Managing Fibromyalgia with Your Smartphone

Living with fibromyalgia can be a challenging journey, with symptoms ranging from chronic pain and fatigue to sleep disturbances and cognitive difficulties. However, in this age of technological advancement, our phones can be powerful tools to help manage our health and improve overall well-being. PatientsLikeMe App PatientsLikeMe just launched an updated app on both the… Continue reading Managing Fibromyalgia with Your Smartphone

Communicating with ALS: From devices to voice banking

Difficulty with speech and communication is a frustrating reality for many living with ALS. From apps to devices and voice banking, communication is a popular topic (as in over 35k conversations) on PatientsLikeMe, so we took a closer look into some of the options out there for pALS. Tablets: Windows vs. iPad vs. Android Trouble with typing… Continue reading Communicating with ALS: From devices to voice banking

PatientsLikeMe usability study for mobile app

Designing a new app is like designing a car. Your engineer and designer may have done a flawless job, but nothing matters until the person actually steps into the driver’s seat and test-drives the product. So when it came time for us to launch the first pass at our new mobile app, called PLM Connect,… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe usability study for mobile app

Submit Your Best “App” Ideas to Help Teen Cancer Patients

“Young cancer patients have a lot to say as well as questions to ask, but struggle to find quality information sources where they can express this.  It is even harder to find an innovative platform to visit. I believe a mobile app created exclusively for teenage cancer patients would make their quest for information not… Continue reading Submit Your Best “App” Ideas to Help Teen Cancer Patients