Birth injuries such as cerebral palsy are a life-long condition. So many adults who were born with cerebral palsy must cope with it as they live their lives, maintain families, and work full-time. With the U.S. Labor Department celebrating October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we thought it would be appropriate to take a moment to honor cerebral palsy [...]
We hear a lot about how mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases are caused by “microscopic” asbestos fibers. Easily inhaled, these tiny spear-like fibers of death become embedded into the delicate linings of the lung where, over time they can lead to scarring and eventually, mesothelioma cancer. But how small is small? This old advertisement from [...]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is getting involved in an unfortunate case of potential discrimination against a mother with a child suffering from cerebral palsy. HUD officials announced this week that they have charged the landlords of an Iowa apartment building with violating the Fair Housing Act after refusing to properly accommodate the family, which [...]
As the nation prepares to reflect upon the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new report suggests a link between exposure to toxic chemicals released after New York’s World Trade Centercollapsed and the development of cancer in firefighters who toiled at ground zero. The study, released in the British medical journal The Lancet, found that 9/11 firefighters are 19 [...]
The International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston continue to make progress in malignant mesothelioma research. The scientists and doctors involved with the project are looking for information that will lead to better adjuvant therapies for the rare and deadly disease. Adjuvant therapies are treatments given to help [...]
The International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston continue to make progress in malignant mesothelioma research. The scientists and doctors involved with the project are looking for information that will lead to better adjuvant therapies for the rare and deadly disease. Adjuvant therapies are treatments given to help boost the [...]
The International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston continue to make progress in malignant mesothelioma research. The scientists and doctors involved with the project are looking for information that will lead to better adjuvant therapies for the rare and deadly disease. Adjuvant therapies are treatments given to help [...]
A doctor from Iowa has been found to by a jury to have improperly delivered a child that suffered birth injuries as a result, and he will now have to pay more than $1 million in damages as a result. According to the Waterloo-based WCF Courier, a Black Hawk County jury ruled in favor of Alan and Larysa Asher, a [...]
For the first time in 130 years, Canada’s asbestos mines are quiet. Finally. The country has announced that production was halted at the Lac d’amiante du Canada operation in Thetford Mines, Quebec, following the closure of the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec, earlier this year. Financial and environmental issues were cited in the closure of each. Once [...]
Last Thursday, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” brought its unique brand of political satire to point out a major flaw in the 9/11 Health Care Bill for Ground Zero first responders. The highly-touted bill covers a litany of diseases such as chronic coughing, laryngitis and carpal tunnel, but surprisingly does not cover cancer treatments. [...]