Before you commit to a mesothelioma clinical trial, you need to know why your team recommends it and how it compares to your standard-of-care options. Asking detailed, specific questions when you sit ...

A medical bill can arrive weeks after an appointment, leaving a family to figure out what they owe and how to pay it. Insurance can also stand between patients and the mesothelioma specialists they ...

Dr. Raja Flores shares a personal connection to the September 11 attacks and discusses the long-term medical consequences for those exposed to carcinogens like asbestos and pulverized concrete. He ...

Finishing mesothelioma treatment can feel like a major milestone. After surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or immunotherapy, many patients look forward to recovering and returning to a sense of normalcy ...

Mesothelioma caregivers can be family members or friends of the patient. As the primary support for someone with mesothelioma, they often manage their loved one's daily medical, physical and emotional ...

Mechanics who work with brakes, clutches and gaskets that contain asbestos are at risk of developing mesothelioma, asbestosis and asbestos lung cancer. Symptoms of these asbestos-related diseases may ...

Since the late 1800s, American firms, including Johns-Manville, grew rich by mining, manufacturing and selling asbestos products. A century later, company documents revealed that Johns-Manville and ...

Our vision at The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com is to provide mesothelioma patients with free access to information and services that help them live longer, healthier lives with their loved ones ...

This month’s issue of Critical Reviews in Toxicology features an article titled, “Health Risk of Chrysotile Revisited.” Asbestos use in general is heavily controversial, but no singular aspect has ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration released more than 170,000 pages of records this week that document air quality conditions around the World Trade Center site after the September 11 ...

Few people know that asbestos, a hazardous mineral, was used extensively in the film industry and was present on the sets of many classic movies. Several films you’ve heard of, and many you haven’t, ...

Hundreds of asbestos exposure injury claims are set to be resolved after a federal judge approved a bankruptcy plan for cosmetics supplier Presperse and its parent company Sumitomo Corporation. The ...