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Lisa Emrich

Musician, Patient Advocate, Author of 'Brass and Ivory' blog, and Founder of the 'Carnival of MS Bloggers'

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Love: With and Without Disease

When I met Rob over 6 years ago, I did not ‘have’ MS nor RA. I was just a regular, seemingly heathy, person who was ready to meet someone. Although my medical records did have hints of what was to come, I carried no significant diagnoses. We were set up on a blind date through a local dating service. Rob’s life... Read more Chevron

posted 02/11/2012, comments (8)|

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Merely Me

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Freelance health writer, caregiver, and patient

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Have You Had Mohs Surgery? Skin Cancer Question of the Week

Hello everyone! I am your Community Leader for Health Central's Skin Cancer Community and I would like to try something new for this site with a community discussion forum. We have written a lot about certain topics pertaining to skin cancer including Mohs Surgery. This is a very popular and successful surgical treatment for... Read more Chevron

posted 02/07/2012, comments (0)|

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Amy Gurowitz

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Writer, Educational Designer, Non-Profit Founder, Dx in 1988

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Question of the Week: Advocate Schmadvocate!

I've always said that it is a cruel joke to expect a person living with MS - the chronic incurable disease that changes over years, months, heck - even days - to be his/her own advocate. I mean c'mon! How are we supposed to by-pass the emotions that are in-and-of-themselves paralyzing, to educate ourselves about our version of this disease that is... Read more Chevron

posted 01/30/2012, comments (11)|

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Vicki

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Writer with Progressive MS and severe Osteoporosis

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Feedback - Question of the Week

What do you think about feedback? When do you use it?Whether giving or receiving, feedback involves participation and trust. Do you even want to know what others think? Why would you stick your neck out and tell someone how you feel? What if you take the time to participate and your feedback is misunderstood, or worse, misused?These questions... Read more Chevron

posted 01/26/2012, comments (9)|

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Merely Me

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I am a mom to a son who has chronic skin allergies and eczema

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Treatment for Boils: A Dermatologist Provides Solutions

Each month on Health Central’s skin care site, we select one member question to ask of our consulting dermatologist, Dr. Lawrence Green. In this post we are going to be discussing boils. Boils are a common skin infection usually caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, but can also caused by other types of bacteria or fungi. Boils can... Read more Chevron

posted 01/07/2012, comments (2)|

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