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Asbestos disease has been underestimated

...The pattern for These early results have important implications for asbestos-related disease liability schemes, Dr Clements said, although more detailed work is needed to properly integrate other factors related to the actuarial implications.

According to the research, an existing model developed by the auditing firm KPMG gave the peak of However, Dr Clements said their own epidemiological model showed that the peak could occur as late as 2017 and see 6430 cases of the deadly disease in NSW men.

“There is reasonable evidence that the peak of This has far reaching consequences for actuarial predictions, where the number of cases out to 2060 may be in excess of 35 per cent higher than the number predicted by KPMG’s model,” he said.

“It is unclear why the two models give different results.

The KPMG modeling may have been influenced by a common belief that peak incidence would be in 2010; in contrast, our epidemiological model is able to predict the peak for incidence.

“Although these results have i...

Announcing an international conference Occupational Lung Disease ...

...These premier experts include Dr.Tee Guidotti, Dr.

Michele Carbone, and Dr.

David Goldsmith.

Many conferences would count it a success to have but one of these visionary scientists speaking at their conference.

In Sudbury we have the distinct honour of having these three experts join together with us in this task.

The May 10th conference will employ the most advanced knowledge transfer methods as the meeting will be held at the eDome centre at Cambrian College in Sudbury.

The plan is to reach out to the widest possible audience including, but not limited to, clinical medical experts, family physicians, and other health care providers who treat these patients.

The Occupational Health Clinic has partnered with unions and community business partners in this initiative.

We have also taken this opportunity to increase awareness of these diseases in our medical and nursing schools in the North.

Together we can make a difference.

In the not too distant future, we hope to be able to say that this group who met in Sudbury on May 10th, 2007 helped change how we understand these occupational lung diseases for future generations.

In the Sudbury Area: eDome @ Cambrian College, 1400 Barrydowne Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Parking: Available at Cambrian College at the cost of $4/day Cost: $100, which includes lunch Outside of Sudbury: With the aid of the eDome, now anyone can access this international event regardless of geographic location.

All that is requir...

Asbestos victim numbers underestimated: study

...for projections, models that a number of the predicted number of MARK CLEMENTS: That's correct, so the current pattern is that there's been a rise in the number of cases over the past 10 to 15 years.

And the big question is how far will that rise continue because that last year predicts the number of cases out to 2050.

HAYDEN COOPER: Just how many more cases of MARK CLEMENTS: So far as actually putting a number on it, it's actually quite difficult.

So, what we've got is, in New South Wales we've got a baseline of about 2,500 cases and we're seeing at least a third more on top of that.It could be more but we try to give more of a conservative approach rather than sort of saying, "Oh we think that there's going to be x number".HAYDEN COOPER: So,...

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