Earlier this month, we shared a video interview with PatientsLikeMe member Wayne Sticha, who founded the Ride for Dads in 2010 to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Since September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to close out the month by sharing one of Wayne’s photos from 2012 Ride for Dads, which involved […]
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Are you in recovery from an addiction or mental health disorder – or do you know someone who is? The theme for National Recovery Month 2012, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is “Join the Voices for Recovery: It’s Worth It!” There are several different ways to participate in this
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“I wanted to share my story to, frankly, save other men’s lives. I discovered that very few knew anything about [prostate cancer]. Even less had had the PSA test.” – Wayne Sticha, 64, Founder of Ride for Dads Over the summer, we shared two interviews with PatientLikeMe members conducted by our partner Patient Power: one
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The heat isn’t letting up this summer – but that isn’t stopping our members from participating in disease-related walk/run events in their local communities. For inspiration, please meet some of the members of Parkinson’s disease patient daddytom’s team, who joined together to raise money and show solidarity at a Shake, Rattle and Roll Run sponsored
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As we get deeper into summer, there are disease-related walk/run events happening almost every weekend. What they all share is an opportunity for patients, friends and family to come together in solidarity and raise money for research and patient services. For inspiration, please meet multiple sclerosis (MS) patient barneyhouse and her “Walking Warriors,” who took
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Summer is here, and that means there are disease-related walk/run events happening all around the country! For inspiration, please meet epilepsy patient Monica (second from right), who led a PatientsLikeMeInMotion-sponsored team at the National Walk for Epilepsy in Washington, DC. Held on March 31, 2012, the two-mile walk occurred between Madison and Jefferson Drives on
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Parkinson’s Awareness Month isn’t over yet! This month-long effort is capped off by the Parkinson’s Unity Walk, which takes place Saturday, April 28th, in New York City’s Central Park. The largest grassroots awareness event for Parkinson’s disease (PD), the Unity Walk is anticipated to attract more than 10,000 participants. If you’ve never attended something of
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The weather is warming up, and calendars are filling up. That means it’s time to starting thinking about spring walk/run events for your health condition! For inspiration, please meet multiple sclerosis patient NewLife (center), who led a PatientsLikeMeInMotion-sponsored team at Walk MS in St. Louis, Missouri. Including a monetary donation from PatientsLikeMe, NewLife and her
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Please meet ALS patient alsgirl (front and center in the wheelchair), who led a PatientsLikeMeInMotion-sponsored team at the 2011 Walk to Defeat ALS in Dallas, Texas. A longtime PatientsLikeMe member who is part of the ALS Public Registry, alsgirl has been living with this degenerative disorder – also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease – for
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Please meet ALS patient iceberg (front right), who led a PatientsLikeMeInMotion-sponsored team at the 2011 Walk to Defeat ALS in Western Pennsylvania. We count at least 25 bright blue PatientsLikeMeInMotion t-shirts worn by the team (called “Hrezo’s Heroes”), making this one of the biggest groups we’ve sponsored! Congrats to iceberg and all of our PatientsLikeMeInMotion-sponsored
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