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Bisphenol A (BPA)

LAsky26
  • By LAsky26 · Posted 4:54 pm
  • 0 replies
  • Interesting info. about the chemical BPA. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/opinio n/08kristof.html?emc=eta1 Received from my cancer support group. As with any article, its passed on for your own determination ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • 29 replies
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

hello

kellyjoe
  • By kellyjoe · Posted October 21, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • hello new to site kellyjoe ...

California Medical Cannabis

LAsky26
  • By LAsky26 · Posted October 10, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • Dealing with chronic pain and fibromyalgia for nine years plus. I have tried all the therapies, medications, biofeedback, you name it. Temporary to minimal relief. Long term pain medication management ...

Help

marcth
  • By marcth · Posted October 3, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Looking for docor/researcher interested in mosaicism/chimerism 46xy/46xx ...

help

kellyjoe
  • By kellyjoe · Posted October 1, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • looking for help researching fahr's disease for loved one ...

CT Scan - Hurray!

pleiades
  • By pleiades · Posted September 28, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • I am so excited to have gotten an "all clear" report from the doctor. My scan and blood work were great so I go back in six months. Whew! I am so glad that visit is over. Thanks for all of your good wishes ...

Long awaited CT day

pleiades
  • By pleiades · Posted September 28, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Today's the day to find out what's going on in these lungs of mine! I feel that it's gonna be NED. Yay! However, I am prepared for whatever may be happening in there. I'll certainly be glad when this ...

Prolonged migraine aura without headache

perlina
  • By perlina · Posted September 19, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Along with my autoimmune problems, I have had migraines since I was 6 years old. First I had classic migraines (one side of head throbbing, photophobia, vomiting), then I entered a long stretch where ...

Depressed

ann042965
  • By ann042965 · Posted September 15, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • I really feel down and I just don't like it. I rather sleep and sometimes it gets in the way of taking care of my children. Like getting up in time to get them on the bus for school :( . Oh well that ...

5 minutes on the lysosome. Because it's time we know.

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted August 13, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • So did you ever wonder what happens to the tadpole's tail? Does it just fall off? No actually. Lysosomes eat it. (autophagy: the cell's ability to eat itself...) And the webbing in our fingers and toes ...

A MUST READ!

Rj
  • By Rj · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • This letter was posted as an open letter from an oncologist, but reveals much more ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

well this is going to be fun

StillBattling
  • By StillBattling · Posted August 3, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • well half way through another round of treatment, and I gotta start flying to zion illinoise. It seems that cancer center is in network where as the one here in tulsa is not. At least I get a wheel chair ...

Lysosomal Disease and Alzheimer's

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted July 27, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Hi, Here is another little boy affected with Lysosomal Disease, Dillon. The correlations between Lysosomal Disease and much more well-known issues like Alzheimer's are being uncovered every day. With ...

Stand By Me

essenia
  • By essenia · Posted July 25, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Here is the link: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2 539741 ...

Music for change

essenia
  • By essenia · Posted July 25, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • It brought tears when I listed to this great music video. It is just 5 minutes long. Ladies, I'm wondering what music, CD's or Dvd's you are finding wonderful to hear. Hope you can open this , encl. below ...

Travel Adventures/Suggestions for an Unexpected Trip to the ER

cherigit
  • By cherigit · Posted July 19, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Last week, after returning from a fun vacation to see family, I headed out to travel for work. My cousin started getting sick the day before we left but I felt fine. Late Monday night I started to cough ...

Fahr's disease

DougB
  • By DougB · Posted July 18, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • My grandfather was diognosed with Fahr's in the late 70's and lived another 12 years. He was in his early 70's when he passed. At the time he was diognosed, Mayo thought 50% of his downline, might get ...

June/July Issue of the Medical Heroes Newsletter

TeamCISCRP
  • By TeamCISCRP · Posted July 8, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • We just sent out the latest edition of the Medical Heroes Newsletter to view it click on this link http://tinyurl.com/MedHero2 ...

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