Startup Patients Like Me, part social networking and part health 2.0, is harvesting and analyzing patient information in a whole new way. "
The site has gathered a wealth of data on its 65,000 members, which span 16 different disease communities, including epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and depression. It provides users with tools to track their health status and communicate with other patients, and then removes the personal details and sells the data to pharmaceutical companies and others. "More from Technological News
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