Perhaps your loved one put in 20 or more years on the job and was looking forward to retirement. Things might have even been going well to start, until symptoms of illness began to arise. Like many North Carolina families who have gone through similar experiences, you...
Simple home renovation projects rarely turn out to be simple. If your home improvement plans uncovered the existence of asbestos in your walls, ceiling, floors or other areas, your project might have come to a screeching halt while you evaluated what to do next....
Your loved one might have contracted a terminal illness a decade or more before anyone realized that he or she was sick. Asbestos exposure on a North Carolina job site, in a home or elsewhere often results in mesothelioma or asbestosis, two diseases for which there...
The suspicions of your doctor that you may have mesothelioma can be a crushing blow for you and your entire family. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is seldom diagnosed until it is quite advanced. The results of such a diagnosis are rarely good, and you will...
Like many North Carolina residents, you or one of your family members may have served in the U.S. Navy or other branches of the armed forces. Depending on what your duties were, you may have been exposed to asbestos on the job. Asbestos exposure can result in...
A cancer diagnosis will change your life. Mesothelioma is one of the gravest types of cancer you can get, and this will take a toll on you as well as every member of your family. This disease will impact your physical health, and you will experience various types of...
It has been over a year since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalled all medications containing ranitidine, including both over-the-counter and prescription forms of Zantac. You may have taken Zantac to control your heartburn or symptoms of acid reflux....
Are you among the many parents in North Carolina and throughout the country whose child suffers from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)? Nothing can keep a child lying awake in discomfort at night more than a bad case of GERD. Perhaps you’ve tried using several...
If you or a loved one works on or around ships in the Carolinas, across the country or internationally, you may feel grateful that regulations prevent the use of materials containing asbestos on ships. You may be like many who hope the terrifying prospect of...
When you are at work, you may not be thinking about the possible unseen risks you could be facing in your North Carolina workplace or encountering while doing your job. Exposure to certain material, like asbestos, could elevate your risk for serious illnesses. You may...
