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“Listen to yourself.” Member Daniela opens up about life with MS and psoriasis

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Daniela (DanielaO) is living with multiple sclerosis and psoriasis  in Puglia, Italy, and loves crafts, art history, music and traveling. She recently opened up to us about getting her first diagnosis at age 14, managing multiple conditions, and how connecting with others on PatientsLikeMe makes her feel “present and part of a whole.” Here’s what […]

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Cancer Awareness in September: prostate, thyroid and ovarian

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September is all about education — and not just because it’s back to school month. It’s also the official awareness month for three different types of cancer: prostate, thyroid and ovarian. Here’s a snapshot of what national organizations have done to spread more understanding…   Prostate cancer: #StepUp, get checked The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has

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Global PF Awareness Month: An interview with Dr. Cosgrove from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

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September is Global PF Awareness month, and a few weeks ago,  members of the PatientsLikeMe PF community helped us kick it off by sharing in their own words what it’s like to live with this condition. The month is winding down now, so we caught up with our partners at the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) to learn

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The community speaks out for Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month

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How much do you know about pulmonary fibrosis? Today kicks off Global PF Awareness Month, and to spread more understanding for this condition which affects over 6,600 PatientsLikeMe members, we asked the community to speak up. In a recent forum thread, members chimed in with the one thing they think people should know about what it’s

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Migraine & Headache Awareness Month: New insights from a recent study

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It’s National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, so let’s help spread that awareness by sharing the results of a recent survey that 300 members from the migraine community on PatientsLikeMe took. For this study, we defined chronic migraine as having had 15 or more headaches in the past month. Here’s what members helped uncover: High level

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Raising awareness for immunological and neurological health in May

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Earlier this year, we interviewed Team of Advisors member Craig, who’s living with fibromyalgia. Craig talked talked about the need to raise awareness for “hidden disabilities” like his condition. So today, we’re doing just that. May 12 is International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CINDs), which include fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic

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“Adapt, improvise and overcome.” — PatientsLikeMe member Dana shares her experience for Sjögren’s Awareness Month

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In honor of Sjögren’s Awareness Month, we connected with PatientsLikeMe member Dana, a New Jersey-based poet and screenplay writer who was recently diagnosed. This isn’t the first time we’ve interviewed Dana — she was a member of our 2014 Team of Advisors! Here, Dana talks about the daily challenges of living with Sjögren’s, an autoimmune

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Brain Injury Awareness Month: Roxana’s story from our partners at One Mind

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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, so we’re sharing the story of Roxana Delgado, whose husband Victor is one of the 2.5 million Americans who survive traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) each year.1 In this video from our partners at One Mind, Roxana opens up about the challenges of caring for Victor after he suffered a

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Rheumatoid Awareness Day: 7 things you might not know about RA

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Today is Rheumatoid Awareness Day, and we’re spreading the word about the condition that affects over 9,000 PatientsLikeMe members. Rheumatoid disease can manifest in many different ways – fatigue, joint pain, stiffness and fever, to name a few — so it can be hard to understand the full scope of this condition. To show the

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“I had no idea that my thyroid controls so much” — PatientsLikeMe member Barbara shares her experience for Thyroid Awareness Month

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January is Thyroid Awareness Month. So, how much do you know about the small, butterfly-shaped gland that influences the way your heart, brain, liver, kidneys and skin function? To help spread #thyroidawareness, we asked member Barbara to tell us about living with thyroid cancer and hypothyroidism, a condition that affects over 6,000 PatientsLikeMe members. Barbara

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