The five-year survival rate has been increasing for many types of cancers, and cancer deaths are much lower in the United States and other highly industrialized countries than they were 30 years ago. Despite this, mesothelioma is one of the most difficult cancers to treat because it rarely shows symptoms until it has reached an… Read More
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Does Mesothelioma Come Back After Going Into Remission?
Healthcare is so expensive that some people spend years paying off bills from accidents and illnesses from which they have long since made a full recovery, but chronic illnesses, from which the patient is never truly cured, are even more financially devastating. With a chronic illness, you can have good days and bad days, and… Read More
Fatigue: The Most Persistent Mesothelioma Symptom
Today’s world hardly gives anyone a chance to rest. Employers expect you to respond to work emails 24/7, and universities award the most generous scholarships to students who not only spend long hours studying but also participate in multiple extracurricular activities. In the rare event that you find time to rest, your phone sends you… Read More
Complementary and Alternative Therapies and Your Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Whoever said that the cure is as bad as the disease was probably referring to cancer. The day that your doctor told you that your cancer was in remission was probably one of the happiest days of your life, but the path to becoming cancer-free was not an easy one. If you underwent surgery and… Read More
Should Mesothelioma Patients Choose Chemotherapy?
Even if you catch it at an early stage, a cancer diagnosis changes your life forever. You look forward to being cancer-free; some cancer centers even celebrate this moment by having patients ring a bell when they finish their last treatment session. Of course, being in remission only means that you are cancer-free so far;… Read More
Should You File a Workers’ Compensation Claim for Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, but in about 80% of cases, it is possible to clearly identify occupational exposure to asbestos dust as the cause of the mesothelioma. Most mesothelioma cases occur in people who have worked in industries such as construction and building renovation, mining, and shipbuilding or in their family members… Read More
Symptoms Alone are Not Enough to Diagnose Mesothelioma
By now, most adults have figured out that nothing good can come from Googling your symptoms. Most serious illnesses cannot be diagnosed by symptoms alone; a diagnosis requires blood tests or other medical procedures to find out what is causing the symptoms. Mesothelioma is one of those diseases that is complicated to diagnose. The chances… Read More
How Effective is Mesothelioma Treatment?
Most people’s knowledge of mesothelioma is limited to the fact that it is a rare, incurable form of cancer, for which the strongest known risk factor is environmental exposure to asbestos dust. Your primary care doctor probably has not thought about mesothelioma since they read a paragraph or two about it in a textbook in… Read More
What Are Your Rights if You Got Mesothelioma From Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure?
Most cases of mesothelioma, an incurable form of cancer, result from occupational exposure to asbestos dust. While the use of asbestos in new construction was banned decades ago, construction workers who must remove asbestos when renovating old buildings are still at risk of exposure. Just as second-hand exposure to tobacco smoke can harm the health… Read More
Why Louisiana Residents With Mesothelioma Cannot Afford to Wait for Compensation
The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing into clear focus what many of us already knew — namely that access to quality healthcare is not something to take for granted. In Louisiana, a nightmare is already coming true; as of March 27, 83 people have died from complications caused by the new coronavirus, a higher number than… Read More