“Clouds of dust were falling on us at every blow of the truncheon, but at that time we knew nothing about asbestos,” recalled Jesús Ropero Calcerrada, a 73-year-old man who was tasked with scraping asbestos from railway carriages during his working life in Beasáin, in the Basque country in Spain. He and others were not offered any protection from … [Read more...]
Tepezza Hearing Loss, Other Tepezza Hearing Problems May be Irreversible and Permanent
Tepezza hearing loss and other Tepezza hearing problems have been reported by medical doctors and patients since this treatment for Thyroid Eye Disease was approved by the FDA in 2020. Those Tepezza hearing problems have involved various medical diagnosis types, including: Hypoacusis: hearing loss ranging from impairment to … [Read more...]
They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence
Henry Saenz remembers when he first learned what even the tiniest bit of asbestos could do to his body. He was working at a chemical plant where employees used [ asbestos for chlorine production ], and his coworkers warned him about what could happen each time he took a breath: Tiny fibers, invisible to the eye, could enter his nose and mouth and … [Read more...]
FDA AdComm: Copiktra Risk-Benefit Profile No Longer Favorable as a Third-Line CLL/SLL Treatment
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) has voted 8-4 against the Copiktra risk-benefit profile, as reported in this September 23, 2022, Endpoint News article, “FDA adcomm takes down Secura Bio’s leukemia drug after final trial results show potential OS detriment”. From that recent news report about the safety of Copiktra … [Read more...]
Malignant Mesothelioma Mortality in Women — United States, 1999–2020
Inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause malignant mesothelioma, a rapidly progressing and lethal cancer of the mesothelium, the thin layer of tissues surrounding internal organs in the chest and abdomen. Patients with malignant mesothelioma have a poor prognosis, with a median survival of 1 year from diagnosis. The estimated median interval from … [Read more...]
Pembrolizumab / Lenvatinib Combo Shows Positive Clinical Activity in Recurrent Pleural Mesothelioma
The combination of pembrolizumab (Keytruda), and lenvatinib (Lenvima) demonstrated promising clinical activity with no unexpected toxicities in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), according to results from the PEMMELA study (NCT04287829) presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2022 World … [Read more...]
Gallbladder Side Effects Related to Byetta and Other GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Cases of gallbladder side effects related to Byetta, Trulicity, Ozempic, and Adlyxin were reported in this August 2022 medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine article, “Acute cholecystitis associated with the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists reported to the US Food and Drug Administration”, which starts with the following: The … [Read more...]
The silent malignant mesothelioma epidemic: a call to action
Malignant mesothelioma, recognised as a new disease in the 1950s, is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure and usually diagnosed decades after first exposure. The disease was initially restricted to asbestos workers, but diagnoses after non-occupational [ asbestos exposure ] continue to surge. Despite the acknowledgment by WHO and the … [Read more...]
Camp Lejeune Claims for Veterans and Family Diagnosed With Cancers
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 allows for claims to be filed against the US Government seeking legal compensation for veterans and their family members who have been diagnosed with serious medical conditions, diseases, and cancers that are associated with harmful chemicals that were in the Camp Lejeune contaminated water they used during 1953 … [Read more...]
Breast Implants Lymphoma Cancer ALCL Case Numbers Increasing Rapidly in the US
There is some new medical research about current population-based estimates of the incidence of breast implants-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) -- more commonly called breast implants lymphoma cancer -- in the US, and the findings are rather alarming. From this recent news report, "ALCL Increasing Rapidly in US Women as … [Read more...]
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