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Judge Forces Parents to Allow Chemotherapy for Their 3-Year-Old
How much say do we really have when it comes to our children’s medical care? When is it okay for a doctor or judge to override a parent’s wishes? The recent case of parents being forced to put their 3-year-old child on chemotherapy has taken the media by storm - but there may be more to the story than we’ve been told. Recent headlines have painted a picture of parents being stripped of their rights,...
May 30, 2019
Chemotherapy: Attacking Bad and Even Good Cells
We all hear of this cancer treatment, but what exactly does the process of chemotherapy entail? Simply put, it is a way to kill cancer cells with drugs. Cancer cells grow and divide very quickly, so treatment is a race against this spreading. Chemotherapy specifically targets the cells that do spread quickly. “Chemo” can work throughout the entire body, which is different from radiation or surgeries...
April 11, 2019
These Breast Cancer Patients Might Not Need Chemotherapy
A study published in June, 2018,- in the New England Journal of Medicine may change the guidelines on how doctors treat a common form of breast cancer. According to the report, about 70% of people in early stages of certain breast cancers can be treated just as effectively - without - chemotherapy. New Findings - The researchers focused on patients with hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative, node-negative...
June 6, 2018