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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
PD-L1-positive Immune Cells May Help to Predict Survival Rates in EPMM, Study Says
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A study that looked into France’s RENAPE Observational Registry, a database of rare peritoneal tumors, found that the presence of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) on immune cells in epithelioid peritoneal ... Read more
4 Possible Experimental Treatments for Mesothelioma
Could Cannabis Help People With Lung Diseases?
Combining Immunotherapy, Accelerated Radiation and Surgery Bolsters Immune Response Against Mesothelioma, Study Shows
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Combining immunotherapy, accelerated radiation and surgery can improve immune system response against malignant pleural mesothelioma, according to a study. Immunotherapies for solid tumors have become a major focus of cancer research, ... Read more
New Way to Promote Cell Death Could Lead to Better Mesothelioma Therapies, Study Reports
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Activating a new mechanism to promote cell death could provide hope for better mesothelioma treatments, a Japanese study indicates. The research, ”Connexin 43 enhances Bax activation via JNK activation in ... Read more
Why Veterans Have Such a High Risk of Developing Mesothelioma
How Mesothelioma Develops in Children and Young Adults
Zoledronic Acid Could Be a Mesothelioma Add-On Treatment, Researchers Contend After Pilot Study
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Zoledronic acid was only modestly active as a stand-alone therapy for advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma in a small Phase 2 pilot clinical trial. But researchers argue that its properties make ... Read more
TCR²’s Engineered Immune T-Cells Outperform More Common Class of Cells Against Mesothelioma, Studies Show
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A key approach to treating cancer these days is engineering immune T-cells to produce receptors on their surfaces that recognize cancer, so that the T-cells can attack it. One engineering ... Read more