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Tell the World: Visiting the Comal County Parkinson’s Support Group Symposium

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I recently had a chance to speak about PatientsLikeMe at the 3rd Annual Comal County Parkinson’s Support Group Symposium, held in New Braunfels, Texas, on Saturday October 1, 2011.  Both the event and the support group were started by one of our longtime members, daddytom, who’s been part of PatientsLikeMe since 2007.  As daddytom said: “In […]

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“A Mile and a Candle” for World MSA Day

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Today, October 3rd, is World MSA Day. MSA stands for multiple system atrophy, a degenerative neurological disorder that causes symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. As a result, it is included in a group of diseases called “Parkinson-plus syndromes,” which have the classical symptoms of Parkinson’s (such as tremor and stiffness) as well as additional physical

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Interstim Therapy: What are the side effects?

Everything about the Medtronic InterStim Therapy System

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Looking for a place to research or share your experiences with InterStim Therapy side effects?  You’ve come to the right place.  At PatientsLikeMe, more than 125,000 patients are sharing their experiences with all types of treatments, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, supplements and procedures. Manufactured by Medtronic, the InterStim Therapy System is surgically implanted device

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Raise Your Awareness of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

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May is ALS Awareness Month. To help spread the word about this progressive neurodegenerative condition, which affects approximately five out of every 100,000 people worldwide, we wanted to tell you a little bit about our patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Due to our founders’ personal experience with this disease, ALS was the very first

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Share Your Experiences with Euphytose

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Available without a prescription in France, Euphytose is an herbal treatment for anxiety and depression that contains six plant extracts:  Hawthorn, Passionflower, Valerian, Ballota foetida, Cola nitida and Guarana (Paullinia cupana).  The latter is available in France as an over-the-counter anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) agent. Producing both sedative and stimulant effects, Euphytose combines traditional herbal remedies for

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The Patient Voice Heard Loud and Clear at AHCJ ’11

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Last week, we had the opportunity to be a part of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) annual conference in Philadelphia, PA.  Carla Johnson, medical writer for the Associated Press, invited PatientsLikeMe to be part of her session entitled “Tapping into the e-patient phenomenon.”  It was a great opportunity for us to help healthcare

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Overcoming Obstacles – Newsletter Highlight 2010

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Last week, we posted highlights from our December community newsletter interviews. As we close out 2010, we want to spotlight another question asked this month – one that is relative to all members, all patients (no matter the condition).  What obstacles have you faced and overcome this year? To review all of our newsletters, you

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Extending Boston’s Commitment to Organ Transplantation

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Attending the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 U.S. Transplant Games was an eye-opening experience.  And it wasn’t just the thousands of transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families who made the event so memorable.  It was the passionate commitment to transplantation by so many different individuals and organizations. Dozens of nonprofits, donor and support groups, and

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