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Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 205 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

Oley Conference for People on Tube or IV Feeding

oleyfriends
  • By oleyfriends · New reply April 27, 2013
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Oley Conference for People on Tube or IV Feeding You can’t afford to miss this chance to learn from the experts and meet others who live similarly. Cape Codder Resort & Spa Hyannis, Massachusetts June ...

Earn $150 While Helping the Oley Foundation

oleyfriends
  • By oleyfriends · Posted April 17, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • We are looking for feedback from patients who have, or caregivers who are experienced in using, a low profile tube feeding device (sometimes called a button, MIC-KEY, or Mini-One) who live in the Boston ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

Oley Newsletter with Conference Registration!

oleyfriends
  • By oleyfriends · Posted April 8, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • The Oley Foundation March/April issue of the LifelineLetter and conference brochure is now available online. http://www.oley.org/newsletter.html#Curr ent Some of the featured articles include: • 28th ...

Earn $150 for Tube Feeding Research

oleyfriends
  • By oleyfriends · Posted February 25, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • A research company is looking for feedback from adult tube feeding patients. The group will meet to answer questions Wednesday, March 20, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in Framingham, MA. The company will compensate ...

Tube Feeding in the Boston area?

oleyfriends

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 6, 2013
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

Help me

sass57
  • By sass57 · Posted August 19, 2012
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
  • Deàr DH: I am severely end stage ALS n less than 2years from first symptoms. Here is my suggestion. Quit wasting your time' money and sanity on docs not immersed in ALS. Find the best neuroscientist you ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Howard Luks, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 59 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting ...

Help please

iDWH
  • By iDWH · Posted March 11, 2012
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
  • Hi everyone, I am 32 old male. Just over 2 months ago I was hospitalised with viral meningitis. I experienced 'hangover' symptoms of nausea, vertigo etc for a few weeks thereafter. I have now developed ...

PETITION FOR ALS MILITARY MEN

CedarTree
  • By CedarTree · Posted February 27, 2012
  • Discussion in ALS and military service · 0 replies
  • Hey, check out this link from Scott Johnson: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A% 2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fpetitions%2Fthe-us -senate-provide-veterans-with-als-care-t hrough-a-multidiscipline-als-clinics&h=d ...

Senator Kay Hagan's TREAT ACT

CedarTree
  • By CedarTree · Posted February 27, 2012
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • Check this out! Their is a new bill from Senator Kay Hagan that will accelerate how fast new treatments are released. Click on the link below in blue and it will take you to the web site for more information ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Susan Grant

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 15, 2012
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews ...

Inspire is hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply January 20, 2012
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Inspire is hiring, and we're wondering if you know someone who would be the perfect addition to our team. Hello everyone, I'm Walter, one of Inspire's founders and the head of our technical team. I'm ...

Medicare Help

starlighttar
  • By starlighttar · New reply January 18, 2012
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • My daughter, age 39, has had ALS for about a year. Her girlfriend helps her while her husband is at work. I wanted to know how people with ALS manage, when they cannot take care of themselves. My daughter ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Michele Baldwin

John2
  • By John2 · Posted January 3, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews in a Q&A ...

Following: A new Inspire feature

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply December 5, 2011
  • Journal · 111 replies
  • Hello everyone, I'm writing to let you know about a new Inspire feature that we launched last night, designed to help you keep track of conversations you're interested in. We call it "following" and here's ...

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