As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis ...

Mesothelioma is a rare but almost always fatal form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure. It is predominantly detected among ...

"We’ve known for generations." Health advocates sound alarm as US agency changes course on cancer-causing building material: 'Once again putting lives at risk' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Decades after the U.S. Military used asbestos extensively, indisputable scientific evidence linked this natural mineral with asbestosis, lung cancer, and a rare malignancy occurring in mesothelial ...

The overall 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is 18.6% as noted by the American Lung Association. Mesothelioma vs. Lung Cancer Survival Rates. People who are exposed to asbestos are at risk of many ...

An AI model using tumor epigenetic fingerprints from tissue or body fluids can classify over 170 cancer types with up to 97.8% accuracy and brain tumors with 99.1% accuracy.

Though asbestosis presents long-term symptoms that worsen over time, it is not as deadly as other asbestos-related diseases. In fact, most people with asbestosis can survive for many years after their ...

The tumor was putting pressure on multiple of Flores' cranial nerves, said Dr. Mohamed Labib, a neurosurgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center who led her treatment.

Amidst the continued struggle to treat non-small-cell lung cancer, a new study led by Stanford University scientists suggests that a patient's response to immunotherapy may hinge on how immune ...

Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer, hormone-sensitive, reviewing treatment options with physicians for effective management.

Quitting smoking: Smoking can aggravate asbestosis symptoms and increase the chances that you will ultimately develop lung cancer. Protecting yourself against lung infections : By getting vaccines for ...

Likewise asbestosis has assumed a rank of considerable importance in industrial medicine. Workers in the mines of the Erz Mountains, on both the Bohemian and the Saxon sides, have suffered heavily for ...