One interesting study is called, A retrospective mortality cohort study of chrysotile asbestos products workers in Tianjin 19721987 by Wei-nan Cheng and Jian Kong - Environmental Research - Volume 59, Issue 1, October 1992, Pages 271-278. Here is an excerpt: The mortality rate of a cohort of asbestos workers was investigated in Tianjin, China, between January 1, 1972, and December 31, 1987. The cohort consisted of 662 males and 510 females,...more
One interesting study is called, Asbestos-induced lung inflammation by Marek Rola-Pleszczynski, Sylvie Gouin and Raymond Bgin - Inflammation Volume 8, Number 1, 53-62. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - In a recently developed sheep model of progressive low-dose pulmonary exposure to asbestos, initial alveolar lymphocyte and macrophage activation was followed by pulmonary neutrophilia in higher-dose exposed animals. This was observed after 18 months...more
One interesting study is called, Asbestos exposure enhances the release of fibroblast growth factor by sheep alveolar macrophages. By Lemaire I, Rola-Pleszczynski M, Bgin R. - J Reticuloendothel Soc. 1983 Apr;33(4):275-85. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - Interaction between free airway cells (FAC) and lung fibroblasts was studied in a sheep model of asbestosis. Three groups of six sheep each received, respectively, by repeated intratracheal instillations, saline (control), 328 mg (low dose), and 2282 mg (high dose) of UICC chrysotile B asbestos. Sixteen months after the first instillation, FAC obtained by segmental bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of sheep in each group were incubated for various intervals, and the effect of their culture supernatants (FAC-SN) on human embryonic lung fibroblast proliferation was determined. FAC-SN from control animals stimulated thymidine (3H-TdR) incorporation by lung fibroblasts two- to threefold compared to untreated cultures. Maximal stimulation was observed at 48 hr and was correlated with a significant increase of the fibroblast population at 72 hr. FAC population from control sheep consisted primarily of macrophages (79%) and lymphocytes (15%),...more
One interesting study is called, Histologic type of lung cancer and asbestos exposure by Oscar Auerbach MD, Lawrence Garfinkel MA, Verta R. Parks BS, Alfred S. Conston MD, Vincent A. Galdi MD, Lou Jouberti,- Cancer Volume 54, Issue 12, pages 30173021, 15 December 1984. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - The histologic types of lung cancer in 855...more
No matter how hopeless you view your situation to be, drug dependancy might be handled using the right drug treatment and help. Recovering from drug abuse may be hard as well as time-consuming but living a life free in the bondage of illegitimate drugs can be worth all the time, effort and sacrifices. During the course of healing...more
Hectic fever is remittent, dependent upon local irritation, and rarely, if ever, idiopathic. It is attended by great and increasing debility, a weak, quick pulse, hurried respiration on any exertion, and increased heat of the skin. The febrile exacerbations are preceded by a slight chill, are slight at first, but soon become more evident, especially in the evening. The skin is at first dry, and the increased heat is more evident in the hands and face. The fever terminates in a free, profuse perspiration. The bowels are at first costive, but soon become relaxed, and an exhausting diarrhoea comes on; the urine is various, generally it is pale, and does not deposit; while there is generally a pallor of the surface, the cheeks present what is aptly termed the "hectic blush." As the disease advances, the whole frame becomes emaciated, the eyes sink in their orbits, but are brilliant and expressive; the ankles and legs sometimes swell, and the sleep is feverish and disturbed. Finally the debility becomes so great that the patient expires while making some slight exertion. Hectic fever accompanies nearly all forms of disease connected with great debility, especially...more
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Cancer seems to touch many lives. When a diagnosis is given to a patient and family it very often rocks their world. Life makes a dramatic change, and includes new people, experiences and expenses. This is not an easy time, and only...more