Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford

I am the patient who has been left with many unanswered questions, the one who has had to do my own research to find the right treatments for my condition. In this article, I dive into the patient information gap and explore how Merakoi's mini-community approach can empower patients and health companies alike to bridge this divide and create a more patient-friendly healthcare landscape.

Seven years after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), I finally opened up about it online. I found my disease difficult to talk about openly due to what I perceived to be the embarrassing nature of it. I had been using Twitter under a pseudonym to engage with the […]