One local doctor is using social media to help people suffering from rare diseases both locally and around the globe.
Dr. Jerad Gardner is a dermatopathologist and bone/soft tissue sarcoma pathologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock.
He says his ways of research was once seen as a little unconventional because he used social media as a way to help gather medical data and insight from patients living with oftentimes some of the rarest of diseases.
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