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Read All About It! The WLAVA Unfurls Its Meso Program for Veterans
It’s up!The Veteran’s Administration’s website has been updated. Veterans with mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer can now arm themselves with the tools they need to fight back.Click hereto...
View ArticleJust As The Use of Asbestos Continues, So Does Corporate Wrongdoing
A Letter from Linda Lipsen to the Editor of the New York Times (Feb. 6, 2015)Re “NewYork’s Real Scandal,” by Joe Nocera (column, Jan. 31):For years, the asbestos industry has promoted the myth that...
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The Truth Behind the FACT Act
Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, a non-profit, consumer rights advocacy group and think tank based in D.C., shared some facts regarding the so-called “Furthering Asbestos Claims...
View ArticleDurbin Introduces Bill To Help American Workers, Families Avoid Asbestos...
March 10, 2015http://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-introduces-bill-to-help-american-workers-families-avoid-asbestos-exposure[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – With asbestos-related diseases...
View ArticleLethal and Still Legal: Asbestos Flows into U.S. Ports
March 10, 2015http://www.asbestosnation.org/lethal-and-still-legal-asbestos-flows-into-u-s-ports/New National Campaign to Raise Awareness of Continuing Threats from AsbestosWashington, D.C. – Many...
View ArticleNew Asbestos Bills Before Congress, but will Meaningful Legislature Finally...
A new bill has been introduced to congress this week which would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to re-consider a ban on asbestos, and many other toxic chemicals that have been found...
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UCLA Health Releases New Video Chronicling Treatment of Six-Year Meso...
Martha and Arturo MunozOn March 23, 2015, UCLA Health released a new video which chronicles the medical treatment of Worthington & Caron, PC client Martha Munoz. Martha was 68 years old when she...
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Meso Web-Surfers: Beware of Hidden Rocks
Dozens of websites would have you believe that they are in some official capacity associated with a doctor.They suggest that by filling out a form, they will arrange to set up an appointment for you...
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Early Bird Special! Register Now for the 5th International Symposium on...
Worthington & Caron is pleased to announce that it will once again be sponsoring the 5th International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.The 5th Annual...
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UCLA’s Innovative Approach Improves Treatment Options for Patients with...
In the spring 2015 edition of the UCLA quarterly newsletter, Vital Signs, UCLA’s Comprehensive Mesothelioma Program presents their innovative approach to treating this complex and difficult to treat...
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It’s Not Too Late! Register Today for the 5th International Symposium on...
It’s not too late to register! Join us this weekend as some of the world’s leading mesothelioma experts and advocates highlight the most promising medical advances in mesothelioma treatment and...
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Jury Finds Colgate-Palmolive Talcum Powder Causes Mesothelioma, Awards $13...
Los Angeles County, CA A jury in Los Angeles County (Chatsworth) yesterday on April 28, 2015 unanimously found that Colgate-Palmolive’s Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder, which they sold from the 1930s...
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Fight Mesothelioma, Raise Awareness, Have Fun
This Sunday, May 3, sunny Dana Point, California will host the 9th Annual Dana Point Grand Prix (DPGP). Professional cyclists, amateurs, and kids (yes kids!) will race around downtown Dana Point in the...
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Latest Lung-Sparing Therapies, Patient Resources and “Hollywood Ending” at...
Dr. Robert CameronThe Pacific Meso Center, in conjunction with The Office of Continuing Medical Education of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, held the 5th International Symposium on...
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The Spirit of John Johnson Alive and Well at the 2015 Dana Point Grand Prix...
Karl MenziesWins the 2015Dana Point Grand PrixDana Point, CA. The Men’s Pro race at the Dana Point Grand Prix of Cyclingthis weekend exemplified what the John Johnson Family is all about – celebrating...
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FACT- Here We Go Again
If we've learned one thing, it's this: the asbestos industry is incapable of doing the right thing. Their history speaks for itself. A legacy of lying, poisoning, cheating, obfuscating and denying....
View ArticleDeaths Caused by Exposure to Asbestos Much Higher Than Previously Estimated
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is reporting that the number of deaths caused by asbestos related disease in the U.S. is much higher than previously believed. Extensive analysis done by EWG...
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3rd Annual, “The Greatest Escape” Motorcycle Ride is Back with Grand Marshal...
Worthington & Caron is thrilled to announce that it will again serve as lead sponsor for the3rd Annual “The Greatest Escape” Motorcycle Ride for Mesothelioma Research in Los Angeles. “The Greatest...
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Cracking the Code: Have We Found the Cause of “Idiopathic” Mesothelioma Among...
For years now the asbestos industry has denied full responsibility for mesothelioma among women in the U.S. They have argued that for most women, mesothelioma is “idiopathic,” meaning “we don’t know...
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Putting Out the Fire: Working Toward a Strategy to Kill Mesothelioma if it...
Mesothelioma can be like a campfire that won’t go out.Even with the best surgical technique, chemotherapy and radiation, every doctor worth his or her salt will tell you that none of these therapies –...
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