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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Open heart surgery for my 9 week old?

hollyskip
  • 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

Chosen
  • 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

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 ...

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

John2
  • 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

Walter
  • 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 ...

Pre teen daughter with Down's

lexielousmommy (Inactive)
  • By lexielousmommy (Inactive) · New reply May 27, 2011
  • Discussion in Middle school years · 1 reply
  • HELP!! I have a 12 year old daughter who has down syndrome and she is going through the big change that all teens go through. The hormones are terrible. GOD was I this bad? She may have been delayed on ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Bonnie Diraimondo

John2
  • By John2 · New reply May 25, 2011
  • Journal · 16 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 “RA Warrior” Kelly Young

John2
  • By John2 · New reply May 10, 2011
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the second in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to help patients worldwide. We are posting these ...

my faith in God 1st

myGOD
  • By myGOD · New reply April 4, 2011
  • Discussion in Pregnancy diagnosis · 1 reply
  • well so,l saw a dr yesterday who told me that my son has a rt clubfoot(my sis was born with both) nasal problem n a small hole in his heart( lm 21wks ),well later which my clinic told me that my test ...

New feature - Change the background color

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply March 24, 2011
  • Journal · 36 replies
  • Hello everyone, Hope this finds you well. I'm writing to let you know about a new feature in Inspire -- an option to change the background color of our pages from white to another color of your choosing ...

New feature - Preference for reply sorting

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply March 13, 2011
  • Journal · 82 replies
  • Hello everyone, We heard from a number of you that you like to read replies to discussions and journal entries from newest to oldest, rather than oldest to newest, which is currently the default. Those ...

Honoring My Sister

CheneeSpeaks
  • By CheneeSpeaks · Posted December 16, 2010
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I am making a biographical film on my sister, who was born with cerebral palsy. For the month of December, we are competing for a Pepsi Refresh grant for funding. Please support this effort as I fight ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Trisha Torrey

John2
  • By John2 · New reply December 9, 2010
  • Journal · 43 replies
  • From: John Novack, Inspire Hi Inspire members, Periodically we at Inspire plan to interview people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide, and post those interviews in a Q&A format ...

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