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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 ...

Niece dx with stage 4 Adnoid Cystic Carcinoma, BOT, minor, lymph node posti

lee1710
  • By lee1710 · New reply March 11, 2013
  • Discussion in My diagnosis · 1 reply
  • Hello, my name is lee, and I have a niece 32 years of age who has been DX with Stage 4 Adnoid Cystic Carcinoma of the minor salivary gland measuring around 5 centimeters at BOT extending all the way down ...

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 ...

Acupuncture as treatment for dry mouth

LeftyS7
  • By LeftyS7 · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • This has been the subject of clinical testing by many organizations including the renown cancer institutions Sloan-Kettering, MDAnderson and Mayo Clinic who have all reported success in treatment. I did ...

Taste/saliva changes after fever

PpsDan (Inactive)
  • By PpsDan (Inactive) · New reply August 13, 2012
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 1 reply
  • Two weeks ago, as a result of an infected kidney stone, I was hospitalized with a 105F fever. For the first two days of hospitalization my saliva (what little there was of it) was slightly pink with a ...

it's been a while

deb5fun
  • By deb5fun · New reply July 30, 2012
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • so, let me update.... PET scan this past January showed a good bit of activity in my lungs. The METS are here! May 3 I had a resectioning of my left lower lung. I just went Monday and had a CT scan to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

John2
  • 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 ...

Loss of Lobido and Chemotherapy

Alan_Robinson
  • By Alan_Robinson · New reply February 13, 2012
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Given the head and neck cancer involves heavy does of chemo and radiation, I am wondering if anyone has found if one of the following has happened to them: 1) loss of interest in sex; 2) difficulty or ...

Inspire is hiring!

Walter
  • 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

John2
  • 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

Walter
  • 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 ...

Surgery to open the saliva glands

rzemach

Patient-driven research

Brian
  • 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 ...

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

John2
  • 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

John2
  • 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 ...

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