Most mesothelioma cancer patients and their families know lymph nodes are important, but they don’t necessarily know why. There are many long, intimidating medical terms you might never hear until you or a loved one receives a rare diagnosis such as pleural mesothelioma. However, even short...
Low-dose photon irradiation, frequently used in radiotherapy, potentially assists deadly pleural malignant mesothelioma (MPM) cells spread out, warns a research study by Germany’s University of Heidelberg. The study, “Low-dose photon irradiation induces invasiveness through the SDF-1α/CXCR4 pathway in malignant mesothelioma cells,” appeared within the journal Oncotarget....
When To Talk To a Mesothelioma Lawyer in West Virginia When to Talk to a Mesothelioma Lawyer in West Virginia is a difficult question for many families in West Virginia. Following a mesothelioma cancer medical diagnosis, patients need to handle psychological distress, grieving, costly medical costs,...
Both sides of the dispute over President Donald Trump’s March 6 executive order weighed in on the future of the challenges today. In filings with the Supreme Court, the federal government urged the justices to dismiss the case as moot – that is, no longer...
Microsoft announced in July that the company’s legal department is planning to move 90% of its outside legal work to fixed fees, retainers, and similar arrangements—anything but the billable hour. Deputy general counsel David Howard identifies a number of factors driving this change; a desire...
When Anna Giannicchi was a high school student preparing for college, she realized that few of her teachers were willing to speak directly about an issue she knew not only preoccupied her friends—but was hard to avoid in the popular media. “The idea of rape is...