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Health Activist How To: Google+ Circles
In conjunction with my recent post on using Google+ as a Health Activist, I’ve decided to create a few video tutorials to highlight some of the ways to best use G+ in your online pursuits. This is part...
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Today’s #HAchat: Let’s talk about “awareness”
A new year means a bunch of new opportunities to raise awareness for health conditions and communities. There are numerous health observances and “awareness months/weeks/days” or events that seek to...
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Mission Statements for Health Activism
Today we have a post by Sharifa that really gets to the heart of January goal-making: creating a Mission Statement for yourself and your community. In order to really get things done and stay on track...
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Talking to Strangers: A Health Activist Perspective
Today we have an important post on a little-discussed topic in our Health Activist community – but one that bears discussing: the darker side of having an online presence – creeps. By putting ourselves...
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Weekly Health Activist Roundup
We moved to a new location, right across from the Boston Commons! Comforting When Ill What do you find comforting when you are not feeling well? What lifts your spirits? Here is a great Pinterest...
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Fifth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards
The Fifth Annual WEGO HealthActivist Awards have officially begun and nominations are now open! The WEGO Health team is beyond grateful to be part of a program that recognizes the Health Activists who...
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Join us to Color The World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness on Nov. 7
The third-annual Color The World Orange is Nov. 7 and we need your support! Color The World Orange is an annual event held the first Monday of November to spread awareness of Complex Regional Pain...
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Feature Friday: John Cummings, COPD Health Activist
“You have to be somewhat crazy to try a triathlon. To try a triathlon with COPD, you’re just out of your mind.” Out of his mind? Perhaps. I’ll stick with saying that health activist John Cummings...
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Feature Friday: Aaron Blocker, IBD Health Activist
“I really wish that I make some kind of difference in their lives and to show them that even though IBD is a terrible disease that we can achieve great things. Not that it is an easy journey but that...
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It is all about me and guess what? It is all about you, too!
September is here and so is Sharon Coyle-Saeed’s monthly blog post! Make sure to check back in October for her next post. Looking for Sharon’s post from last month? Click here. Happy reading everyone!...
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Help us Color The World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness on Nov. 7
Get your orange ready, the third-annual Color The World Orange is less than a week away! Color The World Orange, an annual event held the first Monday of November to spread awareness of Complex...
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A Look Back on 2016 and the Cancer Moonshot Initiative
“For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the families that we can still save…let’s make America the country that cures cancer once and for all.” This powerful statement from President Obama came just...
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WEBINAR RECAP: The Epilepsy Life: Taking Control
Are you a patient or caregiver of someone experiencing seizures? Whitney Petit, a patient leader of the Epilepsy community, is offering tips & insights on taking back control of your life. Learn...
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Webinar Replay: Health Blogging 101
Who’s starting a blog but doesn’t know where to start? We welcome new patient leaders to the online health community, but we know it can be overwhelming to start advocating. What platform to choose?...
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Feature Friday: Morgan Gleason, Rare Disease Patient Leader
Do you remember being eleven years old? Most of us can only recollect things related to braces, cooties and the playground. Morgan Gleason however, has a different story. Her family knew Morgan to be a...
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Revealing the Power of Digital Health: An ePharma 2017 Recap
The standard of healthcare in this day and age has been raised. Patients are no longer waiting for change to occur. We have become drivers of our own care. Meanwhile, there has been immense growth in...
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How Patient Advocates can make the most of Awareness Holidays
Raising awareness about a disease or health concern can be an excellent means to foster an appreciation for patients and families, encourage donations to research, or even education about preventative...
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Today is Acromegaly Awareness Day!
With so many awareness months, do you have time for one whole awareness day?! November 1st, today. A rare, one-day opportunity for a rare disease…ACROMEGALY! Who-hoo!! Acromegaly is a GH (growth...
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Supporters Unite to Color The World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness on Nov. 6
Get your orange ready! The fourth-annual Color The World Orange on November 6 is almost here. Color The World Orange is an annual event held the first Monday of November to spread awareness of Complex...
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Feature Friday: Aaron Blocker, IBD Health Activist
“I really wish that I make some kind of difference in their lives and to show them that even though IBD is a terrible disease that we can achieve great things. Not that it is an easy journey but that...
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