Mesothelioma Research Money Reaches Nearly $1 Million Mark For New Trials
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Fund (MARF) has granted nearly $1 million in monies to be applied to fighting mesothelioma and finding a cure for the lung disease. Mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer that is directly linked from previous asbestos exposure, has found a frequently reported place in the media in the past several years as more and more of America’s heavy industry professionals have been diagnosed with the life-ending condition.
Choosing The Right Mesothelioma Lawyer
When seeking an attorney to represent you concerning personal injury claims from exposure to asbestos or from illness from mesothelioma, it is important that you make an educated decision in who will bring your case to litigation. The following suggestions are intended to help you find an attorney that might best fit your needs.
Make Certain Your Attorney is Familiar with Asbestos
It’s a good idea to ask the attorney if he is familiar with what asbestos is and what it does. It is important to recognize different types of asbestos, what they are used for and the products in which asbestos can commonly be found. It is also important that the attorney keep up to date on new finds concerning asbestos contamination.
Home Renovations Lead To Asbestos Exposure
A new sub group of mesothelioma suffers has arrived. Dubbed the “third wave”, more females are falling victim to mesothelioma cancers than ever before. The adult female mesothelioma sufferers that are appearing are suspected to be from a generation where, as children, they played or lived in close contact with parents who began destroying or removing asbestos-laden material while improving or remodeling homes.
Mesothelioma - Time To Act
Asbestos Ban Passed By Senate
An asbestos ban named the Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 that had been proposed by Congress six years ago was finally passed by the Senate last week in a unanimous bi-partisan decision. If President George W. Bush does not veto the bill, the United States will be among 40 other countries that have already passed similar legislation. The bill will ban the import and export of more than 3,000 materials what are known to have used mesothelioma-causing asbestos as part of their production. The Environmental Protection Agency will be charged in enforcing the product ban.
Mesothelioma Treatment Alternatives
Among the available alternative treatments, antioxidants, aromatherapy, and massage therapy are three possibilities to aid in living with mesothelioma.
Antioxidants are substances naturally found in some foods and in pill form that work at preventing the development of free radicals in the body. Free radicals are the precursor to chain reactions that can cause damage to cells on a microscopic level. It is though that, through the prevention of free radicals, the body’s ability to protect against mesothelioma is increased.
Peritoneal Mesothelioma - New Drug Shows Hope in Treatment
Researchers in Barcelona have recently completed a study in which the possible benefits and risks of a new mesothelioma treatment were examined. The drug, Pemetrexed, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company, was shown to promote overall disease control rates in individuals that have been diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma.
109 individuals who have been with diagnosed peritoneal mesothelioma took part in the survey. All of the participants experienced greater control of the disease without too-high toxicity rates. If adopted, Pemetrexed would be one of the first treatment options other than chemotherapy or surgery offered to individuals afflicted with this rare and fatal disease.
Asbestos Lawsuit Settlement Verdict Upheld in Virginia Supreme Court
A $3.4 million mesothelioma wrongful death lawsuit verdict was recently upheld by the Virginia Supreme Court. The case was brought concerning a shipyard worker who died in 2005 of asbestos-related mesothelioma. The deceased was an employee of Newport News Shipbuilding from 1963 to 1967, just before the dangers of inhaling asbestos particles was deemed a serious health threat. The man was diagnosed in 2005 with mesothelioma and died six months later.
Asbestos Bill Aims to Cap Monies Sought in Restitution
The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Restitution Act of 2006, or FAIR act asbestos bill, currently being introduced in the Senate will make it harder for those exposed to the cancer-causing mineral to file heath-related lawsuits. The bill was introduced three years ago and has undergone several revisions, having had more than a few amendments added to it before its finalization.
Asbestos Continues to be a Real Threat for the Construction Industry
The only true way to safeguard yourself against mesothelioma is to make certain you never come in contact with the parent of the disease: asbestos. Although the use of asbestos has been strictly regulated in the past several decades after the pulmonary disease mesothelioma began to manifest itself in those who were known to work around asbestos, there remains a threat to a section of people who make their living working in asbestos-laden areas.
