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• Article - Macular Degeneration: A Beginner's Guide

  Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading...

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Insurance Coverage: Denied!

  What do you do when your parent's insurance company denies coverage for the care that his doctor has ordered?

• Blog Post - A "Hip" New Sound or a Noisy Nuisance?

  Why some artificial ceramic hips squeak and what people with hip replacements are doing about it.

• Blog Post - My mother's growing needs are putting a strain on my marriage, and I find myself wondering which will fall apart first -- her, my marriage, or me. What can I do?

  Since my dad died five years ago, my mother has had...

• Blog Post - Kennedy's Cancer Has Everyone Talking About Brain Tumors

  The announcement about Senator Edward Kennedy's brain tumor has the world talking about gliomas.

• Blog Post - Call Us Cancer "Carepartners"

  When you're helping someone you love battle cancer, you're right there on the front lines with them.

• Blog Post - Memory Problems? Don't Blame Bypass Surgery

  New research suggests that coronary artery disease, not bypass surgery, may be to blame for heart patients' cognitive decline.

• Blog Post - A Promising New Lung Cancer Vaccine

  This week brought welcome news for people with non-small cell lung cancer: Long-term results from a clinical trial showed that a new immune-boosting treatment worked as well or better than chemotherapy at reducing relapse.

• Blog Post - New Test Can Spare Breast Cancer Patients from Chemo

  The new test Oncotype DX spares many women with early stage breast cancer from chemo by revealing which cancers are low risk.

• Blog Post - Cancer News We Can Use

  New research presented at ASCO offers news for those with breast, colorectal, and lung cancer.

• Blog Post - Cancer and the Single Patient: A Special Need for Help

  Caring for someone with cancer who doesn't have a partner is a special challenge, and a very important type of caregiving.

Questions & Answers

• Question - Did bypass surgery change my father-in-law's personality for the worse?

  Can heart surgery change someone's personality? My father-in-law was a very mellow, easygoing person until he had bypass surgery.

• Question - Do you have information about a surgical option for migraines?

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• Question - How can I convince my father to have coronary bypass surgery?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What are ROM exercises, and will they help my bedridden mom?

  Range of motion (ROM) exercises for bedridden patients help keep joints flexible. It's easy to help your parent do these range of motion exercises.

• Question - Should my dad, who’s scheduled to have an operation unrelated to his diabetes, keep up his normal diabetes routine?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How does a broken hip heal without surgery?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How can I convince my mother and sister to step back without hurting their feelings?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - Can surgery and/or chemo cause Ascetis?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What's the risk of general anesthesia for my mother post-stroke?

  Expert knowledge to help you understand the risks of general anesthesia after your parent has had a stroke.

• Question - Will Medicare pay for TMJ surgery, which I am told has to be done by an oral surgeon?

  Will medicare pay for TMJ surgery (which I am told has to be...

• Question - Could a cognitive condition hamper my mom's broken hip recovery?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What is an infusaport and what does the procedure involve?

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• Question - After cataract surgery with a lens implant, does Medicare cover any of the cost of new glasses?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How soon after surgery to repair a broken hip is a patient able to climb stairs?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Will Medicare pay an oral surgeon for tooth extraction?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How do I encourage my mother, who has limited mobility, to exercise?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - What is the protocol for chemotherapy for colon cancer?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Is it possible for cancer to spread during surgery?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - My grandmother is on a ventilator and has moderate heart failure. What does this mean?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How can I help boost my mother's mood after her bypass surgery?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Does Medicare pay for cataract surgery and implants?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Does Medicare pay for glasses after cataract removal?

  Does Medicare pay for glasses after someone has cataract surgery? Yes, in most cases Medicare will pay for one pair of glasses after cataract surgery.

• Question - What is the difference between an infusaport and IV?

  Why is an infusaport used instead of an IV for chemotherapy? An infusaport can access a larger vein for giving chemo and lasts much longer than an IV.

• Question - How can I make a hospital stay easier for my mother with dementia?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How do I gently correct my mother-in-law, who has had brain surgery, when she calls my daughters the wrong name?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - How can I overcome my father's refusal to ask for help with his cancer care?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Should we try to get a competency hearing to overtake my partner's father's care?

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• Question - Can exercise raise my mother-in-law's ejection fraction?

  Can exercise raise my mother-in-law's ejection fraction? Her ejection fraction (EF) is now 10 percent, what it was before bypass surgery.

• Question - How do I determine if I have scar tissue related to an infusaport?

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• Question - What's the best way to ask for a second opinion on my mother's breast cancer?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and two Community Members

• Question - If I stop chemo, my doctor says my colon cancer will return. When?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

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