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Public Q&A: “I received scary test results. What questions should I ask my clinician?”

March 26, 2024 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Questions marks painted on pavement

Sometimes the hardest part of a new situation, in any aspect of life but particularly our health, is saying out loud the scary thing. Someone dear to me received concerning test results and asked me to help craft a set of questions for their next appointment – the very first one since getting the results […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, public Q&A, Seekers Tagged With: David Harlow, Elizabeth Cohen, Gilles Frydman, Jennifer Sweeney, Jessie Gruman, Rebel Health, Seekers

Wow! How? Drug Interactions

November 3, 2023 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Two sets of hands sort pills into a pillbox

This is a cross-post from my LinkedIn newsletter. Feel free to join the conversation there or post your thoughts in the comments below. People who connect with health peers are able to pool knowledge, track data, and disseminate what they learn. For some, it’s the difference between life and death. For example, Peggy, a woman […]

Filed Under: Networkers, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers Tagged With: drugs, kidney disease, Marfan syndrome, medical errors, Networkers, Rebel Health, Seekers, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Diagnosis

October 26, 2023 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

Questions marks painted on pavement

“Anne” is a mother I met in my fieldwork who was happy to share her story, but not her name.  Her son had become sick very suddenly, complaining of a combination of symptoms that were difficult to pinpoint. Anne took him from one specialist to another, who performed test after test, but they could find […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers Tagged With: Diagnosis, Ehlers Danlos, Marfan syndrome, POTS, Rebel Health, Seekers, Wow! How? Health

Seekers go out on the hunt

May 19, 2022 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

As I’ve shared in previous posts, I’m writing a book for MIT Press about the key role that peer health advice plays at every level of our health care system. The people I’m describing in my book do not wait to be invited to create opportunities for positive change. They seize opportunities to take action. They reject […]

Filed Under: key people, Seekers Tagged With: MIT Press, peer-to-peer healthcare, Rebel Health, Seekers

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