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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 ...

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 ...

Sources sought for article in CURE magazine

John2
  • By John2 · Posted February 8, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, A writer for CURE magazine is writing an article about people with cancer who used or are using social networks and other online resources ...

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 ...

New column: Looking for comfort during a less-than-comfortable diagnosis

John2
  • By John2 · Posted January 16, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a new column, written by the founder of an Inspire partner organization, that I think will interest you ...

Aftereffects of TURP

yung_turp
  • By yung_turp · New reply December 17, 2012
  • Discussion in Enlarged prostate · 4 replies
  • Retrograde ejaculation. Experiences welcome for sure ...

Post TURP

Reichard
  • By Reichard · New reply December 15, 2012
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 2 replies
  • Had a TURP six weeks ago. Plumbing better than ever. But the urge to urinate is oddly getting more frequent. Can I expect this to improve with time ...

Preventing Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy through Ayurveda

Savitha
  • By Savitha · Posted December 11, 2012
  • Discussion in Enlarged prostate · 0 replies
  • Definition: Benign prostatic hypertrophy is swelling of Prostate gland. The prostate is a walnut sized gland that is only present in men. It is located just below the bladder and top of the penis. This ...

A story of a cancer survivor and ostomate

John2
  • By John2 · Posted September 24, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, Here is a link to a new column, “No day on the beach: A colon cancer survivor’s story,” on the Stanford University School of Medicine ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with “Arthritis Ashley”

John2
  • By John2 · New reply September 18, 2012
  • Journal · 13 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. We post these interviews ...

Questions about prostate cancer? Get answers here

John2
  • By John2 · Posted September 6, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, the Stanford University School of Medicine's Eila Skinner, MD, chair of the urology ...

Sources sought for article on multiple chronic condition

John2
  • By John2 · Posted August 13, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, A reporter for the Deseret News newspaper (http://www.deseretnews.com) is writing an article about working older Americans with multiple ...

Sources sought for article on "active surveillance"

John2
  • By John2 · Posted August 7, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, A writer for the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper is writing an article about "active surveillance" of diseases and is seeking patients ...

Sources sought for article about high-deductible health plans

John2
  • By John2 · Posted June 25, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Hi members, A writer with Workforce Management, a magazine (http://www.workforce.com) that covers employees and benefits issues, contacted us saying ...

Prostate Journey Continues

FrankM
  • By FrankM · Posted May 27, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • ON May 29th I have a three month Lupron shot then followed by 6 weeks of RT. ! week of Cyberknife treatment followed by 5 weeks of IGRT. Looking with hope and optimisim to a favorable conclusion. You ...

After effects of TURP

kentrent
  • By kentrent · Posted April 25, 2012
  • Discussion in Enlarged prostate · 0 replies
  • After having prostate surgery (TURP) for an enlarged prostate a year ago I have not been able to sexually climax. Everthing else seems to work normally up to that point, but no "bang". Anyone else experience ...

TURP after effects

kentrent
  • By kentrent · Posted April 23, 2012
  • Discussion in Enlarged prostate · 0 replies
  • Had TURP due to enlarged prostate 1 year ago and have not been able to sexually climax since, although everthing else seems to work normally up to that point. I was told I would have "dry" climaxes, but ...

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 ...

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