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Five million

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

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!

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 ...

Risperdal, namenda and aricept

By bryans_mom · New reply November 5, 2012
Discussion in Adulthood and aging · 8 replies
My son is 44 - he's been healthy (only problem was low thryoid), works in the community and has lived in a group home with 3-4 other guys for many years. In the last few months he started having some ...

Adults with DS

By DebbieJosephine · New reply November 2, 2012
Discussion in Adulthood and aging · 1 reply
Are there any guardians/family members of adults with Down Syndrome in this group? I'm interested in hearing about how your sibling is doing as an adult. How independent they are? What changes did you ...

Found this devo. speaking to me......

By Chosen · New reply July 19, 2012
Journal · 3 replies
Joni and Friends Daily Devotional July 11, 2012 Dear Lynn, For the Sake of Christ That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For ...

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

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 ...

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

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!

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Patient-driven research

By Brian · Posted October 13, 2011
Journal · 0 replies
I'd like to share with you a new Inspire report, The SCAD Ladies Stand Up: Stories of Patient Empowerment, which chronicles patient-initiated research in our community. This amazing patient-driven effort ...

Open heart surgery for my 9 week old?

By hollyskip · New reply August 19, 2011
Discussion in New parents · 1 reply
Hello, I have a 9 week old little boy, Max. I had a prenatal diagnosis that Max had down syndrome. I was aware that we would face obsticles as he grew, but never did I expect on like this. Max was born ...

Marriage

By Chosen · Posted August 18, 2011
Discussion in Adulthood and aging · 0 replies
Hi. Haven't posted on here because everything has been going great. However my 28 year old daughter and her 30 year old boyfriend desperately want to get married. They have dated a few years and have ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Mithra Behnam Mojtahedi

By John2 · New reply July 30, 2011
Journal · 15 replies
Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting these interviews in ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart

By John2 · New reply July 26, 2011
Journal · 35 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 ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Kevin Pho, MD

By John2 · New reply July 19, 2011
Journal · 58 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 ...

New feature -- Browse posts you've recommended

By Walter · New reply June 26, 2011
Journal · 38 replies
Hello everyone, We added a new feature today that we hope you find helpful. You can now browse the complete list of posts that you have recommended, here: Browse posts you've recommended What's a recommendation ...

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