Patients often post on our bulletin board about their family members’ issues surrounding mesothelioma, which can differ greatly from the patient perspective. Though we remain…
Many of us donate to the Mesothelioma Foundation’s Research Grant Program and wonder ‘where do our dollars go, and does it make a difference”? Today,…
Are you having trouble getting insurance to cover your treatment, laboratory or scans? If so the following article has some excellent pointers as to how…
Many of you have now seen the article that was published in the NY Times on January 23rd (read article here). We are posting this…
There are a number of conditions that can contribute to cardiac arrhythmias in mesothelioma patients. Arrhythmias are rapid atypical heartbeats which lose the characteristic patterns…
No matter how minor the surgical procedure there is always risk involved. Some of the important questions that need to be addressed are: How many…
We are all in the midst of the holiday season and for those affected by mesothelioma this can be an extremely stressful time. I would…
Just got off the phone with the wife of a patient whose doctor recommended a new drug to treat her husband’s mesothelioma. They were excited…
For many reasons cancer patients do not always wish to participate in a clinical trial or are not eligible for trials. I would like all…
I am so tired of getting mass mailings and forwards claiming to cure cancer, bring me luck or save others from peril. the following are…