Medical News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USDA) posted a press release recently regarding the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids, such as synthetic marijuana known most commonly as “Spice” and “K2.” Many of these products have been contaminated with brodifacoum which is a very long-acting anticoagulant commonly used in rat poison. The FDA is working with the [...]

Active and just-retired firefighters in the Boston area are being diagnosed with cancer in astounding numbers. The cancer rate among firefighters is twice the rate of the general population in the area. Currently, a 41-year-old Boston firefighter named Glenn Preston is being treated for blood cancer and undergoing chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. In [...]

Throughout the month of November, we will be sharing a series of posts to create awareness for lung cancer. Today we want to discuss what some of the common causes are and who exactly is at risk of developing lung cancer. What Causes Lung Cancer? When a patient is diagnosed with lung cancer, the first [...]

Sadly, doctors and medical experts have yet to find an effective treatment for mesothelioma — a deadly cancer typically linked to asbestos exposure. In fact, not only is there currently no known cure for mesothelioma, but even the most powerful cancer drugs today generally have a minimal impact on this aggressive disease. However, researchers in [...]

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, commonly called the CDC, issued a report that analyzes mesothelioma death-rate data from 1999 to 2015. Over this time, the annual U.S. death rate from mesothelioma increased 4.8 percent. The states with the highest annual age-adjusted mesothelioma death rates were Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Wyoming, Minnesota, [...]

An international coalition of lung cancer advocacy organizations with support from corporate sponsors have created a website in honor of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a month-long event going on right now throughout the month of November. Lung cancer is one of three major diseases that can be linked to exposure to asbestos, the other two [...]

Over fifty Canadian physicians and surgeons have sent a letter to their Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, addressing the dangers of asbestos exposure and encouraging the passing of legislation to ban the manufacture, use, import, and export of asbestos and asbestos-containing products in their country. The surgeons and physicians that signed the letter treat and care [...]