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7/5/2006 11:19:00 AM | Picoplatin given orphan-drug status 
=(0) A new drug being studied for cancer treatment has been given "orphan drug" status in order to promote its development. The drug, picoplatin, is intended for the treatment of small cell lung cancer, in patients who have formed a resistance to platinum. Platinum therapy for cancer works by disrupting the tumor's DNA, but may be toxic and p...
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6/28/2006 3:11:00 AM | New Research Findings Published In National Academy Of Sciences ... =(0) Researchers are examining the process by which asbestos causes cancer to form in the lungs: it seems that when asbestos is inhaled, it causes the release of a chemical in the body that protects damaged lung cells from dying; however, these cells are suspected of eventually forming into cancer. Understanding the process, which involves the immu...
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6/27/2006 8:21:00 PM | Study Cites 'Indisputable' Evidence Against Secondhand Smoke =(0) The US Surgeon General confirmed what was long suspected: secondhand smoke is dangerous, leading to about 50,000 deaths a year in the US. Smoking can cause or aggravate diseases such as lung cancer, breast cancer, childhood cancers, asthma and heart disease. It has also been associated with sudden infant death syndrome. The Surgeon Genera...
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6/27/2006 5:31:00 PM | Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice =(0) A drug derived from the milk thistle plant has proven effective in treating lung cancer in mice. The drug, Silibinin, is already in clinical trials in humans for prostate cancer. Researchers used the pure chemical, not dietary supplements of milk thistle which are available in health food stores. The research continues..................
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6/27/2006 8:23:00 AM | UK's NICE Rejects Lilly's Alimta in Mesothelioma =(0) The British National Health Service's cost-control unit, "NICE", will discontinue funding a mesothelioma drug, pemetrexed (Alimta) in England and Wales. The drug's maker, Eli Lilly, contends that the drug is an effective therapy for a difficult-to-treat cancer caused almost completely by workplace exposure to asbestos. It will appeal the decis...
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6/27/2006 1:13:00 AM | ExxonMobil ordered to pay $5 million to widow =(0) The widow of a contract worker who died of mesothelioma was granted $5 million from ExxonMobil by a Louisiana jury. James Terrance chipped asbestos paint from pipes at an ExxonMobil plant in the 1960s, and later died of the asbestos-related cancer. His widow claims that ExxonMobil took greater precautions with the health of its employees than ...
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6/26/2006 10:07:00 AM | No compensation for wife mesothelioma victims as asbestos ... =(0) Courts in Britain are ruling that a company's asbestos liability does not extend to family members of employees. Cases decided this way have set a precedent, with many others declining to follow through because costs of litigation are too high. Many wives and family members of men who worked with asbestos in the 1950s and 1960s became ill...
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6/26/2006 8:51:00 AM | PBA To Start Its Own WTC Medical Registry To Track 9/11 Illnesses =(0) The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, a police union in New York, has begun its own online registry in order to keep a record of illnesses that develop in its members who were exposed to Ground Zero after the attacks of 9/11. Diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, and heart attacks may be entered by the membership. Meetings are also being ...
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6/25/2006 8:15:00 PM | Asbestos society warns against Wittenoom visits =(0) A town in Australia is being shut down by the government because of asbestos contamination. Residents of the town, in northwest Australia, are said to be endangering the public by trying to lure tourists there. According to the Asbestos Diseases Society in Australia, there is still a dangerous situation there, as people who went to work o...
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6/22/2006 2:48:00 AM | WORKERS BATTLE FOR 9/11 SUIT =(0) The City of New York is trying to get a judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against it by Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers. The 8000 workers claim the city did not protect them from the health consequences of inhaling toxic air after the 9/11 attacks. Since then nearly 300 workers have contracted cancer and 33 have died. Howeve...
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6/21/2006 9:12:00 PM | Legal system shake-up on hold =(0) Scotland is planning to introduce a law next fall that will change the way asbestos victims there are compensated. Currently, mesothelioma sufferers must choose between immediate compensation, or have a larger payout go to their families after their death. The new bill proposes that the maximum payout be available to the victim while he i...
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6/21/2006 6:40:00 PM | Cancer Drug Some Help for Scleroderma =(0) Cytoxan, a drug used to fight lung cancer, has been found to benefit patients with scleroderma as well. Scleroderma is an immune system disorder in which connective tissue is targeted, leading to scar tissue potentially throughout the body. One area of particular danger is the lungs. There is no cure but studies have found Cytoxan may slo...
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6/21/2006 6:51:00 AM | Prime minister confirms plans to overturn Lords ruling on ... =(0) A change in the wording of the British Compensation Bill (in the form of an amendment) should improve the ability of British asbestos victims to receive proper compensation for diseases such as mesothelioma. Instead of the liability being spread among a victim's various employers, the employers are to be "jointly and severally liable" so that ...
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6/20/2006 9:53:00 AM | Cancer cases may be linked to exhaust, customs officers fear =(0) Border guards at the Canada-US border between Windsor Ontario and Detroit are concerned about the effect of breathing diesel fumes. Seven cases of breast cancer in female guards have been found in the last five years, and many others have respiratory symptoms and lung damage evident on chest x-rays. The guards' union has called for a study to ...
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6/19/2006 2:22:00 PM | Health heavyweights urge Ontario to sue tobacco companies =(0) Inspired by lawsuits in some American states and the Province of British Columbia, a coalition of health officials is urging Ontario to sue cigarette companies to recover health care costs for smoking-related illnesses. A letter with over 100 signatures, organized by the Non-Smokers' Rights Association, accuses the tobacco industry of fraud, i...
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6/19/2006 11:18:00 AM | Asbestos victims' long search for justice =(0) This is an overview of the ideas behind the current mesothelioma compensation legal debate in Britain. The basic question is, if an employee worked for more than one company and ultimately developed disease, which, if any, of the companies are responsible, and in what proportion? A recent legal ruling apportioned compensation according to...
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6/17/2006 5:51:00 AM | Lanxess: Cancer study flawed =(0) A town just west of Cincinnati has been found to have a higher than normal incidence of lung, mouth and colorectal cancer; however a local chemical plant denies implications that its pollution is the cause. The EPA has cited the company, Lanxess, for pollution; Lanxess claims that the state is using outdated science and that its discharges are...
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6/17/2006 1:16:00 AM | Court: Wrongful death trial can resume with 11 jurors =(0) The trial in a wrongful death lawsuit against ExxonMobil may resume with only 11 jurors, according to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The suit concerns the death of a worker whose job it was to chip asbestos off of pipes. James Terrance later died of mesothelioma, a lung cancer known to be caused by asbestos exposure. One of the original jur...
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6/14/2006 6:06:00 PM | Tobacco companies ask judge to dismiss Medicare lawsuit =(0) Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. are among six tobacco companies named as defendants in a lawsuit by United Seniors Association Inc. which seeks to have the companies reimburse Medicare for its disbursements for smoking-related illnesses since 1999. United Seniors is a lobbying group which is attempting to pursue the lawsuit on ...
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6/14/2006 5:14:00 PM | House backs bill banning free tobacco giveaways =(0) The State of Massachusetts is in the process of banning companies from giving away free samples of tobacco products. The practice encourages young people to try cigarettes, which leads to addiction and serious health problems. The State is also mandating that cigarettes sold there be self-extinguishing, because cigarette fires are the leading...
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