A lot of people travel during the holiday season -- and it's seldom a fun adventure for anyone. However, when you suffer from a chronic illness like mesothelioma, the difficulty of traveling takes on new proportions.
What kind of in-home assistance do you need?
When you're struggling with a chronic illness that severely limits your ability to handle everyday tasks, it's time to get help.
How to handle chronic illness and depression
Nobody likes to find out that they're sick, and it's even worse to find out that you're going to stay sick. That's why nobody's really surprised to find out that depression and chronic illness often go hand-in-hand.
What does the DOJ investigation mean for asbestos trust funds?
Recently, the Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest regarding the establishment of a new asbestos trust fund. While filing for bankruptcy, the Kaiser Gypsum Company also established funds for an asbestos trust to compensate former employees who got sick after working with asbestos.
The combination of two mesothelioma treatments looks promising
In 2003, the Human Genome Project (HGP) completed one of the greatest feats in the history of mankind. That year, after ten years of labor, an international team of experts gave us the genetic blueprint to build a human being. Twelve years later, in 2015, individual genome mapping came to market. Individual mapping is done today in 6 hours or less at a cost of roughly $1,000. What this means for the future of medicine is unfathomable.
Asbestos that's hiding in plain sight
You probably know that asbestos is dangerous -- even lethal. What you may not know, however, is the fact that asbestos can be hiding right in front of you in numerous forms.
What a recent mistrial means for mesothelioma cases
As we have learned more about the connection between asbestos and mesothelioma, the connection has become clearer. While not everyone who is exposed to asbestos gets a mesothelioma diagnosis, there is a connection between people who have more exposure developing this rare and aggressive cancer.
The cost of treating mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a difficult diagnosis to understand and deal with. The average mesothelioma patient lives less than five years after being diagnosed. Mesothelioma is a deadly and aggressive cancer.
New treatments for mesothelioma are in the works
October was National Healthy Lung Month. The intention of recognition is to encourage people to consider the health of their lungs.
This biomarker could better stage and treat mesothelioma
Researchers may have found a better way to identify the severity of malignant pleural mesothelioma, or MPM.
Don't hesitate to file a wrongful death claim
When a loved one dies as a result of another person's reckless or negligent actions, the survivors are often faced with a difficult decision: whether to file a wrongful death claim.
Asbestos: A key ingredient in the "good old days"
The middle of the 20th century is often rememberd as a magical time in the United States. After WWII, the value of family was at an all-time high. Family units were as strong as the economy. Television created a unified vision of what it meant to be an American. These ideals involved fathers mowing lawns with precision, children playing kick the can in the middle of suburban streets and wives preparing delicous meals that were ready just in time for their husbands to arrive home from work.
