A medical bill can arrive weeks after an appointment, leaving a family to figure out what they owe and how to pay it. Insurance can also stand between patients and the mesothelioma specialists they ...

Before you commit to a mesothelioma clinical trial, you need to know why your team recommends it and how it compares to your standard-of-care options. Asking detailed, specific questions when you sit ...

Dr. Raja Flores shares a personal connection to the September 11 attacks and discusses the long-term medical consequences for those exposed to carcinogens like asbestos and pulverized concrete. He ...

Finishing mesothelioma treatment can feel like a major milestone. After surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or immunotherapy, many patients look forward to recovering and returning to a sense of normalcy ...

Mesothelioma caregivers can be family members or friends of the patient. As the primary support for someone with mesothelioma, they often manage their loved one's daily medical, physical and emotional ...

Our vision at The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com is to provide mesothelioma patients with free access to information and services that help them live longer, healthier lives with their loved ones ...

Since the late 1800s, American firms, including Johns-Manville, grew rich by mining, manufacturing and selling asbestos products. A century later, company documents revealed that Johns-Manville and ...

Mechanics who work with brakes, clutches and gaskets that contain asbestos are at risk of developing mesothelioma, asbestosis and asbestos lung cancer. Symptoms of these asbestos-related diseases may ...

Asbestos wasn’t always an ugly word. Once hailed as a miracle fiber in manufacturing and construction, it is now scorned for its toxicity and link to mesothelioma and other deadly respiratory diseases ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that manufacturers are liable for asbestos-containing materials they did not make, distribute or install, but were needed for their equipment to function properly.

Few people know that asbestos, a hazardous mineral, was used extensively in the film industry and was present on the sets of many classic movies. Several films you’ve heard of, and many you haven’t, ...

Vanderbilt Minerals LLC is blaming mounting legal costs from more than 1,400 talc lawsuits for its decision to file for bankruptcy protection. According to the court documents filed in the Northern ...