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ABOUT US Where you can find The West Virginia Record Contact us By way of introduction Asbestos suits name Mansuetto Roofing, Weirton Steel Thursday, March 09, 2006 By John O'Brien - Charleston Bureau CHARLESTON - A woman representing the Estate of John Diehl has listed 136 defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit, while a New Cumberland man suffering from lung cancer and asbestosis has listed 96 in his lawsuit.Michelle Nolan, of Bridgeport, Ohio and the Personal Representative of the Estate of John Diehl, states in lawsuit filed Feb.

23 in Kanawha Circuit Court that Diehl's death from mesothelioma on Feb.

24, 2004, was caused by the negligence of the defendants.

Most notable in the list of defendants is Mansuetto Roofing Company, where Diehl worked."Injuries and damages suffered by ...

... Basque News and Information Channel eitb24 HomeEntertainmentEntertainment Widow of "Superman" star Dana Reeve's death to give a boost to fight against lung cancer 03/09/2006 "Sadly, it takes her death, coming just seven months after diagnosis, and the fact that she had never smoked, to let the public see the real picture of lung cancer," said the head of the non-profit Lung Cancer Alliance.

Dana Reeve The lung cancer death of activist Dana Reeve, a non-smoker and widow of "Superman" star Christopher Reeve, has focused attention on what some have discounted as a "self-induced" disease unworthy of adequate research money."Sadly, it takes her death, coming just seven months after diagnosis, and the fact that she had never smoked, to let the public see the real picture of lung cancer," said Laurie Fenton, president of the non-profit Lung Cancer Alliance.

"Lung cancer continues to be portrayed as a self-induced cancer that does not deserve public research funding," Fenton said in a statement.Reeve announced she had lung cancer in August 2005, less than two years after the 2004 death of her husband, an actor paralyzed in a 1995 horse-riding accident.

She died on Monday, at 44.Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the United States, claiming more lives than prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Dr.

Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society said the vast majority of lung can...

... Lung cancer cases increasing among non-smoking females Lung cancer cases increasing among non-smoking females The death of Christopher Reeve's wife Dana Reeve, who was a non-smoker, due to lung cancer has brought sharp focus on the rising instances of the killer disease among those who have never lit up.

And women seem especially vulnerable to the disease, with 20 per cent of all female lung cancer victims being non-smokers.

Among the general population, 10 per cent of all lung cancer patients have never used tobacco.

“Now, there is a subset of a patient population that are non-smokers and that is typically a female population, 40 to 45 years of age and above, that are non-smokers, have no other risk factors and do develop lung cancer,” said Dr Susan Huntsinger, a cancer specialist from the University of Tennessee.

This small group of patients continues to baffle doctors and researchers the world over, with many blaming secondhand smoke for the phenomenon.

However, the question as to why non-smoking women are more susceptible to the disease remains largely unanswered.

“We need to understand why younger women are more likely to get the disease, why there are molecular differences in lung cancer between men and women, and why there are treatment differences between men and women,” said Regina Vidaver, of Women Against Lung Cancer, a research group.

In spite of all the lobbies that vehemently deny the existence of passive smoking, secondhand smoke seems to be the ...