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mitochondrial disease

We are all fellow travelers (even if we don’t look sick)

November 22, 2014 By Susannah Fox 14 Comments

Crowd at airport

Inspired by a call for essays about e-patient travel stories:  There is an unspoken code at airport gates. Don’t touch me. Don’t touch my stuff. Don’t step in front of me unless you have a heck of a good reason, especially if I got here before you did. We mark out our territory and imperceptibly […]

Filed Under: others' e-patient stories Tagged With: mitochondrial disease

Save us, Facebook

November 20, 2014 By Susannah Fox 24 Comments

Erin and Drew

The Reuters story about Facebook taking its “first steps into healthcare” read like an announcement that Las Vegas was getting into entertainment or that New York City was getting into fashion. Extraordinary health communities have grown up between the cracks of Facebook’s platform. It’s just that up until now executives publicly looked the other way. […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: cystic fibrosis, Erin Moore, Facebook, Inspire, mitochondrial disease, patientslikeme, Smart Patients

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