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 11, 2017

10 Common Emotional Responses to a Cancer Diagnosis

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

Orally Available Small Molecule Inhibitor of SCD1 Targets Mesothelioma Metabolism, Study Finds

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New preclinical research shows that T-3764518, an orally available small molecule inhibitor of stearoyl-CoA desaturate-1 (SCD1), can block tumor growth in colon cancer and mesothelioma cell lines as well as ... Read more

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

MicroRNA Levels Could Help Distinguish Malignant Mesothelioma from Lung Cancer, Study Reports

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Analyzing the levels of microRNA (miRNA)-130a in cells collected from pleural effusions, a condition in which fluid accumulates between the thin membranes surrounding the lungs, may help distinguish malignant pleural ... Read more

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

Doll Factories Pose Occupational Hazard for Asbestos Exposure, Italian Study Finds

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Women who work in cloth doll factories are exposed to asbestos and therefore have a higher risk of developing mesothelioma, an Italian study found. The report, “Pleural mesothelioma in doll ... Read more

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017

Asbestos-disease Groups Blast 7 Producer Countries’ Bid to Keep Profits Rolling in

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Seven countries that mine asbestos have prevented a form of it known as chrysotile asbestos from being added to the United Nations Rotterdam Convention‘s list of substances that are so hazardous that ... Read more

May 5, 2017June 7, 2017

6 Things to Know About Using Medicinal Marijuana

May 4, 2017

Electron Microscopy Still a Valuable Tool for Diagnosing Mesothelioma, Researchers Argue

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Despite advances in diagnostic tools available to scientists, electron microscopy (EM) remains important in the diagnosis of many diseases, including malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). This is according to an article ... 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