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

February 15, 2017

First Patient Begins Treatment in Trial of Combo Therapy for Advanced Solid Tumors

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The first patient has begun treatment in a Phase 1 trial assessing a combination of Transgene’s Pexa-Vec, an oncolytic virus, and the immune checkpoint inhibitor Yervoy (ipilimumab) in advanced solid ... Read more

February 14, 2017

Virus in Mesothelioma Cells Could Become New Way to Treat the Cancer, Study Reports

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A virus that infects only mesothelioma cells producing a specific growth factor could be used to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma, according to a Japanese study that reported the therapy generated ... Read more

February 13, 2017

Mesothelioma Patients Live Longer With Combination of Treatments

February 13, 2017February 13, 2017

Study Links Poverty to Shorter Survival for Mesothelioma Patients

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Poor people with mesothelioma live shorter lives and are less likely to get chemotherapy than those with higher incomes, though geographical distance to oncological specialty care has no effect on survival, a ... Read more

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017

Turmeric-Derived Compound Proves Effective Against Tumors in Mesothelioma Mouse Models

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A natural compound derived from turmeric, a plant from the ginger family, has the ability to destroy tumors — at least in mice — concludes a recent Italian study on mesothelioma. ... Read more

February 9, 2017

Image-Guided Needle Biopsies Could Replace Invasive Diagnostic Procedures for Pleural Mesothelioma, Study Suggests

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Percutaneous image-guided biopsies are very sensitive in detecting malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) with few complications, and may decrease the need for surgical biopsies, according to a new study. The study, “A Single-Institution ... Read more

February 8, 2017

Uneven Distribution of Drugs in Mesothelioma Tissue May Explain Lack of Treatment Responses

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The cancer drug Taxol (paclitaxel) is very unevenly distributed in a model of malignant pleural mesothelioma, according to a new imaging technique that visualizes how a drug spreads within a ... 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