August 18, 2017August 24, 2022
Video Guide to Creating a Chronic Illness Survival Pack
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This video from The Mighty shares some of the things a person living with a chronic illness might want to carry around with them on ... Read more
August 17, 2017August 24, 2017
5 Benefits of Cannabis Tea for Chronic Illnesses
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Medical marijuana is gaining popularity as a complementary medicine to help with many symptoms associated with chronic illnesses. While many people are ... Read more
August 16, 2017August 29, 2017
Explaining Mesothelioma Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_goSuG1lfo In this informative hand illustrated video from Osmosis, find out about the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. Using simple charts and ... Read more
August 14, 2017
How Mesothelioma Develops in Children and Young Adults
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Due to the length of time it can take mesothelioma to present symptoms — often between 20 and 50 years — people ... Read more
August 14, 2017August 14, 2017
Low-dose Photon Irradiation May Help Malignant Mesothelioma Cells Spread, German Study Warns
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Low-dose photon irradiation, commonly used in radiotherapy, potentially helps malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells spread, warns a study by Germany’s University of Heidelberg. ... Read more
August 14, 2017August 29, 2017
Mesothelioma Statistics: What’s Your Risk?
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Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that attacks the membrane lining around certain organs in the body. It most commonly affects the ... Read more
August 11, 2017
Blood MicroRNA Levels May Help Diagnose MPM and Asbestosis, Pilot Study Finds
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Researchers have found that patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and asbestosis — a chronic lung disease caused by asbestos inhalation ... Read more
August 11, 2017August 29, 2017
The Stages of Mesothelioma Symptoms
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Mesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The cancer develops in the thin tissue lining that covers the internal ... Read more
August 10, 2017
Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma Plateaus Four Decades After First Asbestos Exposure, Italian Study Reports
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The risk of developing or dying from some cancers increases steadily over time. Scientists thought that was the case with ... Read more
August 10, 2017
8 Tips To Help You Protect Your Lungs From Unhealthy Air
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7. Stay away from smokers. Don’t allow anyone to smoke in your home or place of work. Try to avoid outdoor ... Read more
August 9, 2017August 29, 2017
What to Know About Mesothelioma Remission and Recurrence
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For people that suffer from mesothelioma, remission and reccurrence frequently go together. Because mesothelioma is incurable, these two stages create an endless loop in a patient’s ... Read more
August 9, 2017
Mesothelioma is Main Cause of Death Among Patients with Asbestos-related Diseases
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More than half of all deaths related to asbestos exposure is caused by malignant mesothelioma, a new study has shown. ... Read more

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017

Mesothelin Protein Expression Can Help Predict Mesothelioma Patients’ Survival, Study Reports

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The more mesothelioma tumor cells that express the mesothelin protein, the longer a patient is likely to live, according to a study. That finding is the opposite of the connection ... Read more

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

TTFields, Which Alternates Forms of Electricity to Kill Mesothelioma Cells, Obtains an FDA Sign-off

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) status to Novocure‘s Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) for treating pleural mesothelioma. The designation provides incentives to develop devices ... Read more

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017

Simultaneous Inhibition of Two Cell Pathways Prevents Mesothelioma Tumor Growth, Study Finds

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The diabetes treatment metformin could be combined with a therapy that inhibits thet MDM2 protein to suppress the growth of malignant mesothelioma cells, a study reports. Researchers said the findings have shed ... Read more

May 15, 2017

8 of the Most Common Lung Diseases in Women

May 12, 2017

Study Identifies Blood Biomarkers for Diagnosing Early MPM

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Two potential biomarkers have been identified for the diagnosis of early malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) in a study that compared the differences in microRNA (miRNA) expression between MPM patients and ... Read more

May 12, 2017

Mesothelioma Stories: Christopher Morgan

May 11, 2017

Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy May Be Safer, More Effective in Treating Mesothelioma

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Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) was found to be less dangerous and more effective than standard conformal radiotherapy in treating malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a recent study reports. A team of researchers ... Read more

Video Guide to Creating a Chronic Illness Survival Pack

5 Benefits of Cannabis Tea for Chronic Illnesses

Explaining Mesothelioma Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

How Mesothelioma Develops in Children and Young Adults

Low-dose Photon Irradiation May Help Malignant Mesothelioma Cells Spread, German Study Warns

Mesothelioma Statistics: What’s Your Risk?

Blood MicroRNA Levels May Help Diagnose MPM and Asbestosis, Pilot Study Finds

The Stages of Mesothelioma Symptoms

Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma Plateaus Four Decades After First Asbestos Exposure, Italian Study Reports

8 Tips To Help You Protect Your Lungs From Unhealthy Air

What to Know About Mesothelioma Remission and Recurrence

Mesothelioma is Main Cause of Death Among Patients with Asbestos-related Diseases