Welcome to the latest installment of our “Spotlighted Blogger” series. This spring we’ve been focusing on psoriasis patient bloggers, starting with Lissa in March and Alisha B. and Jessica in April. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Joni (girlwithspots), a PatientsLikeMe member who writes a blog called “Just a Girl with Spots.” How has… Continue reading Spotlighted Blogger: Meet Psoriasis Patient Joni of “Just a Girl with Spots”
Category: Patient Experiences
Living with Psoriasis: PatientsLikeMe Member Lissa Featured on Patient Power
“I don’t really know too many people around here with psoriasis. It was hard to relate with somebody. My family, my friends, my husband, they’re great support, but they can only see what I’m going through, they can’t go through it the way I do. It’s really important to be able to connect with people… Continue reading Living with Psoriasis: PatientsLikeMe Member Lissa Featured on Patient Power
World No Tobacco Day: 10 Facts About Secondhand Smoke
We’ve written about how smoking is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the US. We’ve also highlighted some of the treatments that our 4,000+ members who report tobacco addiction have tried in their quest to quit. But today, in honor of World No Tobacco Day, we’d like to focus on the… Continue reading World No Tobacco Day: 10 Facts About Secondhand Smoke
A Peek at the May Newsletter for Members
What kinds of things do we cover in our monthly newsletters for members? Take a look at the excerpt below from our May edition. Also, in case you didn’t know, anyone – whether a PatientsLikeMe member or not – can view our current and past newsletters in our Newsletter Archive. See what we’ve been up… Continue reading A Peek at the May Newsletter for Members
Someone Like Me
We are pleased to present a guest post by PatientsLikeMe member Jasmine (Jazz1982), who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in her mid-twenties. Don’t miss this beautiful essay about the commonalities between all patients who have lost functionality – regardless of how different their conditions might seem. I recently met someone that happened to be just like… Continue reading Someone Like Me
Free Up Research! On Our Way to 25,000 Signatures
Have you heard about the petition launched to the White House asking for all federally funded research to be freely accessible over the Internet? We’ve signed it and here’s why… Today, government-funded research (that’s research paid for with your tax dollars) is often something you can have access to in published scientific journals, but for a… Continue reading Free Up Research! On Our Way to 25,000 Signatures
Strengthen Your Knowledge During National Osteoporosis Month
Of the estimated 10 million Americans with osteoporosis – which means “porous bones” – 80% of them are women. That’s why we wanted to shine a spotlight on this condition during National Women’s Health Week. Approximately one in two women over the age of 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis. Even more alarming… Continue reading Strengthen Your Knowledge During National Osteoporosis Month
A Day in the Life of Biz Dev Team Member Arianne Graham
What’s it like to work at PatientsLikeMe? We are continuing to reveal just that with our monthly blog series “A Day in the Life,” which features employees from different departments. So far, we’ve interviewed User Experience Engineer Cris Necochea, Research Assistant Shivani Bhargava, Office Manager Alison Dutton and Research Scientist Timothy Vaughan. Today we hear from Arianne… Continue reading A Day in the Life of Biz Dev Team Member Arianne Graham
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Is This Saturday
Sponsored by the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association (NFMCPA), Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (Saturday, May 12th) is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness of this complex chronic pain disorder. Fibromyalgia (FM) affects an estimated 10 million people in the US, 75-90 percent of whom are women—but it can also occur in men and children. The… Continue reading Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Is This Saturday
Spotlighted Blogger: Meet Jessica of “Jessica and Psoriasis”
Welcome to the latest installment of our “Spotlighted Blogger” series. This spring we are focusing on psoriasis patient bloggers, starting with Lissa back in March and Alisha B. a few weeks ago. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Gough, a 19-year-old from the UK who recently started a blog called Jessica and Psoriasis.… Continue reading Spotlighted Blogger: Meet Jessica of “Jessica and Psoriasis”