Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lung and abdomen, suppresses the normal immune system response designed to ward off disease. Scientists have been trying to understand the mechanics of the immune suppression process…

Medical doctors and researchers will gather on May 12 in Santa Monica, California for the 2nd Annual International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer of the lining of…

Leslie Controls, a manufacturer that supplied asbestos-containing gaskets and valves to the U.S. Navy from the 1940s until the 1980s, has created a fund to compensate Navy veterans who were harmed by asbestos disease. Breathing…

Many New York firefighters and police know the name Dr. Stephen M. Levin and his advocacy for their health. Dr. Levin focused early attention on the adverse health effects and respiratory disease that first responders…

The dean of Medicine at McGill University said in a statement Thursday that the prestigious Canadian research university will conduct a preliminary inquiry into accusations that a McGill researcher had allowed his research to be…