Posted on August 23, 2015 by Gray Connections
#LCSM Chat 8/27 8pm ET: Let’s get social… in our health?
by guest host Christina Lizaso The internet has obviously changed a lot of things. One of the most exciting and impactful changes for me has been how it enables patients to find each other and form disease communities. It began with discussion boards; now there are an amazing number of options to suit various interests, styles and comfort levels. The rise of online patient communities has been especially important for those with rare disease and diseases which carry stigma. What is really exciting is to see patient communities go beyond internally supporting… Read More
Posted on July 12, 2015 by Gray Connections
#LCSM Chat topic 7/16 at 8pm ET: Happy Second Birthday to Us!
By Andrea Borondy-Kitts; Laronica Conway; David T Cooke, MD; Janet Freeman-Daily; Deana Hendrickson; Matt Katz, MD; and H Jack West, MD. The #LCSM Chat on Thursday, July 16, at 8 pm Eastern Time (5 pm Pacific) will be an early celebration of our second birthday. The #LCSM hashtag was first used by @subatomicdoc (Matt Katz, MD) to represent Lung Cancer Social Media on June 22, 2013, and the first-ever #LCSM Chat occurred on July 25, 2013. Seventy-two patients, advocates, caregivers, family members, educators, healthcare providers, and researchers participated. The first #LCSM Chat… Read More
Posted on May 18, 2015 by Gray Connections
#LCSM Chat topic 5/21: Living with and Beyond Lung Cancer
Lung cancer patient advocates are beginning to make their voices heard and gain acceptance in the medical world. For the first time ever, patient advocates will be speaking from the stage at the World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), the largest meeting dedicated to lung cancer anywhere. The meeting, which runs September 6-9 in Denver and is sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), will have sessions on research, treatment, biotech developments…and patient advocacy topics. In the session titled “Advocacy in Practice,” #LCSM Comoderator Janet Freeman-Daily will… Read More
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