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Considering Longer Chemotherapy
  

July 21, 2009 (New York Times) The newest prognosis for cancer may be longer chemotherapy. Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are moving toward treating cancer patients with drugs continuously, even when they may not urgently need them. That would be a departure from the common practice of stopping treatment when the cancer is under control and resuming it only if the cancer worsens.
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Weighing School Backpacks
  

July 20, 2009 (New York Times) Last year, my daughter’s school backpack got so heavy, she would sometimes just drag it behind her rather than hoist it onto her shoulders. Backpacks with wheels are too bulky for her locker, so next year I’m thinking about buying an extra set of textbooks to keep at home.
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Learning of Risk of Alzheimer’s Seems to Do No Harm
July 16, 2009 (New York Times) A genetic test that can find an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease does no psychological harm to people who take it, even if they test positive for a risky gene, a new study find
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Qualifying Medical Conditions
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MediGuide is focusing on providing opinion for certain medical conditions defined as Qualifying Medical Conditions (QMCs). These include mainly cancers, benign tumors, and congenital heart defects, with a precise list determined based on an evaluation of a client’s needs.

A sample list of Qualifying Medical Conditions includes:

  • Breast Cancer
  • Colon Cancer
  • Childhood Leukemia
  • Lung Cancer
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Liver Cancer
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Adult Leukemia
  • Melanoma
  • Stroke
  • Congenital Birth
  • Defects Lyme Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • AIDS
  • Deafness
  • Loss of Speech
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Motor Neuron Disease
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Children’s Heart Defects
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Brain Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Endometriosis
  • Emphysema
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Severe Heart Disease
  • Blindness
  • Loss of Limbs
  • Severe Burns
  • Benign Brain tumor
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Please contact MediGuide for more information.