Meet Glenda (gagafor2), a member of the 2016-2017 Team of Advisors. Glenda is a wife, mother and grandmother who finds great joy in making others happy. She’s also living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Recently, Glenda told us about coming to terms with the “unknown” in her future and coping with anxiety: “PatientsLikeMe became… Continue reading Meet Glenda from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
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Another successful 24 Days of Giving!
That’s right – thanks to your awesome rallying, we reached our 24 Days of Giving goal again! Together, the PatientsLikeMe community donated a total of 428,459 health data points. We’ll be making a $25,000 donation to Make-A- Wish® Massachusetts and Rhode Island to help fund life-affirming wishes for seriously ill children. What did the community… Continue reading Another successful 24 Days of Giving!
Meet Laura from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
Say hello to Laura (thisdiva99), another member of your 2016-2017 Team of Advisors. Laura chatted with us about what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder and why she thinks it’s essential to find and connect with others who live with the same condition: “It is of the utmost importance to connect with other… Continue reading Meet Laura from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
Member Susan shares about life with type 2 diabetes
Meet Susan (sugarpolicewoman) from Montgomery, Alabama. She loves birds, flowers and kittens and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over 40 years ago. Check out her story to learn more about how she manages her condition while living in an assisted living facility. Can you tell us a little about yourself? What are your passions?… Continue reading Member Susan shares about life with type 2 diabetes
Meet John from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
Have you met John (JohnJFB126)? He’s another member of the 2016-2017 Team of Advisors. John is a musician, husband and father of four. He’s also living with MS. For John, living with an “invisible” disease is challenging, and he hopes for more compassion and understanding from others in the future. Here, John shares how he finds… Continue reading Meet John from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
The power of your data: Patient empowerment
We’re more than halfway through 24 Days of Giving and we’ve been sharing how patient data has the power to create better communities, better care and a better you. So, while we’re on the subject of you – let’s talk more about how patients see themselves as the captains of their own health when it… Continue reading The power of your data: Patient empowerment
The power of your data: How it works for you
For these 24 Days of Giving, we’ve been sharing how patient data has the power to change healthcare for the better. But how does the data you donate work for YOU in your own health journey? PatientsLikeMe members are starting to answer that as part of an ongoing initiative, giving us feedback about the benefits… Continue reading The power of your data: How it works for you
24 Days of Giving: Halfway checkpoint
The midpoint. The halfway mark. Call it what you want, but we’re smack in the middle of 24 Days of Giving. So, where do we stand on the data donation front? Let’s take a look: 12,340 treatment reports 90,610 symptom reports 72,593 health outcomes So if you’ve been donating, keep at it. If not, why… Continue reading 24 Days of Giving: Halfway checkpoint
Meet Kimberly from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
We’d like to introduce you to Kimberly (firefly84), another member of your 2016-2017 Team of Advisors. Kimberly lives with autonomic neuropathy and describes what it’s like to manage a condition that is at times invisible, how she tackles each day by taking “baby steps” and focusing on the moment at hand. Before becoming ill, Kimberly… Continue reading Meet Kimberly from the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors
PatientsLikeMe Co-Founders Jamie and Ben Heywood Win International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations 2016 Humanitarian Award
DUBLIN—December 8, 2016—A decade after their work sparked a revolution in patient empowerment and patient-centered medicine, PatientsLikeMe co-founders Jamie and Ben Heywood were awarded the 2016 Humanitarian Award by the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations. Inaugurated in 2000, the Humanitarian Award recognizes and encourages contributions to the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Motor Neurone Disease (ALS/MND) and is awarded to those… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Co-Founders Jamie and Ben Heywood Win International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations 2016 Humanitarian Award