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What Exercise Is Recommended If Diagnosed with Mesothelioma?

CPSM — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:48 +0000

Regular exercise is often touted as being beneficial for both physical and emotional well-being, but what about if you are diagnosed with mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is a cancer caused by past exposure to asbestos where tumors develop in the lining of the internal organs, and most often in the lining of the lungs (pleural mesothelioma) or [...]

What Exercise Is Recommended If Diagnosed with Mesothelioma? is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Checklist for Taking Care of Yourself When Diagnosed with Mesothelioma

CPSM — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:26:14 +0000

When coping with a diagnosis of mesothelioma, there are some things you simply have no control over. But that does not mean you can’t be proactive on your own behalf. Below is a checklist of some basic ways someone diagnosed with mesothelioma (‘asbestos cancer’) can take care of themselves, especially in the winter season when [...]

Checklist for Taking Care of Yourself When Diagnosed with Mesothelioma is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

3 Top Tips for Coping with Mesothelioma at Christmas

CPSM — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:36:54 +0000

We had two clients diagnosed with mesothelioma in this week before Christmas. They each went into the hospital, thinking they had a bad flu or pneumonia. Tests results instead revealed a type of asbestos cancer called mesothelioma. Doctors had to give the bad news to our clients and their families just days before Christmas. And the [...]

3 Top Tips for Coping with Mesothelioma at Christmas is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Navy Veteran Receives $32M Mesothelioma Settlement

CPSM — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:17:24 +0000

Ronald Dummitt was recently diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. The disease, he says, is a direct result of the work he did while serving in the United States Navy between 1960 and 1977. Dummitt was a boiler tender aboard Navy ships and regularly came into contact with parts and pieces contaminated with asbestos during his work. Dummitt’s [...]

Navy Veteran Receives $32M Mesothelioma Settlement is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Mesothelioma Lawyers Win $19.5M for Injured Construction Workers

CPSM — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:50:58 +0000

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos that strikes nearly 3,000 people in the United States every year and hundreds of thousands worldwide. Mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis is an even rarer form of the disease which causes cancerous tumors to grow in the testicles and the tissue surrounding them. Tunica vaginalis [...]

Mesothelioma Lawyers Win $19.5M for Injured Construction Workers is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Canadian Government Continues to Pull the Trigger with Export of Deadly Asbestos

CPSM — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:16:39 +0000

How can Canada’s Prime Minister continue to support the export of harmful asbestos even though the Canadian government has been abating the deadly fiber from its public buildings for years? It’s like saying its okay to pull the trigger and kill in other countries as long as we aren’t killing our own! Prime Minister Stephen Harper [...]

Canadian Government Continues to Pull the Trigger with Export of Deadly Asbestos is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Lobbyists of Chrysotile Asbestos Target Developing Countries

CPSM — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:20:30 +0000

Mr. Jim Morris of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reports that they have concluded a nine-month investigation into a worldwide network of lobby groups who have spent close to $100 million dollars to maintain the international market for asbestos since the mid-1980s. The lobbyists are backed by both public and private and are even [...]

Lobbyists of Chrysotile Asbestos Target Developing Countries is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Integrative Therapies for Asbestos Cancer

CPSM — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:30:36 +0000

Mesothelioma is one type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was commonly used in many industrial, construction and manufacturing products prior to the mid-1980’s. When inhaled, asbestos fibers lodge in the body and cause diseases, such as asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer. A diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is [...]

Integrative Therapies for Asbestos Cancer is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.