II-era shipbuilding mecca and of its proximity to the plants that processed asbestos-laden vermiculite ore from Libby, Mont. The data, compiled from government death statistics by
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
Weitz & Luxenberg Responds: New Findings Show that Asbestos-Related Illnesses are Diagnosed at Younger Ages
In May 2007, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) released important new information regarding the age and gender of patients newly diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. The results of case reports obtained over the past three years reflect a disturbing statistic: new asbestos disease
ACTU calls on Govt to phase out importation of asbestos
On the same day that a South Australian woman has received a record payout for pain and suffering from an asbestos-related disease, a meeting of the Federal and State Workplace Relations Ministers in Melbourne agreed to yet more time-consuming consultation on phasing out the importation of the deadly substances. This follows
Woman wins asbestos compensation payout
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Hundreds of millions of dollars each year is paid out from asbestos makers to victims of mesothelioma. But far less is spent on research. From 2000 through last year, the National Cancer Institute spent $8.4 million on mesothelioma research, less than a tenth of one percent of the federal agency's $15.83
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.
Increase in mesothelioma cases prompts call for checks
The Asbestos Diseases Society is urging anyone who has lived in or visited the town of Wittenoom in Western Australia's north-west to be checked by a doctor after an increase in the number of people being diagnosed with mesothelioma. The society says nine people, mostly the children of those who worked
Diseases and Conditions
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer that occurs in the thin layer of tissue that covers the majority of your internal organs (mesothelium). Doctors divide mesothelioma into different categories based on what part of the mesothelium is affected by cancer. Mesothelioma that occurs in the tissue that surrounds the lung
Blood Test May Spot Asbestos-Linked Cancer
A blood test could help screen for pleural mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, a new study shows. The test checks blood levels of a protein called osteopontin. Blood osteopontin levels "rise dramatically" in the early stages of pleural mesothelioma, says researcher Harvey Pass, MD, in a news release. "A rise in the level of