Dana Deighton, an esophageal cancer survivor, shares her diagnostic odyssey of false starts and life-threatening detours. [by Steve Smith]
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Inspire Founder/CEO Brian Loew announced a new initiative, the Inspire Research Accelerator, a program to accelerate medical progress by enabling academic researchers around the world--at no cost--to collaborate with Inspire.
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After many years as a caregiver to family members and surviving her own health crisis, Dana thrives on improving and empowering patient communication and connections to drive better health outcomes. [by Health Design Podcast]
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Author and journalist John-Manuel Andriote has spent much of his career writing about the impact of HIV/AIDS – a job that became much more personal when he himself was diagnosed in 2005. He tells pharmaphorum about the importance of resilience in coping with a serious illness. [by George Underwood]
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Many of my peers are living knowing there is a tomorrow, presuming that it is as healthy as it is today. Unfortunately for me, I am living knowing that one day I could end up developing Huntington’s Disease (HD), just like my mom. This means I could slowly deteriorate, both physically and mentally, to the point where I will be unable to do anything independently. [by Seth Rotberg]
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Studies show that men often isolate themselves when diagnosed with cancer – which can have severe impacts on mental health and outcomes. Trevor Maxwell is hoping to address this by creating an online community to bring male cancer patients and survivors together. [by George Underwood]
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In this episode, Brian Loew, founder and CEO of online patient portal Inspire, talks about the value to patients and caregivers of providing a safe and trustworthy online social network--a “peaceable kingdom,” as he calls it. [Hosted by: Steve Smith]
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Previous epidemiological studies have examined the relationship between sleep disturbances and prostate cancer risk and/or survival 1, 2. However, less has been published about the impact of sleep disturbance on quality of life (QoL) for prostate cancer survivors and their caregivers. [By: Rebecca Robbins, Girardin Jean‐Louis, Nicholas Chanko, Penelope Combs, Nataliya Byrne, Stacy Loeb]
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Marina Ness, MPH is a public health professional with experience in pharmaceutical market research, healthcare data management, and health policy analysis. As the Director of Research at Inspire, Marina leverages research expertise in a wide range of health domains, including oncology, rare disease, mental health, women’s health, sustainability and environmental health, public health emergency management, and epidemiology.
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