Surviving Mesothelioma, a Terminal Cancer: Paul Kraus' Remarkable Story (PR Web)
The Premier Edition of Cancer Monthly’s CancerWire focuses on mesothelioma and how one patient has survived a terminal diagnosis. Like Cancer Monthly, the focus of CancerWire is on treatment results. While, Cancer Monthly reports the cancer treatments results published in the peer reviewed medical literature, CancerWire reports on results that have not yet enjoyed the visibility of a major Phase
Former BHP worker awarded nearly $200,000 (ABC News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
A mesothelioma victim has welcomed a $190,000 payout by the South Australian Supreme Court, despite it being less than he would have received from a New South Wales tribunal.
Worker wins asbestos compo case (The Australian)
A FORMER BHP worker today was granted almost $200,000 in damages after he contracted mesothelioma through exposure to asbestos. Bill Ewins, 71, said he was happy with the verdict in the South Australian Supreme Court.
Experts bring dangers of deadly dust home (Rochdale Observer)
ASBESTOS experts brought the dangers of the deadly dust home to a mass protest meeting. About 300 people flocked to the Town Hall to hear historian Dr Geoffrey Tweedale and Tony Whitston, of Greater Manchester Asbestos Victim Support Group (GMAVS).
$197,287 – the state's first asbestos payout (Adelaide Confidential)
BILL Ewins has won the state's first asbestos compensation case – but his victory is both bittersweet and far from complete.
Mesothelioma Network Web Site Launched (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Novato, CA (PRWEB) March 12, 2005 -- A leading litigator for asbestos victims, Brayton Purcell, recently created the Mesothelioma Network to provide mesothelioma patients and their families with the support, information, and understanding that they deserve. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that is almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. At this time, the disease cannot be cured,
EPA's Latest Developments and Enforcement Wrap-Up for March 16 (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Following are the latest developments and "enforcement wrap-up" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For more information on any of these subjects, call the appropriate contact.
Diabetes and the Risk of Lung Cancer (RedNova)
OBJECTIVE- The incidence of some cancers has been reported to be higher in diabetic patients than in the general population.
Deadly dust caused death of man who cut asbestos (Reading Chronicle)
A NEWBURY joiner died after years of prolonged contact with sheets of asbestos which he would cut "like planks of wood", an inquest was told. Melvin Raymond, 63, worked with the harmful substance without protective gear, during spells with Vickers Armstrong, Hedges Joinery and Stradlings in Newbury.
GNN - Government News Network (Government News Network)
* 2.7 million children (21 per cent of the total population of children aged under 16 and young adults aged 16 to 18 in full-time education), were living in families claiming a key benefit and receiving additional amounts of benefit and/or CTC for them.
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