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

August 2, 2017

4 Conventional Treatments for Mesothelioma

August 1, 2017

Case Study of Malignant Mesothelioma of the Liver and Greater Omentum May be a First

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The most common form of malignant mesothelioma arises from the pleura – the lining membrane that covers the lungs — and is usually due to asbestos exposure. But this disease ... Read more

July 31, 2017

Ptac2S Is Better Than Platinol at Reducing Growth Rate of Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma in Mice, Study Shows

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Ptac2S is more effective than Platinol (cisplatin) at reducing the growth rate of sarcomatoid malignant pleural mesothelioma in mice, according to a study. The finding comes on top of a study showing ... Read more

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017

AstraZeneca’s Mesothelioma Therapy Tremelimumab Disappoints in Phase 2b Clinical Trial

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A Phase 2b clinical trial of AstraZeneca’s mesothelioma therapy tremelimumab showed no significant difference in survival times between treated and untreated patients. In addition, five of the treated patients — or 1 percent — ... Read more

July 28, 2017

Understanding Exactly How the Lungs Work

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017

MPM Avastin and Pemetrexed/Cisplatin Combo Therapy May Not Make Economic Sense for Chinese Patients, Study Says

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Adding Avastin (bevacizumab) to a chemotherapy regimen with pemetrexed/cisplatin may not be a cost-effective choice to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), according to a new Chinese study. The study, “Cost-effectiveness ... Read more

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017

Anetumab Ravtansine Is Unable to Outperform Vinorelbine as a Mesothelioma Treatment, Trial Shows

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Bayer’s anetumab ravtansine failed to improve the time it took for mesothelioma patients’ disease to progress, compared with another chemotherapy, according to a Phase 2 clinical trial. The results applied ... Read more

July 25, 2017

9 Tips to Help Lower Your Risk of Lung Disease

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