The little bit of information commonly known about mesothelioma is contradictory. Most people know it is an aggressive and deadly form of cancer, but it also has a reputation for growing slowly. Those who have worked with asbestos or who love someone who worked in a...
It’s common knowledge that asbestos exposure can lead to mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer that is fatal. Some people think that the current remediation methods used and approved by the Environmental Protection Agency are safe; however, a recent study shows...
Like most other products here in the U.S, very few drug companies continue to manufacture their products here in this country. Instead, nearly 90% of prescription and nonprescription drugs alike are manufactured abroad in countries like India and China. The dangers...
Asbestos is linked to a serious disease, mesothelioma, which has no cure. When a person breathes in or ingests asbestos, there is a risk that they could get those fibers stuck inside them. Over time, those fibers may cause scarring, and that damage may lead to...
While most people think about mesothelioma as being a lung condition, the reality is that mesothelioma can be found in other parts of the body. Mesothelioma may affect the lungs as pleural mesothelioma, the abdomen as peritoneal mesothelioma, the heart as pericardial...
Metformin is a cheap, convenient drug that is often used as first-line defense against further deterioration by both pre-diabetics and non-insulin-dependent diabetics alike. Unfortunately, recalls of Metformin have been steadily coming throughout 2020 and into 2021....
Companies that expose their workers or even their customers to unsafe levels of dangerous substances often try to deny their wrongdoing. They may at first deny that they caused exposure, and then they later deny that the exposure would result in any health issues....
Many people who are diagnosed with cancer do not get treatment quickly because they do not recognize the warning signs -- or they don’t have any. With something like mesothelioma, which is often aggressive and relatively fast-acting, identifying those signs is...
You worked hard all your life to support your family. The jobs you worked were labor-intensive and exposed you to the dangerous asbestos microfibers that infiltrated your lungs. Now, decades after working the jobs that exposed you, you’re diagnosed with mesothelioma....
Mesothelioma is a devastating form of cancer. Although there is no cure for this cancer that attacks the organ linings, there are treatments available to slow its spread and reduce the symptoms it causes. Those treatments can cause someone hundreds of thousands of...
