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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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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 23 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 10 recommendations
  • 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 ...

New group in Inspire: The National Body Challenge

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted December 4, 2008
  • Journal · 9 recommendations
  • I am pleased to announce that today we added a new group to Inspire: The National Body Challenge. nationalbodychallenge We created this group in partnership with Discovery Health. The group focuses on ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Bisphenol A (BPA)

LAsky26
  • By LAsky26 · Posted November 8, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • 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 ...

Amazing Experience

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted February 24, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • I have been living in the "LysoWorld" now for about six years. I started very pinpointed with one particular disorder (there are over 60 - most w/ ridiculously hard names to pronounce). It took a long ...

Looking for new trials???

Thoreau85
  • By Thoreau85 · Posted January 7, 2009
  • Discussion in How do clinical trials work? · 2 recommendations
  • I know many people want to participate in clinical trials for whatever reason, but the task of finding the appropriate trials can be difficult. There are a variety of search engines/listing services that ...

Save the Date! AWARE for All- Boston

TeamCISCRP
  • By TeamCISCRP · Posted June 17, 2009
  • Discussion in What you need to know before participating · 1 recommendation
  • AWARE for All- Clinical Research Education Day is an educational program that is free and open to the public for the purpose of providing education to help people make informed decisions about clinical ...

Tell me.

cjolie
  • By cjolie · Posted March 18, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • tell me, where did it go, the hopes that i had the belief, that all would be well. when did it get replaced by memories, distant, not quite real, of rainbows and sunlight, stardust glittering on the snow ...

Lyso-What?

StephLynStill
  • By StephLynStill · Posted March 9, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Just in case you haven't seen it. ;) xoxo s **ps - that's my kiddo ...

What should I ask before being in a trial?

TeamCISCRP
  • By TeamCISCRP · Posted January 16, 2009
  • Discussion in What you need to know before participating · 1 recommendation
  • Here are some questions to ask BEFORE agreeing to participate in ANY clinical study. Don't be afraid to ask questions, you have the right to know! 1. What is the main purpose of this study? 2. Does the ...

Guide to Making Informed Decisions about Volunteering for a Clinical Tria

janepublic
  • By janepublic · Posted October 22, 2008
  • Discussion in What you need to know before participating · 1 recommendation
  • Kenneth Getz is the author of a wonderful book entitled "The Gift of Participation" which is a guide to making informed decisions about volunteering for a clinical trial. With a foreword written by Congressman ...

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