Category: Mesothelioma

Baylor College of Medicine to Conduct Clinical Trial of a New Mesothelioma Treatment

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
Baylor College of Medicine to Conduct Clinical Trial of a New Mesothelioma Treatment

About 3,000 people are diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma every year in the U.S., with the majority of them dying within 18 months of diagnosis. The typical treatment for this very aggressive cancer has for decades been a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surg...

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States File a Lawsuit Over Asbestos Regulations Against the EPA

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.
States File a Lawsuit Over Asbestos Regulations Against the EPA

Medical professionals diagnose approximately 3,000 new cases of asbestos-related mesothelioma each year within the United States. Individuals diagnosed with the disease have an average life expectancy of only 12 to 22 months. To help combat against mesothelioma, 10 states have ...

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Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Military Mesothelioma on Friday, June 7, 2019.
Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

U.S. military branches have sent high-level commanders to visit nearly 300,000 housing units in the aftermath of a devastating Reuters report that detailed serious health and safety hazards at military housing facilities across the country.Earlier this year, we’ve already sum...

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Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Military Mesothelioma on Friday, May 10, 2019.
Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

U.S. military branches have sent high-level commanders to visit nearly 300,000 housing units in the aftermath of a devastating Reuters report that detailed serious health and safety hazards at military housing facilities across the country. Earlier this year, we summarized the r...

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Navy Veterans in Asbestos Case

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma, Military Mesothelioma on Friday, March 29, 2019.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Navy Veterans in Asbestos Case

On March 19, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the widows of two Navy veterans who died of mesothelioma can move forward with a lawsuit against five manufacturers of asbestos-containing equipment, even though the asbestos was added to the equipment by a third party after pu...

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Safety of Military Housing Under Scrutiny After Children Suffer Lead Poisoning

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Friday, March 1, 2019.
Safety of Military Housing Under Scrutiny After Children Suffer Lead Poisoning

Military families living at bases in Texas and across the nation remain frustrated and concerned about their health months after a bombshell Reuters report exposed lead paint poisoning hazards in privatized homes on military bases. Military leadership has been scrambling to addr...

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Johnson & Johnson Knew its Baby Powder Contained Asbestos

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Friday, January 11, 2019.
Johnson & Johnson Knew its Baby Powder Contained Asbestos

Bombshell mid-December reports by two of the world’s largest news organizations have revealed extensive evidence that Johnson & Johnson—the maker of iconic consumer products like Band-Aids, Tylenol, and Neutrogena—knew its famous baby powder was sometimes tainted with c...

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Study Confirms Understanding of Most Effective Mesothelioma Treatments

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.
Study Confirms Understanding of Most Effective Mesothelioma Treatments

The results of a long-term study on the effectiveness of mesothelioma treatment by Belgian scientists should bring comfort and confidence to patients currently receiving care or who are about to begin their journey. The study, published in November 2018 in the scientific journal ...

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Who Is at Risk for Mesothelioma?

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.

Like any other cancer, mesothelioma can be scary. People who hear about it in the news or on TV, or who see their friends and coworkers struggle with it, worry if it will happen to them. The truth is that the biggest risk factor for mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. People who w...

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Cancer-Causing Asbestos, Banned For Decades, Could Be Returning To American Construction

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

This past summer, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enacted a new rule that once again permits the use of asbestos products in construction. The rule bypasses the need to evaluate the effects of asbestos exposure in the air, ground or water. Asbestos, now banned in over 6...

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