Mesothelioma

Asbestos Mesothelioma News

WA NewsThursday, November 27, 2008 @ 6:23PMPerth scientists have made a major breakthrough in their bid to find a cure for the deadly lung disease mesothelioma, after discovering that a commercial skin cancer cream was able to cure mice with advanced mesothelioma tumours.

Nine Year Ban Fails to Eradicate Asbestos Related DiseasesThursday, November 27, 2008 @ 12:27PM Nine years after its use was banned, statistics show that nearly 4,000 people in the UK die each year from the effects of asbestos exposure whilst at work. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674524.htm

Nine Year Ban Fails to Eradicate Asbestos Related DiseasesThursday, November 27, 2008 @ 2:01AM Nine years after its use was banned, statistics show that nearly 4,000 people in the UK die each year from the effects of asbestos exposure whilst at work.

Ara > Senior LivingMonday, November 24, 2008 @ 4:26PM(ARA) - Baby boomers have been rewriting American culture for decades. Now, as the first wave of retiring boomers leaves the work force and the next wave is reaching the 55-plus mark, they are redefining yet another great American institution - volunteerism.

Victory on asbestos pay-outsMonday, November 24, 2008 @ 8:20AMFAMILIES of mesothelioma victims will not be denied compensation from insurers, thanks to a High Court victory. Insurers had tried to use a legal loophole to defeat claims made against them by victims of the asbestos-related cancer or their families.

‘My husband’s asbestos horror’Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 2:31AMTERRY WARD spent most of his life as a builder working on sites with little or no protection against the invisible danger of asbestos.

Insurers must pick up bill for asbestos claims, court rulesSaturday, November 22, 2008 @ 5:24PMIndustrial companies facing thousands of compensation claims brought by employees exposed to asbestos decades ago yesterday welcomed a court ruling confirming their insurers must pick up the multi-million-pound bill.

Isle of Wight: Civil claim over asbestos deathFriday, November 21, 2008 @ 4:15AMBy County Press Reporter - Friday, November 21, 2008 A CIVIL claim is being mounted by a union on behalf a widow whose husband died at the age of just 49 from exposure to killer asbestos.