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  • Landmark ruling for asbestos victims Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 7:19PM Thousands of victims of asbestos-related cancer and their families won a test case at the High Court yesterday which opens the way to the award of compensation running into millions of pounds.
  • Asbestos: The hidden killer Sunday, November 9, 2008 @ 4:53AMAn old wall with decaying and crumbling asbestos tiles. Warnings should be posted in such areas so that anyone working there knows not to disturb them.
  • Applications Invited for 2009 Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Awards Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 9:35AMThe American Association for Cancer Research, in partnership with the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation, is accepting applications for grants supporting innovation in cancer prevention research and international collaboration. The deadline for applications is November 20, 2008. The grant terms will begin on July 1, 2009.
  • Asbestos crook faces new charges Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 3:11AMSYRACUSE (AP) - A 45-year-old Utica businessman previously convicted of illegal asbestos removal faces up to 55 years in federal prison after being indicted Thursday for a second time on charges he violated the federal Clean Air law.
  • Asbestos Cases in Jeopardy Following Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 9:34PMThe Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a 2004 law imposing stricter rules on those suing for asbestos-related injuries can be applied to cases pending before the legislation was passed, a move that could frustrate thousands of people seeking claims. The 5-to-2 decision means that many of the 40,000 Ohio cases filed before the law was enacted are likely to be dismissed. It also has potential ...
  • Father, 2 sons indicted on alleged illegal asbestos removal Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 1:57PM SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WKTV) - The U.S. Attorney for Northern New York has indicted a father and his two sons for alleged illegal asbestos removal throughout Central and Northern New York.
  • LegalView Reports Cancer Risk for St. Louis Residents After Unapproved Asbestos Removal During Demolition Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 5:16AM LegalView recently informed mesothelioma blog readers of improper removal of asbestos in St. Louis that may have left thousands of residents at risk for developing mesothelioma cancer. The city used an unapproved "wet method" of removing asbestos fibers, which may expose residents to the asbestos dust once the water evaporates. (PRWeb Sep 29, 2008) Read the full story at ...
  • LegalView Reports Cancer Risk for St. Louis Residents After Unapproved Asbestos Removal During Demolition Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:01AM LegalView recently informed mesothelioma blog readers of improper removal of asbestos in St. Louis that may have left thousands of residents at risk for developing mesothelioma cancer. The city used an unapproved "wet method" of removing asbestos fibers, which may expose residents to the asbestos dust once the water evaporates.
  • LegalView Re-launching Truck Accident Injury Information Portal with Updated News and Information on the Costly and ... Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:01AM LegalView announced the re-launch of its truck accident practice area that will provide victims of these costly and fatal truck accidents with updated articles and facts to help them overcome the severity of the incident. The truck accident injury information portal will also provide insightful statistics and links to the most recent jury verdicts.
  • Deadline looms for claims against deadly insulation Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 6:56PMA deadline looms for people whose homes or businesses contain Zonolite Attic Insulation, a granular, gray-gold material tainted with shards of asbestos.
  • Cancer MP John MacDougall was suing the government Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 7:07PMThe Labour MP John MacDougall, whose death prompted the latest by-election to threaten Gordon Brown’s premiership, was suing the government for refusing to pay compensation for the illness that killed him.
  • Queries from readers Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 11:55AMs there a drug that dissolves arterial blockage? There is no medication today that dissolves calcific, cement-like, arterial blockage due to hardening of the arteries.
  • HOME PAGE Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 2:48PMLow prices, delayed payments pull down sugar output Sugarcane gives way to soya, maize as growers switch crops. Chennai, Aug. 10 Low prices for sugar during the last two years and delay in payment for sugarcane delivered by growers to sugar mills seem to have taken a toll on the ...
  • HOME PAGE Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 2:44PMChaturvedi panel favours differential pricing for diesel Moots auto fuel hike, phasing out of cooking fuel subsidy.
  • Site navigation Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 10:44AMWork as a builder and a sheet metal worker in the 1950s was the likely cause of an asbestos-related cancer which killed a 68-year-old Newtown man.
  • Weitz & Luxenberg Secures $16.25 Mil Jury Verdict in Asbestos Case Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 9:45AM NEW YORK----On Friday, June 27, 2008, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. achieved a $16.25 million verdict in an asbestos lawsuit on behalf of Marvin Penn, 71, diagnosed with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, and his wife Josephine Penn.
  • HOME PAGE Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 4:32PMMetso ramping up Indian investments €30-m Metso Park project under way. Metso Minerals is stepping up its India investments to cater to increased demand for crushing and vibrating equipment and pumps in the country, and related service products. ...
  • HOME PAGE Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 3:01PMBanks face audit burden on farm loan reimbursement IBA takes up issue with Government. Mumbai, Aug. 8 Even as the Government is gearing up to disburse the first tranche of farm loan reimbursement by September 30, banks are facing a new problem, which could delay the entire ...
  • HOME PAGE Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 3:04PMTata Steel net rises 22% at Rs 1,488 cr Company posts Rs 303-cr forex loss. Mumbai, July 31 Tata Steel Ltd has posted a 21.78-per-cent rise in its standalone net profit at Rs 1,488.40 crore for the quarter-ended June 30, against Rs 1,222.11 crore logged in the same period of last ...
  • HOME PAGE Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 3:01PM‘Banks to see moderate credit growth’ Fee-based income will gain importance. Mumbai, Aug. 1 The banking industry will see a moderate growth in credit this fiscal, following the hike in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India, said Mr T.S. Narayanasami, Chairman and Managing ...
  • HOME PAGE Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 3:04PMM&M Q1 net down 17% To merge Punjab Tractors with itself. Mumbai, July 30Tractor and utility vehicle major Mahindra and Mahindra reported a 17 per cent fall in the first quarter net profit. According to the company, the fall in profits is mainly on account of ...
  • HOME PAGE Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @ 3:03PMBad news for stocks, cheer for debt investors With yet another round of policy rate hikes and talk of ‘aggregate demand pressures’, the RBI’s latest policy review signals that the central bank is willing to pull out all stops to battle inflation, even if this means ...
  • HOME PAGE Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 2:33PMBank of India net surges 78% on core operations, NPA management Mumbai, July 28 While several public sector banks reported flat growth in profit and some even losses, Mumbai-based Bank of India’s net profit surged by 78 per cent to Rs 562 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2008, against Rs 315 crore ...
  • HOME PAGE Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 2:18PMHydel power output likely to fall sharply S-W monsoon fails to augment reservoirs across States; utilities forced to downsize generation targets. New Delhi, July 27 Hydropower generation in the country could witness a sharp dip due to the south-west monsoon pretty much fizzling out ...
  • Rosetta Genomics Completes Acquisition Of Parkway Clinical Laboratories Inc. Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 1:40PMRosetta Genomics Ltd., a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Parkway Clinical Laboratories Inc., a privately-held company owning a CLIA-certified lab located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,900,000, consisting of $1,900,000 in cash and $1,000,000 of ...
  • Google Penalizes Newsday.com For Selling Links Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 4:30PM According to Search Engine Roundtable , a popular media website Newsday.com , has been hit hard in terms of PageRank, as Google has specified that the website in question has been penalized for selling links that pass PageRank and for violating read more
  • LegalView Blog Announces Recruitment of Mesothelioma Victims for New Clinical Trial Combining Chemotherapy and ... Saturday, July 12, 2008 @ 3:11AM LegalView made available the details of a new clinical trial, which will test chemotherapy and radiation methods rather than surgery as a treatment among mesothelioma patients. Victims of mesothelioma cancer are currently being recruited for the study, which will likely last 13 weeks. (PRWeb Jul 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1099204.htm
  • LegalView Blog Announces Recruitment of Mesothelioma Victims for New Clinical Trial Combining Chemotherapy and ... Saturday, July 12, 2008 @ 3:01AM LegalView made available the details of a new clinical trial, which will test chemotherapy and radiation methods rather than surgery as a treatment among mesothelioma patients. Victims of mesothelioma cancer are currently being recruited for the study, which will likely last 13 weeks.
  • Obituaries for July 3, 2008 Thursday, July 3, 2008 @ 2:18PM  read more »
  • North Huntingdon residents join forces to help man with leukemia Thursday, July 3, 2008 @ 6:03AMWhatever it is that moves people to rally around a community member in need, those around Brandon Lewis have it to spare. ...
  • HOME PAGE Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 2:21PMNon-compete fee, almost 25% of offer price Mumbai, June 25 Idea Cellular, which is buying 40.8 per cent stake in Spice Communications, will pay an additional Rs 544 crore to the promoters of Spice group as ‘non-compete fee’. A section of analysts sees it as a way of ...
  • HOME PAGE Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 2:18PMSBI, Union Bank hike lending rate by 50 bps Mumbai, June 26 Banks have started hiking lending and deposit rates. Two public sector banks – State Bank of India and Union Bank of India – have announced an increase in their prime lending rates by 50 basis points each. Union ...
  • Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
  • Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
  • Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
  • Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 5:44AMThe Diet enacted a bill Wednesday to enable the provision of benefits for people who were confirmed to have died of asbestos-linked illnesses after their deaths.
  • Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 11:03PM THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with mesothelioma, a lung cancer usually linked to asbestos exposure, does not...
  • Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 8:36PMTherapy does not appear to help quality of life for lung cancer linked to asbestos.
  • Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 8:14PMCopyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with mesothelioma, a lung cancer usually linked to asbestos exposure, does not appear to improve either survival or quality of life.
  • Help For All US Navy Mesothelioma Victims From Asbestos Exposure Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 3:01AM If you are a victim of Mesothelioma, a family member, or friend of a victim, Americas Watchdog is there for you.
  • Unions call for inquiry into cancer Sunday, April 27, 2008 @ 11:14PMMore than 1.5 million Australian workers may be exposed to cancer-causing substances while at work without even knowing it, peak union body, the ACTU, has claimed.
  • Unions call for inquiry into cancer Sunday, April 27, 2008 @ 10:57PMMore than 1.5 million Australian workers may be exposed to cancer-causing substances while at work without even knowing it, peak union body, the ACTU, claims.
  • HOME PAGE Sunday, April 6, 2008 @ 2:56PM‘RBI may use CRR, market stabilisation to tackle inflation’ Mumbai, April 5 Faced with the tough job of balancing growth, which is showing signs of slowing down, and inflation, which is threatening to rise, the Reserve Bank of India is likely to use the twin tools of market stabilisation schemes (MSS) ...
  • Asbestos-victim benefits to run out Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ 7:38PMThe Environment Ministry is planning to urge every family of people who died of asbestos-caused cancer to apply for benefits under a victim relief law because the benefits expire next year. Read more ...
  • Jury awards $226,000 in civil lawsuit Saturday, March 15, 2008 @ 12:30PMAn Indiana County jury this week awarded $226,000 to the family of a man who had been exposed to asbestos while he worked at the Fisher Scientific plant along Indian Springs Road in White Township.
  • Australian police go after the terminally ill Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 1:36AMSydney - Australian police Wednesday raided the homes of two terminally ill patients who had appeared on television saying they planned to take their own lives. The officers seized lethal drugs and a diary from the homes of a 78-year-old dying from t...
  • AFP raid homes of euthanasia planners Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 12:31AMThe Australian Federal Police (AFP) is under fire after raiding the homes of two Victorians suffering from terminal illnesses.
  • Widow’s symbol of rebirth to help others Friday, February 29, 2008 @ 3:55AMA WIDOW has launched a new fund bearing a symbol of hope for people to raise money as a lasting legacy to their loved ones lost to asbestos-related cancer.
  • Street: Non-Communicable Disease and the Law Sunday, January 27, 2008 @ 5:21PMThe relationship between the law and the health of a society is complex. We can, and often do, use the law to bring about changes to improve the health of individuals and the nation. For example, we use the law to limit people’s smoking, reduce their ...
  • The polio vaccine, AIDS, and their US-made viruses Friday, January 11, 2008 @ 12:52AMWhen I was a teenager growing up in Brooklyn, my parents warned me every summer to stay away from public pools or taking any chances running under opened fire hydrants to cools us from the brick-and-tar baking heat.