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« on: April 26, 2016, 10:06:19 AM »"#Cancer: Researchers Are Conducting Huge Studies Using Twitter, Facebook"
http://www.fastcompany.com/3058311/cancer-researchers-are-conducting-huge-studies-using-twitter-facebook
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnPGdjRIyHA&feature=youtu.be
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"Caregiver Forums Are Depressing, But They're Supposed to Be Depressing"
http://www.vice.com/read/caregiver-forums-are-depressing-but-theyre-supposed-to-be-depressing
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http://hellomynameis.org.uk/home
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"How to Cultivate the Art of Serendipity"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/how-to-cultivate-the-art-of-serendipity.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
http://www.fastcompany.com/3058311/cancer-researchers-are-conducting-huge-studies-using-twitter-facebook
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Broad Institute/Dana-Farber Integrative Cancer Biology Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, formed the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project to find a long tail solution: Find people on the Internet. "The traditional way is that when a patient is at [a research] institution, someone will approach them and ask them in person," says Wagle. "We're trying to complement that by doing this 21st century, go directly to patients."
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnPGdjRIyHA&feature=youtu.be
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"Caregiver Forums Are Depressing, But They're Supposed to Be Depressing"
http://www.vice.com/read/caregiver-forums-are-depressing-but-theyre-supposed-to-be-depressing
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The community is small but dedicated, and it provides an empathy that the rest of the world can't muster.
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"People in real life don't really want to know what's going on. They don't want to hear anything other than, 'Life is great! My loved one is so sweet and I love being able to care for them! What a blessing!' The minute you voice the truth, people get uncomfortable."
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http://hellomynameis.org.uk/home
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Hello, my name is Kate Granger and I'm the founder of the #hellomynameis campaign.
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I'm a doctor, but also a terminally ill cancer patient. During a hospital stay in August 2013 with post-operative sepsis, I made the stark observation that many staff looking after me did not introduce themselves before delivering my care. It felt incredibly wrong that such a basic step in communication was missing. After ranting at my husband during one evening visiting time he encouraged me to "stop whinging and do something!"
We decided to start a campaign, primarily using social media initially, to encourage and remind healthcare staff about the importance of introductions in healthcare.
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"How to Cultivate the Art of Serendipity"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/how-to-cultivate-the-art-of-serendipity.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
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“But I haven’t found the real story yet; I’m still gathering string,” my friend told me, invoking an old newsroom term to describe the first stage of reporting, when you’re looking for something that you can’t yet name. Later that night, as I walked home from the bar, I realized “gathering string” is just another way of talking about super-encountering. After all, “string” is the stuff that accumulates in a journalist’s pocket.