LegalView Launches New Practice Area to Assist Users of the Stimulant
PR Inside – LegalView is host to an informative mesothelioma site where victims of the cancer, previously exposed to asbestos, can find medical information, jury verdicts as well as search for a mesothelioma law firm. In addition, LegalView offers users a place
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Asbestos battle looms in 08 session
Register-Herald – Using slides of dying victims of mesothelioma for dramatic effect, Schwartz said the case management order was worked out by the state Supreme Court with litigants four years ago and has proven to work. Under that system, Schwartz said asbestos cases
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Grace loses round in court
Billings Gazette – Les Skramstad, an activist, musician and former Libby resident who fought for years against Grace, died in January, just 11 weeks after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a fast-killing form of lung cancer attributed to asbestos exposure. A month
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Ice Age Imprint Found On Cod DNA
Science Daily – ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2007) An international team of researchers, led by the University of Sheffield, has demonstrated how Atlantic cod responded to past natural climate extremes. The new research could help in determining cods vulnerability to
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Legislation helps win asbestos battle
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Even after being diagnosed with mesothelioma in January 2000, stemming from exposure to asbestos while working his way through college in factories and a brewery 40 years earlier, Bruce continued to be a fighter — not just for his life but for the
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BC Cancer Agency Pioneers Faster, More Precise Radiotherapy
MSN MoneyCentral – Clinicians complete a prostate cancer treatment in less than two minutes using volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) with technology from Varian Medical Systems VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Clinicians at BC Cancer Agency have
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Starting Gate: Clinton Opponents Latch Onto Credibility Issue
CBS News – leveled at the comparison, including from the American Cancer Society, Giuliani replied, “even if you want to quibble about the statistics, you find me the person who leaves the United States and goes to England for prostate cancer treatment, and I’d
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Patients get state-of-the-art cancer treatment at nearby Edwards
Summit Daily News – A patient lies down as the radiation therapy machine is prepared for his prostate cancer treatment at the Shaw Regional Cancer Center in Edwards. The center recently received top honors from a national cancer commission. Kristin Anderson/kanderson
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Under 50s not invited: Saga launches networking site for silver
Daily Mail – The most popular topics of discussion on the site are petitions to the Government about disability benefits, prostate cancer treatment and pensions. But the health forum has an also proved popular, with daily debates and advice about cholesterol
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Surgery Best For Prostate Cancer Compared To Radiation Or Hormone
Best Syndication – Prostate cancer treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, proton therapy, and sometimes a combination of therapies. Doctors will sometimes consider the patients age before advising a treatment option
Source: www.bestsyndication.com

Google reveals its much anticipated cell-phone plans, no ”gPhone
San Jose Mercury News – Deaths halt drug test: South San Francisco-based Novacea lost more than half its value on the Nasdaq stock market after it halted testing of its prostate-cancer treatment in order to analyze “an imbalance of deaths.” Novacea’s shares fell $4.30 to $2
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Change in law on asbestos cancer claims
Scotsman – CHANGES to the law to help asbestos-related cancer victims claim compensation were expected to be passed by MSPs today. A loophole in the law stemming from a recent House of Lords ruling will be addressed by Holyrood agreeing to adopt Westminster
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‘At last’: Banton gets his wish on asbestos cancer drug
Big Pond News – The Federal Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended that the asbestos cancer medicine Alimta should be subsidised. Alimta is used to relieve the symptoms of mesothelioma, which is a cancer caused by exposure to
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Memorial to Cape Asbestos victims
Barking and Dagenham Recorder – residents were exposed to potentially deadly fibres before the asbestos factory was closed in 1968. The borough now has one of the highest incidence of asbestos related deaths and the highest number of deaths among women caused by the asbestos cancer
Source: www.bdrecorder.co.uk

Compensation speeded up for asbestos cancer claims
Scotsman – PEOPLE suffering from lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos will receive compensation more quickly under moves introduced by the government yesterday. John Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said the system would be speeded up to ensure
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Car industry refutes report
Age – Abbott to make amends asbestos drug on benefits scheme Thousands of victims of asbestos cancer will be able to get an expensive palliative care drug at next to no cost by January or even sooner.
Source: www.theage.com.au