Virginia Senate Votes Down Asbestos Lawsuit Shield March 9, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ A proposal that would have shielded a company from asbestos lawsuits in Virginia was easily defeated in a state Senate committee by a vote of 13-2. Bill HB 629, which would have shielded Crown Cork & Seal from asbestos lawsuits, had passed through the House of ...

The British Lung Foundation is working with the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund to support new research which could lead to better treatments for mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer that affects the tissues lining the outside of the lung and the chest wall .

Raul Grijalva , Rep. Lois Capps , Rep. Gwen Moore and Rep. Betty Sutton . "We are grateful to the U.S. House of Representatives to have the opportunity to help raise the level of public awareness about the prolific dangers of asbestos and further unite doctors, scientists, and public health advocates during National Asbestos Awareness Week for this ...

A FORMER electrical engineer died after years of working with asbestos, an inquest was told.

A vaccine that uses a patient's own cells may be able to fight a rare cancer and increase length of survival.

Scientists have found that "carbon nanotubes could pose a cancer risk similar to that of asbestos", The Guardian reports.

As a matter of fact, asbestos litigation is the most prevalent tort issue in the United States today.

A cancer sufferer believes she may have caught the disease after handling asbestos-covered clothes.

Variety columnist Army Archerd will be honored posthumously by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization next month in Chicago.

An investigational vaccine for the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma is safe, according to a new study.

By Angus Howarth A WIDOW has turned down a potential A 1 million compensation payout over her husband's asbestos death because she refuses to fuel Britain's "compensation culture". Gillian Chapman, 73, lost her husband John, 82, to mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, in June last year.

Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure.

The award is being presented as part of the AMA's National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C. "Dr. Pastan has been a leader in molecular biology for more than forty years and the AMA is pleased to honor him with this award," said AMA Board Chair Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D. "His seminal work in receptor biology has resulted in many important ...

A novel about the health care crisis in America? Well, Lionel Shriver's new book, "So Much for That," doesn't tackle health care head-on, but in recounting the intertwined stories of several characters suffering from medical conditions - ranging from the most grievous and deadly to the more cosmetic and absurd - it creates a harrowing picture of ...

BANG TANGO, BULLETBOYS, Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist To Perform At Pittsburgh Benefit Concert - Feb.

THE daughter of a power station worker who died from the industrial disease Mesothelioma - " cancer of the lining of the lungs - " is searching for his co-workers, or their relatives, who believe they may have been similarly affected.

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U.K. residents who filed claims before the House of Lords ruled that pleural plaques are not a compensable injury will receive fixed payments of 5,000 , the Ministry of Justice said Thursday.

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