Infobox Dotcom company company name PatientsLikeMe company type Private company Private foundation 2004 location city Cambridge, Massachusetts location country USA key people Ben Heywood, Co Founder and CEO Chief Executive Officer br Jeff Cole, Co Founder and Chief technical officer br James Heywood , Co Founder, Chairman br David S. Williams III, Head of Business Development and Marketing company slogan Patients Helping Patients Live Better Every Day url http www.patientslikeme.com patientslikeme.com website type social networking launch date October 10, 2005 current status Active Image Stephenprofile.jpg thumb right Profile of a patient with ALS PatientsLikeMe is a social networking health site that enables its members to share treatment and symptom information in order to track and to learn from real world outcomes. PatientsLikeMe currently has communities for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS , multiple sclerosis MS , Parkinson s disease , fibromyalgia , HIV , chronic fatigue syndrome , and mood disorder s, as well as the rare conditions progressive supranuclear palsy , multiple system atrophy , and Devic s disease neuromyelitis optica . In June 2009 PatientsLikeMe announced their first major partnership with the drug company UCB company UCB to develop a community for patients suffering from epilepsy , due for launch in early 2010. ref Marketwire, UCB and PatientsLikeMe Partner to Give People With Epilepsy a Voice in Advancing Research Jun 15, 2009 07 00 ET http www.marketwire.com press release Patientslikeme 1003655.html ref PatientsLikeMe enables patients who suffer from ... 20070826 PatientsLikeMe Press Bot generated title ref It was also featured in a March, 2008 New York ... t.html? r 2&oref slogin PatientsLikeMe Medicine Doctors Computers and the Internet New York ... links http www.patientslikeme.com PatientsLikeMe http s3.amazonaws.com patientslikeme articles NewScientist ... established in 2005 fr PatientsLikeMe ... more details
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Image Stephenprofile.jpg thumb Stephen s profile on the website PatientsLikeMe set up by his brothers and friend Jeff Cole to help people with ALS Stephen Heywood April 13, 1969 &ndash November 26, 2006 was an United States American builder and self taught architect, specializing in the renovation of old houses. http www.boston.com partners worldnow necn.html?catID 83459&clipid 1961887&autoStart true&mute false&continuous true He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS in 1998, at the age of 29. He was the subject of His Brother s Keeper A Story from the Edge of Medicine , written by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Weiner , and the documentary film, So Much So Fast , which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival . Stephen Heywood was a catalyst in the ALS research field, driving scientists and leaders to find effective treatments for ALS patients. He is survived by his wife, Wendy Stacy Heywood and son, Alexander Stephen Heywood two brothers, James Heywood , and Benjamin Heywood, co founder of a website for patients with ALS and other life changing illnesses, PatientsLikeMe.com . http www.pbs.org wgbh pages frontline somuchsofast heywoods ben.htm and his parents, John Heywood , Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Peggy Gilkerson Heywood. Stephen lived in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and son until his death at age 37. He died from a detached respirator in November 2006. External links http www.pbs.org wgbh pages frontline somuchsofast So Much So Fast Frontline US TV series Frontline http www.patientslikeme.com PatientsLikeMe.com , a website for patients with ALS and other life altering conditions, set up by Stephen s brothers Jamie and Ben Heywood Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Heywood, Steven ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1969 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2006 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Heywood, Steven Category 1969 births Category 2006 deaths Category Deaths ... more details
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