Washington, DC – Among the 13 gifts that pro golfer Fred Couples gave to charitable organizations when the US team won the recent Presidents Cup tournament in Australia was one in the amount of $25000 to the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, …See all stories on this topic » Mesothelioma.com Go to Source

Surviving mesothelioma cancer, a disease of the lining of the lungs, is an even more difficult challenge – but one that has been accomplished by some who have battled the aggressive disease. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, …See all stories on this topic » Go to Source

The Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund and around 50 supporters of the charity, which works to raise money for research into asbestos related cancer mesothelioma, will stood frozen in position on a wet afternoon. Those taking part remembered …See all stories on this topic » Go to Source

VICTIMS of mesothelioma have been ignored by successive governments and ministers must right the wrongs, Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock has warned. On average, victims successfully pursuing claims for mesothelioma see compensation in the order of …See all stories on this topic » Go to Source

United Kingdom – Terminally ill mesothelioma victims throughout the United Kingdom are facing yet another delay in compensation now that the government has announced that a 2010 law meant to help them get the money they deserve more quickly will not go …See all stories on this topic » Mesothelioma.com Go to Source

LLANELLI MP Nia Griffith has described the Government's decision not to protect mesothelioma victims from having to pay their fees out of any compensation awarded as "absolutely shameful". Thousands of ship workers, who came in to contact with asbestos …See all stories on this topic » Go to Source

Judge Harry Hanna, a County Court judge in Cleveland Ohio, discovered one of the most egregious examples of double dipping abuse in a case centered on Harry Kananian who passed away of mesothelioma—a cancer almost always caused by asbestos—in 2000.See all stories on this topic » Go to Source

Potential advances in the diagnosis of mesothelioma and the treatment for the disease are being reported this week from different parts of the world, another indication that the fight against this cancer has become an international battleground.See all stories on this topic » Asbestos.com Go to Source

Other concerned officials have also been rallying the county to address the asbestos situation, recognizing the fact that asbestos exposure can cause the development of diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma. Ted Harris, who serves on the county …See all stories on this topic » Mesothelioma.com Go to Source

Golfer Fred Couples, captain of the victorious US team in the 2011 President's Cup, has donated $25000 of the charitable proceeds from the event to the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. The foundation funds peer-reviewed research on …See all stories on this topic » Go to Source