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Wow! How? Gleevec

December 21, 2023 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

When Norman Scherzer’s wife, Anita, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 1994, he found that the most up-to-date information was being traded among patients who were connecting via email. When a new test, a new drug, and a new clinical trial were all developed at the same time, Scherzer helped organize the […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, Solvers Tagged With: Anita Scherzer, Gleevec, Life Raft Group, Norman Scherzer, Rebel Health, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Ring Theory

December 14, 2023 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

The swirl of holiday parties, family gatherings, and gift shopping expeditions (online and offline) have me feeling overwhelmed. And I know I’m not alone. Thanks to the 2023 ARCHANGELS Caregivers & Holidays Survey we have data on a key group of people: Take a moment to think about who in your life is going through […]

Filed Under: key people Tagged With: ARCHANGELS, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? End of life

November 23, 2023 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

What if I told you that a key health care metric grew in a positive direction, from 24% to 31% in 15 years? What if I then told you that a big part of the change was driven by people inspired by personal experiences, not clinical training? Most Americans tell survey researchers they don’t want […]

Filed Under: Champions, end of life, Solvers Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, Arden O’Connor, Engage with Grace, Leigh Calabrese-Eck, Matthew Holt, Sarah Stephens Winnay, Wow! How? Health

Engage with Grace

November 22, 2023 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Red leaves with water droplets

Can you and your loved ones answer these questions?  1. On a scale of 1 to 5, where do you fall on this continuum: 1 = Let me die without medical intervention; 5 = Don’t give up on me no matter what, try any proven and unproven intervention possible. 2. If there were a choice, […]

Filed Under: shared decision making Tagged With: Alexandra Drane, Arden O’Connor, Eliza Corp, end of life, Engage with Grace, family, Leigh Calabrese-Eck, Sarah Stephens Winnay, Taylor Lorenz

Wow! How? False Boundaries

November 17, 2023 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

Wow! How? Health

This is a cross-post from my LinkedIn newsletter. Feel free to join the conversation there or post your thoughts in the comments below.  Every single day, Emily Kramer-Golinkoff takes 30+ pills, plus insulin, and engages in hours of breathing treatments. She is a sought-after expert on patient-driven scientific discovery, having co-founded a nonprofit, Emily’s Entourage, that pursues breakthrough therapies for […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, key people, Networkers, Solvers Tagged With: cystic fibrosis, Emily Kramer-Golinkoff, Networkers, Rebel Health, Solvers, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Public Access to Research

November 10, 2023 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Handwritten memo authorizing the name Grateful Med for the U.S. National Library of Medicine's online searchable database of biomedical citations and abstracts

This is a cross-post from my LinkedIn newsletter. Feel free to join the conversation there or post your thoughts in the comments below. The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s PubMed indexes over 36 million biomedical research abstracts – a searchable trove of evidence that has been available to the public since 1996. It is both a national […]

Filed Under: Champions, key people, policy issues Tagged With: Champions, librarians, National Library of Medicine, pubmed, Rebel Health, Wow! How? Health

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