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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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 |
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