Topic: Cancer

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…

A report in a British newspaper describes the terrible legacy of asbestos disease that families of asbestos workers face. Asbestos is associated with scarring of the lungs and mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer of the lining…

CanBas Co., Ltd.,, a Japanese bio-pharmaceutical company that develops new cancer drugs that target the cell cycle, has received a boost from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its research efforts to add to…

Sherrie Moore, a 55-year-old Missouri woman, hopes to live to see her grandchildren grow up. As 2012 begins, Moore is marking more than just the new year. She is celebrating the remission of her mesothelioma…