We are all too aware that Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive illness, with tremors, difficulty walking and other symptoms usually getting worse over time. Here at PatientsLikeMe, and in the clinic, that progression is measured with the Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (PDRS). Although you can never really simplify a whole disease down to a… Continue reading The Ups and Downs of Parkinson’s Disease
Tag: Timothy Vaughan
A Day in the Life of PatientsLikeMe Research Scientist Timothy Vaughan
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 and Office Manager Alison Dutton. Today we hear from Research Scientist Timothy Vaughan,… Continue reading A Day in the Life of PatientsLikeMe Research Scientist Timothy Vaughan
Giving Health Statistics a Good Name
Mark Twain popularized the notion that there are three kinds of lies: “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” But there’s a cure for bad statistics, and that cure is openness. When our study of the effects of lithium in ALS was published in Nature Biotechnology, we not only presented the usual background and analysis, but we… Continue reading Giving Health Statistics a Good Name
PatientsLikeMe @ The 20th International ALS/MND Symposium in Berlin
The 20th International Symposium on ALS/MND took place (December 8th-10th) in Berlin, Germany. This is the 4th ALS Symposium attended by PatientsLikeMe, and certainly the most exciting in terms of new findings. The annual symposium is a tremendous opportunity for researchers from around the world to meet and share new developments – it’s the big… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe @ The 20th International ALS/MND Symposium in Berlin