Posted on September 28, 2021 Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH, is Director of the NY Mesothelioma Program and Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She graduated Cum Laude from Princeton and earned highest honors at Harvard Medical School. She served as Chief Resident in Surgery at the [...]
Posted on September 26, 2021 -- Mesothelioma Awareness Day The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) sincerely thanks Senators Merkley, Daines, and Tester for their letters to the 16th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Virtual Conference attendees. We know that it made a huge difference to the attendees to see the devotion that Congressional members [...]
Join and/or donate to ADAO's Ban Asbestos Team Facebook 2021 Mesothelioma Warrior Tribute Bibs Posted on September 25, 2021 As we join together again during Mesothelioma Awareness Month, the weeklong virtual Miles for Meso fundraiser to support ADAO begins on Saturday. For the thirteenth year, we remember and honor Mesothelioma Warriors with tribute bibs. We [...]
Posted on September 30, 2021 As Mesothelioma Awareness Month comes to a close, ADAO is looking forward to sharing information on asbestos disease and prevention for October’s Health Literacy Month. The ADAO four-part awareness and prevention blog series will begin on Monday, October 4th and present easy information to understand and share. Asbestos remains legal [...]
October 4th -- Part One: Prevent Asbestos Exposure October 11th -- Part Two: Recognize High Risk Occupation October 18th -- Part Three: Understand the Warning Symptoms for Asbestos-Caused Diseases October 25th -- Part Four: Finding a Center of Excellence for Treatment Important Notice: ADAO does not make medical diagnoses, recommend treatment, or answer specific patient questions. [...]