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60-Year-Old Mother of Two Dies of Mesothelioma After 45 Years of Baby Powder Use
When Michelle Germaine was diagnosed with epithelial mesothelioma in February of 2017, it was too late for her to stop using Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder. The 60-year-old woman had been using talc-based powders since she was a girl in Haiti, and had continued that practice once she immigrated to the United States in 1971,
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For UK Mesothelioma and Asbestos Victims, Filing A Lawsuit Takes A Village
Anybody who has pursued a mesothelioma or asbestos-related disease lawsuit in the United States knows how heavily that process relies on expert witnesses and formal depositions taken from suppliers to former employers, former colleagues, and others who might have insider knowledge of the victim’s working environment. In the United Kingdom, the pursuit of legal action
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Researchers Find Molecule that Can Stop Mesothelioma Cells from Tricking the Immune System
One of the most challenging aspects about cancers like malignant mesothelioma is the way that it continues to grow and spread. Researchers have found that cancer cells actually trick the immune system into ignoring them instead of attacking them, thus allowing it to metastasize and cause increasing damage. But researchers from Rush Medical College in Chicago,
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Another Baby Powder Mesothelioma Lawsuit Moves Forward in New York City
Over and over in America’s courtrooms, Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder is being accused of causing the deadly asbestos-related disease known as malignant mesothelioma, and over and over again the company tries to use legal maneuvers to avoid its legal responsibility. It happened again recently in the Supreme Court of New York County, when the
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Baby Powder Mesothelioma Lawsuit in California Begins
Yesterday marked the beginning of yet another mesothelioma lawsuit brought against iconic cosmetic company Johnson & Johnson, accusing the company of allowing its talc-based products to be contaminated with asbestos and failing to warn the public about the dangers that the products posed to their health. This case is being heard by a California jury,
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New Breath Test for Cancer May Lead to Earlier Mesothelioma Diagnosis
A new technology that allows cancer to be diagnosed through the use of a simple breath test has those at risk for mesothelioma and other cancers expressing optimism for simpler and less invasive testing and faster treatment. Now going through clinical trials at the Cancer Research United Kingdom Cambridge Institute, the innovative test is being
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Dutch Researchers Say Expedited Chemotherapy Delivery is Safe for Mesothelioma Patients
One of the most valuable things in a mesothelioma patient’s life is time. Time to spend with family. Time to address their legacy. Time to do the things that they have long dreamed of doing. In the face of a terminal diagnosis, most find themselves frustrated by how much time they spend in the hospital
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Cigarette Manufacturer to Face Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Though the most common way that malignant mesothelioma victims have been exposed to asbestos is generally occupational exposure, there are many other ways. One that no longer exists but which provides an excellent example of a corporation ignoring its own knowledge of asbestos’ dangers involves the manufacturer of Kent cigarettes, which were manufactured using filters
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10-Minute Cancer Test May Eventually Reveal Mesothelioma
Australian researchers have announced the successful creation of a 10-minute cancer detection test that may eventually help identify mesothelioma victims faster, and help them more quickly get the treatment that they need. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists from the University of Queensland identified a unique DNA structure that is present in
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Use of Alternative Therapies May Reduce Mesothelioma Survival Time
Mesothelioma patients who opt to seek alternative therapies for the treatment of their condition may end up losing their battle against the fatal disease even faster than they would have had they limited their treatment to the use of traditional therapies. According to a study published in the journal JAMA Oncology, the fault lies less with
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Mesothelioma Researchers to Benefit from New AI-Powered Research Network
A newly-created medical research network, powered by artificial intelligence, has been announced today by OWKIN, and mesothelioma researchers anticipate being among those who will get the greatest benefit. By its own description, OWKIN “creates AI technologies to advance knowledge and discover the medicine of tomorrow by building mathematical models and algorithms that can interpret biomedical images,
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Court Allows Woman’s Mesothelioma Claim Against Colgate Palmolive to Move Forward
Though malignant mesothelioma has long been associated with industrial and construction settings and high heat environments, there has been a recent shift in both the victims of mesothelioma who are being diagnosed and the source of their asbestos exposure. Where the majority of people being diagnosed were once older men who had been exposed on
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New Approach Being Tested on Peritoneal Mesothelioma Patients
Peritoneal mesothelioma is a form of the rare, asbestos-related cancer that forms in the lining that surrounds the abdominal organs. The illness is generally treated using a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and though these treatments can offer extended survival times, the disease eventually returns and is always considered fatal. Now, patients whose
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Researchers Discover What Drives The Spread of the Most Type of Malignant Mesothelioma
Though malignant mesothelioma is always fatal, there is one specific subtype of the disease that is more aggressive than the other two, and which spreads more quickly and leads to a much shorter survival time. Scientists have been working for years to understand the mechanism by which this subtype works in order to create an
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New York Judge Denies Johnson & Johnson’s Motions in Mesothelioma Lawsuit
One of the most heart wrenching mesothelioma lawsuits filed against consumer giant Johnson & Johnson’s was filed by Jenny Shulman. Shulman was just forty years old when she was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma after a hysterectomy and oophorectomy for endometrial cancer. After having identified Johnson * Johnson Baby Powder and other talc products as her
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Judge Upholds $4.7 Billion Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson Over Asbestos
Asbestos has been blamed for a plethora of illnesses, ranging from mesothelioma to ovarian cancer, and as a result numerous companies have been found legally responsible for having allowed asbestos to contaminate their products. Most of these companies have been industrial or chemically oriented, so it has come as a shock to the American public
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Asbestos in Philadelphia Schools A Continuing Problem, Teacher Risk of Mesothelioma Continues
With elementary and middle school teachers ranking among the professionals most at risk for asbestos-related diseases like malignant mesothelioma, asbestos remediation needs to be a top concern for school district administrators. But if the School District of Philadelphia is any measure of whether appropriate action is being taken, there is significant cause for worry. According
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Light Therapy May Help Mesothelioma Victims Fight Their Disease
When a mesothelioma diagnosis is made, there is a fairly predictable court of treatment that most patients are presented with, depending on the location and stage of their tumors, their overall health, and the cell type of their mesothelioma. Though there is a range in terms of how aggressive a patient and their physician may
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Mesothelioma Lawsuits Against Johnson & Johnson’s Gets Boost From New Revelations
Revelations of hundreds of pages of internal memos about asbestos from Johnson & Johnson’s files may be a game changer for mesothelioma and ovarian cancer victims who have filed suit against the company. Though the company’s executives and attorneys have fought hard against the information being released, lawsuits and Freedom of Information requests have successfully
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Study Shows Mesothelioma Patients at Highest Risk for Suicide Among All Cancer Patients
A recently published study examining the increased risk for suicide among recently diagnosed cancer patients found them at an increased risk of 20 percent as compared to the general population, and that those at greatest risk were patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. The study, which was based on data gathered by the National Cancer Registration
