Patients who have been hit by deadly asbestos lung cancer are living longer, healthier lives thanks to a breakthrough immune-boosting therapy. Results from a trial show the drug nivolumab can help keep the aggressive disease mesothelioma at bay for months or even years. For patients with the disease, any extra time can be priceless as … Read more
Dustin Diamond fears stage four lung cancer was caused by ‘mold or asbestos’ in hotel rooms he stayed in while traveling the country By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 16:01 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 23 January 2021 Dustin Diamond fears his cancer could have been caused by staying in cheap hotels. … Read more
Doctor Hubert Montague Murray was the first significant medical professional to identify a link between asbestos and death. Before the Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases in 1906, Murray, senior physician at Charing Cross Hospital, related the story of a patient who presented in 1899, dying a year later. The man was 33 and … Read more
The Canadian town of Asbestos has officially changed its name to Val-des-Sources (Valley of the Springs) after connotations with the cancer-causing mineral resulted in ‘harmed tourism.’ Approximately half of the town’s 6,800 residents (2,796) turned out for a parking lot-based car vote or directly voted at the council offices last week in the municipality, located … Read more
The Canadian town of Asbestos has officially changed its name to Val-des-Sources (Valley of the Springs) after connotations with the cancer-causing mineral resulted in ‘harmed tourism.’ Approximately half of the town’s 6,800 residents (2,796) turned out for a parking lot-based car vote or directly voted at the council offices last week in the municipality, located … Read more