Asbestos is a group of six naturally occurring minerals that were once widely used in industrial applications. It was commonly used as insulation for homes, in shipbuilding, for car parts and a host of other uses. While asbestos is a natural substance, it was...
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Do Minnesota winters make dealing with mesothelioma harder?
Mesothelioma is a difficult diagnosis. Initially, you may have had several symptoms that did not seem serious or were associated with a minor illness. However, when you started feeling sicker and sought help, mesothelioma may have seemed like a dark shadow. While...
Do you need lodging when traveling for mesothelioma treatment?
Sometimes, mesothelioma and other cancer patients must travel to another city or state to undergo treatment. Travel itself is prohibitively expensive, and you must pay for local accommodations to house you and your caregivers. These costs can quickly add up and...
How small are asbestos fibers?
Asbestos particles generally arrange themselves into fibers. Some of these are curled, while others are straight. But looking at pictures of these fibers shows you what to expect if you find asbestos embedded in rock or used in insulation, tile or something of this...
Your diet and your mesothelioma treatment: What to know
Your body’s relationship with food is complicated at the best of times, but it becomes more critical than ever to watch what you’re eating when you’re suffering from mesothelioma. While nothing you eat will cure your cancer, avoiding certain foods (and improving your...
10 signs and symptoms of mesothelioma or asbestos-lung cancer
If you are sick and think you were exposed to asbestos, you might worry that have mesothelioma. This is a rare but deadly cancer of the lining of the lungs or, in some cases, other parts of the body. It is virtually exclusively caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos...
CDC: mesothelioma deaths among women are up 25% in the last 20 years
Doctors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have just reported a surprising trend in mesothelioma. Even though exposure to asbestos is down overall, the mesothelioma death rate is rising among women. The trend was especially pronounced in...
Clinical studies build hope for immunotherapy treatments for mesothelioma
Recent clinical studies continue to suggest that immunotherapy can improve – and possibly extend – the lives of people with mesothelioma. Two trials in 2019 and 2021 showed statistically significant improvements for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients. This...
Johnson & Johnson refuses to pull talc products from global shelves
In 2019, Johnson & Johnson recalled some of its baby powder in the U.S. after the Food and Drug Administration found a bottle of the product that was tainted by asbestos. In 2020, J&J pulled baby powder from the U.S. market altogether over concerns about...
Finally, the EPA proposes to ban asbestos nationwide
It surprises many Minnesotans to learn that asbestos is still legal for some purposes in the U.S., even though it sickens thousands of people every year. Most people assume that asbestos products are largely left over from decades ago, before companies understood how...
