Patient Focus Articles
Dominick Spatafora, who suffers from lower motor neuron syndrome, founded the Neuropathy Action Foundation to educate patients and providers about neuropathy and empower them to become their own advocates.
This former cancer patient says medical marijuana is the reason she was able to survive stage 3 ovarian cancer.
National Hemophilia Foundation CEO Val Bias has been living with hemophilia since birth, and now advocates for other hemophilia patients.
Reginald Brown was diagnosed with HIV 31 years ago and told he had two years to live. Today, he is healthy due to the life-saving cocktail made available in 1997.
Since being diagnosed with multiple conditions, Jamie Stewart has continued-care telemedicine visits with his doctor every six months to avoid a 400-mile round-trip drive to his doctor’s office.
William Stiles was a young attorney and newlywed, on top of the world with a new baby on the way. His life changed in an instant when a sudden seizure left him hospitalized, unemployed and unable to even recognize his new bride.
As a journalist, Nick Brown was used to travel stints in foreign countries and even contracting the occasional travel bug. But, in early 2016, Brown was shocked when an assignment in Puerto Rico led to a health-threatening infection with the Zika virus.
Psoriatic arthritis can be a difficult diagnosis to manage. Julie Cerrone, who has lived with the disease since age 10, has learned to not only survive but thrive, and now helps others do the same.
Angela Matthews met her ovarian cancer diagnosis head-on because she wants to “hold her grandchildren one day.” Today, she is cancer-free.
An incorrect diagnosis of a rare form of cancer led to a new career as a patient advocate for Trisha Torrey.
As a young girl, Karen Chase overcame the ravages of polio and later drew upon the experience to draft a riveting memoir.
A diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency (PI) often leads to varying degrees of disability. For Brandon Dillon, it offered an opportunity to find untapped reserves of resilience.
