The 2006 Medical Weblog Awards

I nominate Dr. Sid Schwab's Surgeon's Blog as Best Medical Weblog and Best New Medical Weblog.

You seem to be missing a critics/advocacy blog - which perpetuates what seems to be a collective effort on the part of medical bloggers to suppress such blogs. Blogs with a critical outlook don't necessary have to be written by patients: they could be written by whistleblowers or patient advocates.

I nominate myself in the category you don't have:
http://corphq.livejournal.com

We didn't discuss this per se, but I assume judges will be exempted from voting in their own category. Yes?

gadfly:

Looking over your site, I would recommend you to consider nominating your blog for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. The category seems to be in line with what you are covering. Please resubmit.

I nominate the Health Business Blog for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog and Diabetes Mine for Best Patient's blog.

I nominate Charity Doc's Fingers and Tubes in Every Orifice as Best Medical Weblog. And I guess Best New Medical Weblog too.

For the "patient blog" categoty: Grrrlscientist has blogged about her 115-day stint in a hospital (just got out yesterday).

Also, why is there no category for nursing blogs - there are tons of them out there, many very good. I want to nominate Emergiblog in whichever category you think fits the best, since there is no nursing category.

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: Corpus Callosum

For the Best Patient's Blog, I nominate the blog, "Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)." Grrlscientist gives whitty and honest accounts of the past few months she spent as a patient. It is absolutely phenomenal and uplifting towards the end of her stay. Check it out:

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/

For Best Medical Blog AND Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog,, I nominate NHS Blog Doctor, at http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/.

I'd like to nominate Effect Measure for best Health Policies and Ethics Weblog, http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/

The Cheerful Oncologist at http://scienceblogs.com/thecheerfuloncologist/ for Best Literary Medical Weblog,

and The Examining Room of Dr. Charles at http://scienceblogs.com/drcharles/ for Best Medical Weblog.

Like Coturnix, I lament the lack of a Best Nursing Blog category.

For Best Literary Medical Blog I nominate The Examining Room of Dr. Charles at http://scienceblogs.com/drcharles/

I nominate "fingers and tubes in every orifice" as best medical blog and best new medical blog.

I nominate Respectful Insolence http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/ as "Best Medical Blog"

I nominate Dr. Anonymous as best new medical weblog.

Like to add to the above please

Best New Medical Weblog 'Flea'

http://drfleablog.blogspot.com/

Best Literary Medical 'Barbados Butterfly'

http://barbadosbutterfly.blogspot.com/

Ta

I'd like to nominate Dr. Schoor's blog, The Independent Urologist. As a fellow Solo MD wanna be, I enjoy reading his advice and insights into the inner workings of a solo practice.

Thanks Dr. Schoor,

Patient blog: High Point Regional Health Center Patient Blogs

I nominate kim's emergiblog for best NURSING blog, or medical blog if you must be specific. Also fingers and tubes in every orifice as best new medical blog.

Respectfully submitted for consideration as nominees for the 2006 Medical Weblogs Awards:

1. http://msspnexus.blogs.com/ : Best Health Policies/Ethics Blog

2. http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/ : Best New Medical Weblog Est 2006

3. http://colinportnuff.livejournal.com/ : Best Patient's Weblog

4. http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/ : Best Medical Weblog

5. http://donorcycle.blogspot.com/ : Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

6. http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com/ : Digital Doorway

(And for the record - let it be known that I would have nominated docinthemacine but Dr. Palter is a judge! : D)

i nominate Dr. A.

http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com/

for best medical weblog. i think he has a great blog!

i also second the nomination of Sid Schwab at Surgeons Blog. Two great sites y'all..... bee

http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com/ for best new medical blog!

I nominate Dr. Sid Schwab's Surgeonsblog (http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com) as Best New Medical Weblog.

I nominate Dr. Dino at http://dinosaurmusings.blogspot.com for best new medblog.

Here are my nominations for 2006 Medical Weblogs Award:

1. NHS Blogdoc - Best Medical Weblog
2. Cheerful Oncologist - Best Literary Medical Weblog

*Be back.

Literary Category (2):

Dr. Herbert's Journal at http://drhebert.squarespace.com/journal/
Sid Schwab's Surgeonsblog at http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/

Best New Blog (1):

Milf's Just Up the Dose at http://justupthedose.blogspot.com

Best of luck to all, these nominations are the best of the best.

I would like to nominate the Blog of the European Society for Artificial Organs / Liver Support Working Group for the "Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog":

http://lab.blogs.com/lswg/

I nominate :

http://www.auspiciousdragon.net/

as for the best patient blog

Dr John Crippen

i would like to submit www.balding blog for the best medical weblog. excellent, honest, truthful information.

There are absolutely some wonderful blogs of note. I'd have to nominate the following for Best Medical Medblogs:Doctor Anonymous,Surgeonsblog,Flea,and The Examining Room of Dr. Charles

In the patient category, I nominate my blog on mental health, Furious Seasons, www.furiousseasons.com.

In best new medical blog, I nominate Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look. http://clinpsyc.blogspot.com/

In the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog I nominate Emergency Gadget which is my site that has the latest products and technology in Law Enforcement/ Fire/ and most important Medical fields.

I would like to nominate

Clinical Cases and Images - Blog
http://casesblog.blogspot.com/

in 2 categories:

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

I'd like to nominate
Docinthemachine
http://docinthemachine.com/ in Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category.

And Genetics and Health blog
http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/ in Best Medical Weblog category.

Hi there,

I would like to nominate NHS BLOG DOCTOR http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com

for the best literay medical web log. It should not be forgotten that, apart from the satire and humour, Dr Crippen can be a very moving writer.

Is there a better post on schizophrenia anywhere than this:

http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/2006/03/schizophrenia.html

Posted by: Freda from England
on December 13, 2006 04:40 AM GMT

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

Try www.thefurrymonkey.co.uk for an honest patient blog on this site, along with many useful sections for cancer patients everywhere.

Highly recommended!

I nominate Scienceroll for Best New Medical Weblog.

I nominate Six Until Me (http://www.sixuntilme.com) for Best Patient Blog.

--Best Medical Weblog
NHS Blog Doctor http://www.nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com

-- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2006)
Breath Spa for Kids http://www.breathspakids.blogspot.com

-- Best Literary Medical Weblog
The Cheerful Oncologist http://www.scienceblogs.com/thecheerfuloncologist/

-- Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
Clinical Cases and Images http://casesblog.blogspot.com/

-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
NHS Blog Doctor http://www.nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com

-- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
Clinical Cases and Images http://casesblog.blogspot.com/

-- Best Patient's Blog (a new category this year)
Diabetes Mine http://www.diabetesmine.com/

Best New Medical Weblog: Surgeonsblog (http://www.surgeonsblog.blogspot.com)

Best Literary Medical Weblog: Intueri (http://www.intueri.org)

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

I'd like to nominate

Maria at http://www.Intueri.org in the Best Literary Medical Weblog category, and

Artemis from http://the-thoughts-of-artemis.blogspot.com/ in the Best New Medical Weblog category, please!

Thanks!

Please checkthe ESAO Liver Support Working Group blog:

http://lab.blogs.com/lswg/

Nominate it for the "Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog"!

I nominate Brain Hell (http://brainhell.blogspot.com) for Best Patient's Blog.

I nominate http://www.healthcareguy.com/

This site exists to educate about hair loss and hair restoration. Real answers from real physicians... daily. www.baldingblog.com

For Best Medical Weblog

This site exists to educate about hair loss and hair restoration. Real answers from real physicians... daily. www.baldingblog.com

I nominate www.tundramedicinedreams.blogspot.com for Best New Medical Blog and Best Literary Blog.

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

I'd like to suggest adding in veterinary medicine blogs and medical training blogs. I also support adding in nursing blogs - I'm a big fam of inpactED nurse.

I would like to nominate "www.hmatter.blogspot.com " for the best cardiac blog category.

Thanks.

I would like to support the Positive Technology Journal:
http://www.positivetechnology.info
for the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category.

Great work and a lot of strange useful ideas...

Giuseppe Riva

I nominate Neonatal Doc for the best medical ethics blog. He consistently post about neonatal ethics issues and more often than I'd like drags me into a discusssion on his comment section.

http://neonataldoc.blogspot.com/

We have updated our list of nominees. If your blog is not on the official list, it means that you did not specify the proper category.

Two of the blogs are being currently discussed by judges. The question is whether to allow the placement of these two blogs on the list.

Thanks.

con't. - I haven't voted for the following:

1. Dr. Anonymous - Best New Medical Weblog
2. NHS BlogDoc - Best HealthPolicies/Ethics Weblog
3. Parallel Universes - Best Medical Weblog

*In fairness to all great blogs out there I've only read some of you recently. Next year perhaps? Thank you.

Best literary medical blog/Best medical blog:
http://fatdoctor.blogspot.com/ FAT DOCTOR
http://drdork.blogspot.com/ DR DORK

If there isn't a psychiatry/psychology stream, should there be?
If so:

http://gandalwaven.typepad.com/intheroom/ IN THE ROOM
http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/ SHRINK RAP
http://drdeborahserani.blogspot.com/ DR. DEBORAH SERANI
http://www.psychsplash.com/ PSYCHSPLASH

Once again, people.

We do not have specific categories for professions, such as psychiatry/psychology, urology, nursing, anesthesiology, cardiac anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiac pediatric surgery, cardiac electrophysiology or invasive cardiac radiology.

So, please, stick to the categories provided. For example, nursing is a clinical specialty. Consider clinical category, or ethics if the blog is about ethics of nursing, or technology if nursing tech is discussed.

Apologies.

Best new medical blog.

http://gandalwaven.typepad.com/intheroom/ IN THE ROOM
http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/ SHRINK RAP
http://www.psychsplash.com/ PSYCHSPLASH

Best medical blog.

http://drdeborahserani.blogspot.com/ DR. DEBORAH SERANI

I would like to nominate impactednurse.com for best medical weblog.

I nominate Dr Palter's docinthemachine for best new medblog. I love his future vision of medical tech and popular culture. He has a huge following after only 3 months!

What about Radiology Picture of the Day for best new site?

"I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category"

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

I nominate for best new blog, Shrink Rap

I'd like to nominate Scienceroll for Best New Medical Webblog

I nominate http://trick-cyclingforbeginners.blogspot.com/ for best medical weblog, best new weblog, and best patient weblog.

http://trick-cyclingforbeginners.blogspot.com also for best literary weblog

I nominate Pound of Cure for Best New MedBlog

I nominate The Trouble With Spikol for best patient's blog. http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com

I'd like to nominate 'My Cancer Fight' for best patient blog. It's extremely well-written and informative: http://mycancerfight.blogspot.com/

Nomination for Clinical Science blog and New Medical Blog:
http://appliedgenomics.blogspot.com Blog on emerging therapeutic concepts in Applied Genomics and Molecular Medicine.

For best Literary Medical Blog I'd like to nominate One Year of Writing and Healing at http://oneyearofwritingandhealing.com

I nominate Kerri Morrone's blog, www.sixuntilme.com, for Best Patient Blog. I find her musings on living with diabetes both insightful and comical.

I'd like to nominate The Antidote by Emily DeVoto - http://health-counterspin.blogspot.com/

and

Mary Meets Dolly by Rebecca Taylor - http://www.marymeetsdolly.com/blog/

for Best Health Policies/Ethics

Thank you!

This is an easy choice - the best literary medical weblog is http://barbadosbutterfly.blogspot.com.

Good luck!

I'd like to vote for for Best New Medical Weblog.

sorry, scienceroll for Best Medical Weblog

Hi!

I forgot to put the category for "Best Literary Blog" when I nominated:

http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com/ - Digital Doorway

I'd appreciate this blog considered for that category.

Thanks!

Kim : )

Nominations:

Health Policies/Ethics Blog: Universal Health http://www.universalhealth.wordpress.com

Medical Blog: Emergiblog http://www.emergiblog.com/

Literary Blog: Digital Doorway http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com/

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category.
thanks.
Ric

I would like to nominate "Concepts in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Rehab" in the new medical weblog category.

http://orthosportsrehab.blogspot.com/

I would like to nominate "Evidence in Motion" weblog in the best medical weblog catergory.

http://blog.evidenceinmotion.com/

For best new healthcar blog...
http://orthosportsrehab.blogspot.com

Thanks.

Four considerations for Best New Blog: Shrink Rap, Obgyn Kenobi, Dr. Anonymous and The Thoughts of Artemis. All are very good and I read them regularly.

Fat Doctor:

Please provide URLs.

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

I agree with you lorenzo:
I would like to nominate "Positive Technology Journal" in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

URL:
http://www.positivetechnology.info

"I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category"

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

Dario

I nominate Neonursechic for best patint blog
www.neonursechic.blogspot.com (I think)

Dinah of Shrink Rap

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

http://www.positivetechnology.info

java

Matthew Holt's www.thehealthcareblog.com is my nominee...

MQ:

Category, please...

Sorry for the linkless nominations for Best New Blog. They are:

http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com

http://obgynkenobi.blogspot.com

http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com

http://the-thoughts-of-artemis.blogspot.com

I'd like to nominate Health Care Renewal for Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog. Thank you.

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

I would like to nominate the "Positive Technology Journal":
http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

Luca

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

i nominate angrydr.blogspot.com

To the person who is repeatedly nominating Positive Technology Journal:

Your IP 81.208.5.155 has been banned for using multiple nicks. We will not tolerate this behavior.

I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category

thanks to all who vote for PTJ!

I would like to nominate both the following blogs as patient blogs:

http://bipolarmale.blogspot.com/

http://puddlejumper.wordpress.com/

And for Best New weblog:

http://sisiphus.wordpress.com/about/

I nominate TrenchDoc at http://trenchdoc.wordpress.com/

i would i to nominate for best medical blog

The site is intended to educate the public on hair loss topics based on personal experience and opinions from Dr. William Rassman and contributing physicians Dr. Jae Pak

i would i to nominate for best medical blog

http://www.baldingblog.com

The site is intended to educate the public on hair loss topics based on personal experience and opinions from Dr. William Rassman and contributing physicians Dr. Jae Pak

(sorry having trouble with linking website)- got it right this time
i would i to nominate for best medical blog

http://www.baldingblog.com

The site is intended to educate the public on hair loss topics based on personal experience and opinions from Dr. William Rassman and contributing physicians Dr. Jae Pak

i would to nominate for best medical blog

http://www.baldingblog.com

The site is intended to educate the public on hair loss topics based on personal experience and opinions from Dr. William Rassman and contributing physicians Dr. Jae Pak

Oh, Trenchdoc was nominated for best new medblog . . . forgot that!

Also, I added a category at my blog when providing reviews for the best blogs:

Best Attorney's Blog: Addicted to Medblogs at http://medblog-groupie.blogspot.com/
Hey, the name says it all! ;o)

Ya gotta luv that! Let's give her the award!!!!!

For best medical blog:

Aetiology
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology

Effect Measure
http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure

Unintelligent design
http://theclayexperience.blogspot.com/

For best health policy blog, Joe Paduda's Managed Care Matters:

http://www.joepaduda.com/

I nominate Hank Stern & Bob Vineyard's InsureBlog in the category of Health Policies/Ethics Blog.

http://insureblog.blogspot.com/

Can I nominate Informaticopia in the technology section. It's a multi author blog looking at the fast changing developments in the world of health informatics.

Rod

I'm sure it was made in jest, but I respectfully decline the nomination.

Nomination:

www.thedoctorblogger.com

for Best New Medical Blog Started in 2006

Brett

I nominate Dr. Rob at

http://distractiblemind.ambulatorycomputing.com/

for Best Medical Blog

Manic Depression / BiPolar:
http://saltedlithium.wordpress.com

Start Date: Nov. 14, 2006

It would be my pleasure to nominate two sites in the Medical / BiPolar Fields:

PuddleJumper (http://puddlejumper.wordpress.com)
Puddle's Blog is an intelligent, informative and sometimes humourous account of a woman trying to come to terms with life without suicide fantasies.

PinkJellyBelly (http://pinkjellybaby.wordpress.com)
PJB is a fantasy laden Blog written by a woman coming to terms with her mental illness: her depression and her recurring cutting addiction. It is funny, sometimes childish, but always insightful.

Thanks.

I made a nomination earlier but flubbed the URL:
I would like to nominate both:
PuddleJumper: http://puddlejumper.wordpress.com/
and
PinkJellyBaby: http://pinkjellybaby.wordpress.com/
(not PinkJellyBelly)
For your Medical / BiPolar categories.

Thanks for your understanding.

I would like to nominate:

The Last Psychiatrist http://thelastpsychiatrist.com for Best Medical Blog

Furious Seasons http://furiousseasons.com for Best Patient Blog.

John

I would like to nominate Dream mom for the Patient's blog category. She is the mother of a special needs child and writes eloquently of her son and his experiences. The URL is http://www.dreammom.blogspot.com/

Sorry if this is a dupe, I didn't see it go through:

I nominate The Last Psychiatrist
http://thelastpsychiatrist.com

for Best Medical category.

JM

I'd like to nominate Tech Medicine for best medical technologies blog. Enoch is a judge; however, other judges have been nominated so I think his blog should be included.
Thank you for your consideration!

"I would like to nominate Positive Technology Journal:

http://www.positivetechnology.info

in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category"

thanks to all who vote for PTJ!

I nominate The Last Psychiatrist (http://thelastpsychiatrist.com) for Best Medical Blog!

The list has been updated here. Please let us know if we've missed any blogs.

For best new medical blog I would like to nominate:
Junkfood Science at http://www.junkfoodscience.blogspot.com

This one might also fit in the health policies/ethics category.

I nominate "Shrink Rap" at http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/ for best medical blog.

For "Best Clinical Sciences" weblog, I'd like to nominate "Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments" at http://www.treatmentonline.com/treatments.php

For "Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2006)" I would like to nominate:

http://www.bitacoramedica.com

Thank you for your consideration!

hi
I shamelessly submit my own blog for
Best Literary Medical Weblog

www.Thephilip.org

you should have a "best medical student blog"

philip

I nominate www.hospitalimpact.org for the best health policies/ethics blog

For Best Medical Blog AND Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog I nominate the Well Timed Period http://thewelltimedperiod.blogspot.com

I nominate the http://www.thedoctorblogger.com/
as the best new medical weblog, it is vastly in formative and entertaining-great reading for parents especially!

I would like to nominate Dr. Auerbach's blog, Medicine for the Outdoors, for Best New Medical Weblog of 2006. Dr. Auerbach's blog is truly unique and unlike any blog I have found in the medical blogosphere. He brings a fresh perspective on how to apply medicine outside the doctor's office.

Fruit of the Womb for Best of 2006

KidneyNotes.blogspot.com for Best Medical Weblog and Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog.

Dr O.

You cannot be serious to NOT have HISTalk in the Best tech/IT category -- it is by FAR the most read blog on the subject.

In addition what happened to the category of WORST health care blog, for which I was nominated a few years back!

Matthew

I would like to nominate for best new medical weblog

Odysseys Of George at http://george.med97um.net/

and

BernardChan.Net at http://bernardchan.net/

I nominate Biomedicine on Display, www.corporeality.net/museion -- because it is one of the few medical blogs outside UK/US and one of the few that focuses on the popular engagement with contemporary biomedical science and technology.

Biomedicine on Display is edited and written by a group of medical historians and medical science studies scholars at Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen.

Categories? Well, there is no category for medical history or medical science studies. The closest are probably Best Medical Blog, Best Literary Medical Blog and Best Medical Technologies Blog.

So I nominate Biomedicine on Display, for all three.

ImpactED Nurse should also be nominated for best new medical blog.

I nominate Insidesurgery.com as the best clinical sciences weblog

I'd like to nominate Teen Health 411 for best new 2006 medical blog. Great perspective on health regarding teens and great advice for parents in keeping their sanity when dealing with them.

Happy New Year, everyone!

I nominate Charley Browne of http://thatmedschoolguy.blogspot.com/; he would belong in the Best New Blog category. All the best!!

I nominated Biomedicine on Display (www.corporeality.net/museion) last night, but the comment hasn't appered yet.

For three categories: Best Medical Blog, Best Literary Medical Blog and Best Medical Technologies Blog -- because you don't have a category for medical history or medical humanities.

I nominate From Medskool (http://www.frommedskool.com) for Best Medical Blog and Best Health Policies/Ethics Blog.

Best new medical blog
Is there a doctor in the house
http//www.erdoctor.blogspot.com

Best new medical blog
Is there a doctor in the house
http://www.erdoctor.blogspot.com

I am wondering why the nomination I made last week has not been posted? I would like to nominate (again!) Insidesurgery.com as the best clinical sciences blog.

Thank you

The list has been updated here. Please let us know if we've missed any blogs.

best medical weblog

Best Medical Blog : I nominate

www.Baldingblog.com

Dr. William Rassman answers and writing about medical hair loss questions

I respectfully nominate the following for the best medical blogs

KevinMD
GruntDoc

Purely on the basis that if your blog is mentioned on their blog and a link is provided, your traffic increase by 100 folds!!! We are not worthy, we are not worthy!!!!

I would like to nominate Ms. Bonnycastle's blog for the best medical blog.
K Premkumar

I nominate http://www.islandmedstudent.com for the best new medical blog of 2006.

I nominate http://cancerbaby.typepad.com/ as best patient blog although sadly I think it is coming down shortly.