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Everything You Wanted to Know About CCFA While I was in Michigan last month, one of the doctors said something that struck me. She said, “There are a lot of misconceptions about the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). People think they’re all about money and doctors and pharmaceutical companies. But they are actually patient-focused and have some…
(BACK TO PART ONE) I have heard some patients voice concern over CCFA not employing enough patients. Here’s the thing–by law, when an organization is hiring individuals, they are not allowed to ask about a person’s medical history. With that said, I was assured that CCFA, being geared toward providing support and finding cures, is obviously very concerned about the interests…
(READ PART TWO) “We are trying to invest strategically in research that helps us phenotype patients better,” Mr. Osso explained. I wasn’t sure what a “phenotype” was, so I asked my friend, Aaron Blocker, from Support Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. For those of you who don’t know Aaron, he’s a Crohn’s patient who is studying the gut microbiome at Mississippi…
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