By Andrew M. Seaman New York (Reuters Health) – Women with lung cancer who ate the most soy before their diagnosis might live a little longer than those…
Hanne Mintz, co-chair of the Meso Foundation Board of Directors, discusses the foundation’s goals to find effective treatment and ultimately a cure for mesothelioma. She recommends both physicians…
Robert Komitor, an attorney at Levy Philips & Konigsberg, LLP, discusses the best way for mesothelioma patients to receive compensation. Asbestos exposure is the only known and well…
Lee Krug, MD, discusses the current state of mesothelioma treatments as well as new therapies in development. He mentions the possibilities of clinical trials for angiogenesis inhibitors and anti-VEGF antibodies for mesothelioma…
Mary Hesdorffer, NP and Executive Director of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, discusses the latest advances in treatment options for mesothelioma. Results from early-stage clinical trials show a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A test that measures levels of the protein fibulin-3 in blood and pleural fluid can identify people with pleural mesothelioma and might someday…
Dr. Francis Cordova, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the factors that determine strong and weak candidates for lung transplantation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is suspected, the absence of Gram staining on a respiratory specimen reliably rules out the diagnosis. On the other…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoke from organic matter used as fuel – known as biomass smoke — worsens lung function in young adults, researchers from UK report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) reduces patient-ventilator asynchrony without compromising gas exchange in patients with acute respiratory failure undergoing noninvasive ventilation (NIV), researchers…