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What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.

Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.

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Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire
  • Posted March 13, 2008 at 2:51 pm · 35 replies
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Hello, old friends and new.

Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before. Please take your time and look around, there is lots to see! Check your privacy settings and make sure that you are sharing your personal information as you would like to. If you see something on the site that's confusing, or find that something isn't working for you, drop us a line. It's most likely not you! We love to hear your feedback - it what helps us to improve Inspire more than anything else!

Inspire works because we support and care for one another. Thank you for being a part of that. The support and encouragement our community members offer one another is an inspiration to us all.

--Beth, TeamInspire.

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