by Ileana Balcu | Nov 10, 2015 |
The series of blog posts at the online community website Crohnology continues for patients with IBD. Duncan Cross has a post that is interesting for anyone with an autoimmune or other disabling chronic condition: Am I disabled? It discusses the Americans with...
by Ileana Balcu | Sep 15, 2015 |
This is a guest post by our member Mary Beth Schoening. Mary Beth is co-founder of Behavioral Health Innovators, Inc. an organization combining the power of human compassion with technology, advanced research and best practices from industry to encourage healthy...
by Ileana Balcu | Sep 8, 2015 |
To all in the Washington/Baltimore/northern Virginia area (and elsewhere if you care to travel!): The patient committee of the Society for Improved Diagnosis in Medicine would like to invite you to our second annual Patient Summit on Diagnosis. The summit is part of...
by Ileana Balcu | Aug 20, 2015 |
The site Crohnology, well known patient community for patients with IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), recently started focusing their blog on explaining IBD- focused research to patients. Their most recent blog post describes a study that studied what patients with...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 17, 2015 |
Matthew S. Katz, MD, is the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Lowell General Hospital and a lifetime member of S4PM. He is former Chair of Communications Committee for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and external advisor for Mayo Clinic’s...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 16, 2015 |
Weill Cornell produced a series of mini-documentary style videos showcasing mentoring at their institution. This final video specifically focuses on how patients mentor their students....
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 15, 2015 |
That’s the title of a new post on the Mighty blog written by Catherine Richardson, a 23-year-old chronic illness patient from Vancouver, Canada, who also blogs at findingmymiracle.com. It’s about something simple, but helpful, that her doctor told her,...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 10, 2015 |
This blog welcomes guest posts from SPM members on relevant topics. This is a blog post by Annette McKinnon, an e-patient in Canada. Annette is an enthusiastic advocate for patient inclusion in research and healthcare decision making. She has had rheumatoid...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 3, 2015 |
Ordinarily we limit guest posts to current members of SPM, but this is an extraordinary case. Duncan Cross’s post illustrates so many aspects of how empowered, engaged, activated patients view their lives, and how important it is to have an effective...
by Ileana Balcu | May 11, 2015 |
This blog welcomes guest posts from SPM members on relevant topics. This is a blog post by Annette McKinnon, an e-patient in Canada. Annette is an enthusiastic advocate for patient inclusion in research and healthcare decision making. She has had rheumatoid...
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