Medical News

An international coalition of lung cancer advocacy organizations with support from corporate sponsors have created a website in honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a month-long event going on right now throughout the month of November. Lung cancer is one of three major diseases that can be linked to exposure to asbestos, the other two [...]

Over fifty Canadian physicians and surgeons have sent a letter to their Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, addressing the dangers of asbestos exposure and encouraging the passing of legislation to ban the manufacture, use, import, and export of asbestos and asbestos-containing products in their country. The surgeons and physicians that signed the letter treat and care [...]

Recently, the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center was awarded over $3 million in grants for cancer research and career development. Specifically, the awards are for malignant mesothelioma research. Mesothelioma is a rare and fatal form of cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. Currently, there is no cure. Mesothelioma affects thousands of individuals [...]

New genetic insights into the genetic makeup of mesothelioma will help to advance treatment individualized to each patient. U.S. researchers have undertaken genetic analysis of mesothelioma tissue in “unprecedented detail,” according to Cancer Research UK. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and from pharmaceutical company Genentech compared the healthy and diseased tissue from [...]

The results of recent research into the combination of nanoparticles and chemotherapeutic drugs in mesothelioma treatment are positive. Recent medical research out of Boston may point to an improvement of chemotherapy effectiveness in the treatment of mesothelioma cancer tumors when the drugs are delivered after doctors have injected nanoparticles into the tumors beforehand. This two-step [...]

Keytruda, a drug currently approved by the FDA to treat relapsed, non-small cell lung cancer as well as melanoma, is described to be one of the “best new hopes” for mesothelioma patients in 2016. The drug, designed to block the cell surface protein, PD-1, has shown tremendous promise in clinical trials. A Canadian trial revealed [...]

Around 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed every year in the United States. With so many individuals affected by the disease, doctors have been working to determine what treatment options are best for patients. So far, no cure has been found for mesothelioma, but different surgery options have been shown to increase the survival [...]

Popular Mexican cuisine, fast food restaurant, Chipotle is facing CDC and FDA investigations after being connected to an e. Coli outbreak of the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 (STEC O26). Numerous states have been affected by the outbreak, including California. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first occurrence of a foodborne illness that the popular eatery has been [...]

If you or a loved one has been the victim of Legionnaires’ disease, you understand how devastating the illness can be. The disease can be traced to sources where temperatures allow Legionella bacteria to thrive, including building water systems, hot water heaters, humidifiers, and other locations. Many victims and their families are outraged when they [...]