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Video Guide to Creating a Chronic Illness Survival Pack
Social ClipsThis 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 -
5 Benefits of Cannabis Tea for Chronic Illnesses
Social ClipsMedical marijuana is gaining popularity as a complementary medicine to help with many symptoms associated with chronic illnesses. While many people are ... Read more -
Explaining Mesothelioma Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Social Clipshttps://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 -
How Mesothelioma Develops in Children and Young Adults
Social ClipsDue to the length of time it can take mesothelioma to present symptoms — often between 20 and 50 years — people ... Read more -
Low-dose Photon Irradiation May Help Malignant Mesothelioma Cells Spread, German Study Warns
NewsLow-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 -
Mesothelioma Statistics: What’s Your Risk?
Social ClipsMesothelioma is a type of cancer that attacks the membrane lining around certain organs in the body. It most commonly affects the ... Read more -
Blood MicroRNA Levels May Help Diagnose MPM and Asbestosis, Pilot Study Finds
NewsResearchers have found that patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and asbestosis — a chronic lung disease caused by asbestos inhalation ... Read more -
The Stages of Mesothelioma Symptoms
Social ClipsMesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The cancer develops in the thin tissue lining that covers the internal ... Read more -
Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma Plateaus Four Decades After First Asbestos Exposure, Italian Study Reports
NewsThe risk of developing or dying from some cancers increases steadily over time. Scientists thought that was the case with ... Read more -
8 Tips To Help You Protect Your Lungs From Unhealthy Air
Social Clips7. Stay away from smokers. Don’t allow anyone to smoke in your home or place of work. Try to avoid outdoor ... Read more -
What to Know About Mesothelioma Remission and Recurrence
Social ClipsFor 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 -
Mesothelioma is Main Cause of Death Among Patients with Asbestos-related Diseases
NewsMore than half of all deaths related to asbestos exposure is caused by malignant mesothelioma, a new study has shown. ... Read more
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
9 Tips to Lower Your Risk of Lung Disease
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
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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
8 of the Most Common Lung Diseases in Women
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
Mesothelioma Stories: Christopher Morgan
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