Posts in 2013

Dec 30 Pleural Mesothelioma at a Glance: Cause, Symptoms, Treatment and Outlook

Pleural mesothelioma is a tragic and devastating illness—not only because of its poor prognosis but also because of the pure ...

Dec 27 Asbestos Exposure-When, Where, Why and How You Could Be at Risk

Asbestos exposure has affected tens of thousands of Americans to date—blue-collar workers, military vets and even stay-at-home ...

Dec 27 Veterans and Mesothelioma: Tracing the Asbestos Crisis Through the U.S. Military

Tragically, veterans with mesothelioma make up almost one-third of mesothelioma cancer deaths in the U.S annually. A majority of ...

Dec 27 How Mesothelioma Treatment is Changing and What to Expect in the Coming Years

Traditional mesothelioma treatment methods have followed the medical standard for cancer management—revolving primarily around the ...

Dec 26 Hope for a Terminal Diagnosis?-How the Mesothelioma Survival Rate Could Change in Coming Years

Currently, the mesothelioma survival rate is dismal—for each year post-diagnosis, the percentage of survivors is essentially cut ...

Dec 26 Mesothelioma from Asbestos on the Job: How Millions of Americans Got Cancer at Work

Mesothelioma and asbestos , we now know, go tragically hand in hand. A toxic and once almost omnipresent carcinogen, asbestos made ...