Zamosky, Lisa. "Patients' Use of Social Media Spurs More Clinical Research." iHealthBeat, September 17, 2012.
From the blog: "Health-related social media sites like Inspire, PatientsLikeMe.com and Curetogether.com have become trusted spaces where
patients connect with, support and learn from one another about treatments and
managing illness. And, increasingly, researchers have flocked to these and
other social media sites as a way of expediting recruitment efforts for their
research trials, in some cases with great success." Read more