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12 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Mesothelioma Law Firm Wins Appeal to Move Forward with Wrongful Death Claim

Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason, a mesothelioma law firm representing clients injured by asbestos for over 30 years has won an appeal for their clients against Kmart Corporation .

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Personal Injury Law News

Asbestos Law Firm Updates Website for Army Veterans Diagnosed with Mesothelioma

Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason is a top national mesothelioma law firm serving clients and veterans diagnosed with asbestos cancer and diseases.

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Eastbourne Herald

Widow in compensation bid over asbestos death

AN EASTBOURNE woman whose partner died from a cancer linked to asbestos has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to 150,000. Gerald Giles, 81, died from malignant mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues surrounding his lungs, after being exposed to asbestos to work.

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Related Topix: Health, Palliative Care, Medicine

Wed Feb 08, 2012

The West Virginia Record

New asbestos cases filed in St. Louis circuit court

St. Louis circuit court appears to have an active asbestos docket. At the end of last month, four new complaints were filed in the 22nd Judicial Circuit in the City of St.

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CiteULike

Alteration of pemetrexed excretion in the presence of acute renal...

Alteration of pemetrexed excretion in the presence of acute renal failure and effusions: presentation of a case and review of the literature.

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Yahoo!

Asbestos widow suing Alcoa

Aluminium producer Alcoa would have known of the dangers of asbestos when a man who has since died of mesothelioma worked with the substance at its Geelong plant in the 1960s, a court has been told.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

CiteULike

Pharmacokinetic evaluation of pemetrexed.

INTRODUCTION: Pemetrexed is a multi-targeted antifolate cytotoxic agent that has demonstrated activity in a number of very common cancer types including NSCLC in both first- and second-line settings and in the treatment of malignant mesothelioma.

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Personal Injury Law News

Mesothelioma Law Firm Updates Site to Help Grace Asbestos Bankruptcy Claimants

Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason have been representing clients injured by asbestos to file mesothelioma lawsuits and asbestos bankruptcy claims for over 30 years.

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Medical News

Clinical Cancer Research publishes results of Aduro's ANZ-100 and CRS-207 Phase 1 studies

Aduro BioTech, Inc. is pleased to announce the publication of two therapeutic cancer vaccine Phase 1 studies in Clinical Cancer Research , pages 1-11). In the article, which was featured as one of the highlights of the issue, Dr.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

MediLexicon

Dangerous Dust

What would you do if you found out that the roads you drive on could cause cancer? This is the reality that residents face in Dunn County, North Dakota.

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Related Topix: Dunn County, ND, Health

Fri Feb 03, 2012

The West Virginia Record

Civil Filings: Kanawha County

Jan. 20 Edison Roseberry Hickman vs. A.W. Chesterton Company; Aurora Pump Corporation; Bechtel Corporation; et al PA- Bronwyn I. Rinehart, Victoria L. Antion, Scott A. McGee; J- visiting * Hickman was diagnosed with lung cancer on Aug.

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Related Topix: Kanawha County, WV, Health, Lung Cancer, Manufacturing, AO Smith, Electronics, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Science Daily

Some roads and playgrounds in North Dakota contain cancer causing erionite

For roughly 30 years, gravel containing the potentially carcinogenic mineral erionite was spread on nearly 500 kilometers of roads, playgrounds, parking lots, and even flower beds throughout Dunn County.

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Goole Today

Courier helps the ball take off

THE Courier is helping a charity ball get off the ground with two top auction prizes - including a ride in a hot air balloon! Not only is the paper offering to sweep two lucky people off their feet with the Virgin prize, worth A 398, but it is also offering a A 160 spa voucher for use at the luxurious Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa, in Leeds.

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CBC News

McGill asbestos study flawed, epidemiologist says

The Jeffrey asbestos mine, where production has stopped, on Oct. 7, 2011 in Asbestos, Que.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Epidemiology, Canada, North America, World News, Brown University, Health,

Morning Star

The hidden time bomb in our schools

The all-party parliamentary group on occupational safety and health demanded that urgent action be taken to manage the presence of asbestos, much of which they say is badly maintained, leaving staff and pupils open to exposure.

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Hemsworth and South Elmsall Today

Widow's plea to help solve husband's death

Carol Studd from South Kirkby. Appealing for information to help shed light on her husband's exposure to asbestos dust, which led to Graham's death in October 2010.

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Modern Pathology

Mesotheliomas with crystalloid structures: report of nine cases,...

Correspondence: Dr NG Ordóñez, MD, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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Related Topix: Pathology, Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Health, Sarcoma

Wed Feb 01, 2012

Anders Jacobsen's blog

Asbestos in schools a 'scandal'

An all-party group is calling for a scheme to remove the material after studying estimates which suggest t was present in more than 75% of schools.

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Dorsetecho.co.uk

Open verdict on Bridport woman exposed to asbestos

An inquest into the death of housewife Lydia Cummings, 89, heard that she died at the Joseph Weld Hospice last November 3 of bronchial pneumonia due to malignant mesothelioma.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Dorset County, England, Health, World News,

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Braintree and Witham Times

Witham: Family tribute after asbestos death

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us A The family of a grandfather who died suddenly due to asbestos exposure have warned how quickly the disease can take hold.

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