Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Asbestos / Mesothelioma News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/asbestos/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154619.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154619.php The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday declared its first-ever "public health emergency," asbestos contamination near Libby and Troy, Mont., northwestern mining towns, the Associated Press reports. "Asbestos contamination from a now-closed vermiculite mine has been cited in the deaths of more than 200 people and illnesses of thousands more. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148110.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148110.php Designing a Randomized Controlled Trial for Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Breast Cancer Risk Researchers describe the rationale and a possible design for randomized controlled trials that test the impact of physical activity and weight control on breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147938.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147938.php The Environmental Information Association (EIA) and the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) today announced the development of the Chrysotile Asbestos Fact Sheet (CAFS). The EIA and ADAO concluded, along with the majority of scientific agencies, that there is sufficient evidence to support that all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile, are carcinogenic and are responsible for asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma, laryngeal and ovarian cancers. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145613.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145613.php The Vermont Department of Health has found that five deaths from asbestosis during the years 1996 to 2005 among people who lived near the Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) mine can be explained by occupational exposure to asbestos. Phone interviews with next of kin and VAG employment records have confirmed that three of the five people who died had worked at the mine, and two moved to Vermont after developing asbestosis, apparently from other work exposures. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/144780.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/144780.php The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the leading organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today applauded the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)'s reconfirmation this week that all commercial asbestos fibers - including chrysotile, the most commercially used form of asbestos - cause lung cancer and mesothelioma. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141541.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141541.php The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the leading organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, celebrates the passage of S.RES.57, a resolution that declares the first week of April as "National Asbestos Awareness Week" and urges the Surgeon General to warn and educate Americans on the severe hazards of asbestos exposure. ADAO praises Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) for his work in introducing the important resolution. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141141.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141141.php One in 17 British carpenters born in the 1940s will die of mesothelioma - a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by asbestos - according to new research[1]* published in the British Journal of Cancer. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140835.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140835.php Morphotek®, Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Corporation of North America, has announced that it has commenced a multi-centered Phase II study of its MORAb-009 monoclonal antibody in mesothelioma. The study will evaluate MORAb-009, plus the chemotherapy drugs pemetrexed and cisplatinum, as a first-line treatment for patients with mesothelioma. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140859.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140859.php Mesothelioma is a form of lung cancer that is almost always caused by asbestos exposure and is most commonly found in the outer lining of the lungs called the mesothelium. A majority of the people who develop mesothelioma contract this cancer through breathing in asbestos fibers or being exposed to asbestos dust while on the job. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/138162.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/138162.php The Health and Safety Executive has warned firms to properly assess risks when working with asbestos and ensure, if necessary, only licensed contractors are used. The call follows the prosecution on 4 February 2009 of Westpoint Schoolcare Ltd for breaching Regulations 5, 8(1) and 11 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/138015.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/138015.php The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) will host its 5th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference in Manhattan Beach, CA., on Saturday, March 28, 2009, with activities throughout the weekend. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136661.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136661.php Four men from Texas are suing Chevron and Gulf Oil on behalf of their father who died recently of mesothelioma which is a cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Kyle, Dan, Ted and Mark Bergeron claim that their father Gliese Bergeron's disease was wrongfully caused. Gliese Bergeron died of mesothelioma on October 22, 2008. According to the lawsuit filed Dec. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136341.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136341.php The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning that firms exposing workers to asbestos would be penalised. It added that electrical contracting companies and other building and refurbishment trades must provide suitable asbestos awareness training to employees or face prosecution. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136297.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136297.php LegalView, the most informative legal resource available on the Internet, informed its mesothelioma information blog readers of a new diagnostics test that is capable of differentiating between the deadly mesothelioma cancer and other types of similar lung cancers, thus improving expediency of treatments. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136155.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/136155.php Americas Watchdog created the Mesothelioma Victims Center to be the absolute best resource & help center in the world for an individual who has been diagnosis with a lethal form of cancer called mesothelioma. According to the Americas Watchdog, "We created the Mesothelioma Victims Center so that a mesothelioma victim, or their family would not have to go through what we went through, when it was discovered that a close family member was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134045.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134045.php The SimmonsCooper law firm announced today that the Mesothelioma Video Library Web site, a free educational resource for patients and families affected by mesothelioma, has been recognized by the Web Marketing Association and W3 Awards for its innovation and excellence on the web. The Mesothelioma Video Library is the first video-driven Web site to address mesothelioma and asbestos-related issues. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/132692.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/132692.php Registration is now open for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization's (ADAO) 5th annual Asbestos Awareness Day Conference March 27 - 29, 2009 at the Manhattan Beach Marriott in Manhattan Beach, CA. Affected individuals and families, employers, employees, research scientists and medical experts from around the globe are expected to attend. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130915.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130915.php Trainee apprentices from around the West Midlands received a stark warning from the Health and Safety Executive that, once exposed to asbestos fibres in their lungs, they could die a premature death from mesothelioma unless they take necessary precautions in the workplace. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130557.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130557.php The Mesothelioma Victims Center is a world class free service designed to assist all victims of Mesothelioma, or to assist the families of victims, who have this disease. The group has just expanded its service to assist Mesothelioma victims or their families to find the right law firm to help them. According to Americas Watchdog, "we want the victims of this horrible disease get the absolute best legal advice; not a law firm that will simply refer the case onto someone else. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130551.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130551.php The risk of precancerous lesions developing into Respiratory / Asthma Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129192.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129192.php Hospital admissions for lung cancer remained relatively stable - at roughly 150,000 a year between 1995 and 2006 - despite a steady decline in the number of Americans diagnosed with the disease, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Lung Cancer Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126776.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126776.php Figures issued by the Health and Safety Executive today revealed that every week 20 tradesmen die from asbestos-related diseases, and this number is set to increase. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126445.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126445.php An asbestos surveying company has been fined after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to identify asbestos insulation board in school buildings in Rhondda Cynon Taf during a series of type 2 asbestos surveys carried out for the Authority. Normandie Analytical Services Ltd ("The Company") carried out the surveys at Cardinal Newman Comprehensive School in Pontypridd, and Aberdare Boys School, Aberdare. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126112.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126112.php Canada continues to export asbestos to developing countries, despite limiting its use in Canada, write Dr. Amir Attaran, David Boyd and Dr. Matthew Stanbrook http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg871.pdf on behalf of the CMAJ editorial team. Asbestos / Mesothelioma Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126023.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126023.php The American Association for Cancer Research, in partnership with the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation, is accepting applications for grants supporting innovation in cancer prevention research and international collaboration. The deadline for applications is November 20, 2008. The grant terms will begin on July 1, 2009. Cancer / Oncology