In our “Spotlighted Blogger” series, we’re talking with people who are sharing their personal health experiences to help raise awareness of disease and change healthcare for good. For our latest interview, we’re talking with Tricia who’s writing about her journey with multiple sclerosis (MS) on her blog Love My MS Life. Some of you may… Continue reading “I choose hope.” Interview with Multiple Sclerosis Blogger Tricia
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Interview with Dr. Dee Kite, Author of “The Dumbest Things Smart People Say to Folks with MS” (Part II)
In Part I of our interview, we learned how Dee came to write The Dumbest Things Smart People Say to Folks with MS, how PatientsLikeMe’s MS Community was a critical part of her research and, most importantly, her “top three dumbest things” not to say. Today we find out more about Dee’s personal journey with… Continue reading Interview with Dr. Dee Kite, Author of “The Dumbest Things Smart People Say to Folks with MS” (Part II)
Celebrating MS Awareness Month: Interview with Accelerated Cure’s Sara Loud
It’s MS Awareness Month and we’re excited to bring you information from our nonprofit partner, Accelerated Cure Project for MS. We briefly mentioned the Accelerated Cure Repository in our blog interview with Devic’s patient, Gracie. We thought we’d take the opportunity to ask The Accelerated Cure Project for MS a bit more about the repository… Continue reading Celebrating MS Awareness Month: Interview with Accelerated Cure’s Sara Loud
Community Report: The composition and experience of the Multiple Sclerosis community
Six months after its public launch, the MS PatientsLikeMe community includes over 1 in 200 MS patients in the U.S. and the rate of growth continues to escalate. To mark the occasion and experiment with new community tools, we put together the first PatientsLikeMe community report. In this report, we begin to paint a portrait… Continue reading Community Report: The composition and experience of the Multiple Sclerosis community