Our co-founder Jamie Heywood calls it “the big idea my brother inspired.” A community of people learning from each other’s shared health experiences, connecting with people who get what they’re going through, and tracking their journeys to inform new research and help others understand what might work best for them. That is PatientsLikeMe, and that […]
#NotAlone: On PatientsLikeMe, no one is alone Read More »
It’s been 23 years since the U.S. Congress first recognized May as ALS Awareness Month in 1992, and while progress towards new treatments has been slower than we’ve all hoped, a lot has still happened since then. In 1995, Riluzole, the first treatment to alter the course of ALS, was approved by the FDA. In
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When it comes to discovery and healthcare advancements, too many of us are more focused on the processes we use today rather than at a first principals level looking and what’s possible. We are a sector desperately in need of disruption to accelerate the generation of knowledge and lower the costs of developing new treatments
Hacking our way to new and better treatments with integrated biology Read More »
2014 was full of new partnerships, research initiatives and PatientsLikeMe milestones (we just celebrated our 10th anniversary last week!), and in 2015 we’ll continue to put the patient first in everything we do. At PatientsLikeMe Everything we do starts with the community that shares their health data and experiences, which enables innovation and change in
2014 recap – part II Read More »
Dimitri is living with multiple sclerosis (MS), and he experiences dramatic changes in his body temperature every day. These swings can aggravate his other symptoms and leave him feeling suffocated. As he puts it, “a single bead of sweat can bring me to my knees.” You are now seeing hot and cold Photographed by
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Our co-founder, Jamie Heywood, recently traveled to San Diego to receive the Drug Information Association’s (DIA) 2014 President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in World Health. With the award in his hand and speaking to everyone who was attending the event, he accepted it on behalf of the quarter million PatientsLikeMe members (this is for all
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It’s Throwback Thursday, so today we decided to share a talk our founder, Jamie Heywood, gave at the Government 2.0 Summit back in September 2009. He spoke about how we can better answer this question for patients: “Given my status, what is the best outcome I can achieve and how do I get there?” Watch what
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We’re halfway through summer here at the PatientsLikeMe Boston office, and it’s been a busy 2014 so far – from the launch of the Data for Good campaign to new collaborations with One Mind and Genentech. In case you missed anything, here are some of the highlights: In the news Innovators in Health Data
PatientsLikeMe (mid-year) news report Read More »
May is just a few days away, and we wanted to get a jump-start on spreading the word for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month. As many out there might know, PatientsLikeMe was founded on the life experiences of brothers Stephen, Ben and Jamie Heywood. In 1998, Stephen was diagnosed with ALS and his brothers
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Companies Sign Multi-Year Services and Data Subscription Agreement With Initial Focus on Oncology CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — April 7, 2014 — PatientsLikeMe announced today a five-year agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), to explore use of PatientsLikeMe’s global online patient network to develop innovative ways of researching patients’ real-world
Genentech and PatientsLikeMe enter patient-centric research collaboration Read More »
