The 2007 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by ScrubsGallery.com

I would like to nominate Respectful Insolence for Best Literary Medical Log. I don't have the time to read many medical blogs or the inclination, but find Respectful Insolence informative and enlightening.

I would like to nominate Respectful Insolence for the Best Medical Weblog award. Orac is a great educator, an engaging writer, and, above all, a tireless defender of evidence-based medicine.

I would like to nominate finding optimism for Best Patient's Blog.
Regards Dr Shock

Best Medical Weblog- Kevin, MD

I would also like to nominate Respectful Insolence as the best Medical Blog. Orac discusses important and interesting issues concerning good science, bad science, pseudoscience and plain quackery. Orac is succeeds in conveying relevant information in a clear but not oversimplified manner.

It seems like I'm jumping on the bandwagon, but I have to agree with everyone who has listed Respectful Insolence as the Best Medical Blog (or maybe the Policies/Ethics category)

I'd like to nominate Pandabear, MD (www.pandabearmd.com) for Best Medical Weblog and The Happy Hospitalist (thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com) for Best New Medical Weblog.

I do not know whether it is possible to nominate my own weblog: http://medblog.nl for best new medical weblog. I made a list of english medblogs.

I write in dutch as well as english.

I would like to nominate Dr. Wes (http://drwes.blogspot.com/) for Best Health Policies/ Ethics as well as Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog. Dr. Wes offers a terrific balance of clinical information and the human side of doctors. Loved his latest entry comparing his child's high school winter concert to placing new pacing wires in a critical patient. Rock on Dr. Wes! Power to the P waves!

I would also like to nominate Dr. Shock. It is a really nice weblog about psychiatry and ECT,

I'd like to nominate Surgeonsblog (www.surgeonsblog.blogspot.com) for best medical weblog. The writing is evocative and gives a rare view into the world of a surgeon.

I'd like to nominate Sid Schwab for best literary medblog, KevinMD for best medical blog, Orac for best ethics blog, MedGadget for best medical technology blog. Thanks!

Jan Martens:

Category, please, for Dr. Shock.

I would like to nominate http://blog.vitummedicinus.com/ for the best new medblog of 2007.

Excellent writing, stories, and wonderful humour.

Tara Smith's blog - Aetiology (http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology) has to be a sitter for Best Clinical Sciences, and I endorse Orac's Respectful Insolence blog, as nominated above, for best Medical blog.

I nominate "The Independent Urologist" as a great blog reporting on an independent medical practice

There are two blogs in Emergency Medicine that I think are well deserving of a nomination:

Scalpel Or Sword at Blogspot -- extremely interesting ED stories interspersed with priceless medical gems on acute conditions for the budding medical student or intern. Examples: Using the Speculum and Dystonic Reaction.

Gruntdoc at gruntdoc.com -- Very comprehensive site with witty anecdotes and medical news/ethics.

ATTENTION ALL:

Your nominations are meaningless unless you specify category(s).

For Best New Medical Blog I'd like to nominate White Coat Underground. It's an interesting look at current issues, and has an interesting mix of post styles. http://whitecoatunderground.com

Also Respectful Insolence for Best Medical weblog. http://scienceblogs.com/insolence

I would like to nominate
http://theindependenturologist.blogspot.com/ as best blog,
http:m.belaray.com as best new medical blog
http://www.jayparkinsonmd.com/blog/ for health policies

I would like to nominate EverythingHealth at http//www.everythinghealth.net as the best new medical blog. It is varied, interesting and appeals to both professionals and lay persons.

I'd like to throw in Aetiology for best medical blog (http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology). A good mix of public health, medicine, and basic science--always entertaining and interesting for medical folks and laymen alike.

For Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog I would like to nominate JunkFoodScience (http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/), one of last year's nominees for best new MedBlog.

I would like to nominate:

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
Running A Hospital (http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/)

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
Pallimed (www.pallimed.org)

Best Literary Weblog
Sid Schwab's Surgeon's Blog (http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/)

Best Ethics Blog
Bioethics Discussion Blog (http://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/)

Best Medical Blog - I second Dr Wes. Original content, opinion and well-reasoned commentary.

Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog - Carlat Psychiatry Blog. He's been to the Dark Side and back...

Best New Medical Blog - Women's Health News - Rachel is the Kevin, MD of women's health.

Best Literary Medblog - Dr. Hebert's Medcial Gumbo - Always a nice read....

Best Clinical Sciences Blog - Aidstruth.org (well, it's more of a website than a blog, can it still count?...)

Challenge Diabetes Blog at http://challengediabetes.com for best medical technologies blog. We have worked to meld commentary from experts in the field of medical devices, connectivity and informatics with experts representing its clinical application and professionals in the field of behavioral sciences to arrive at an insightful commentary on leading edge tech and the pros and cons experienced in the field. Thanks for your consideration and let us know if there are areas that you would like to see more commentary.

Over My Med Body is my nomination.

diabetesmine.com is best patient blog

I would like to nominate Corazon Hispano - http://www.corazonhispano.blogspot.com/- for best new medical weblog and best patient's blog. Corazon Hispano is unique because it is a cardiovascular prevention blog written in Spanish to satisfy the huge need with regard to this field in the Hispanic community. It publishes very practical information that individuals can apply to their daily lives.

@Dr O: Sorry for not mentioning a category. I would like to nominate Dr Shock for best new medical weblog.

I would like to nominate the last psychiatrist for the best medical weblog. He doesn't write often (once a week), but he or she writes very well and the posts are of excellent quality and mostly humorous to read.
I would like to nominate medblog.nl for best new medical weblog.
Regards Dr Shock

I would like to nominate for Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: Corpus Callosum
Best in this category, well written posts, broad range of subjects.

A nomination here for The Blog That Ate Manhattan in the category of Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog by "TBTAM" -- a most readable, informative, enjoyable blog. From putting the pharmacutical industry in sane perspective, to weighing the consequences of HRT, to patient education and advocacy, to providing readers with a well-rounded overview of medical blogs in every category, Dr. TBTAM consistently shines light on thorny ethical and health policy issues, with refreshing humanity and humor. If there were a category for Best Written Medical Blog, that nomination would be made here as well.

I would like to nominate Scienceroll for the category Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog.

This is really the one of the best, if not the best medblog around.

I would like to nominate:

Dr. Wes
http://drwes.blogspot.com/
for
Best Medical Weblog
Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog

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

I'd like to nominate Medblog.nl for the Best New Medical Blog category. Thank you!

i would like to nominate other things amanzi (http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/) for Best Medical Blog.

and Suture for a Living (http://rlbatesmd.blogspot.com/)
for Best New Medical Blog.

both surgical blogs are fantastic. hop on over!

I am taking the liberty of nominating the blog I started this year -- "Health Care Organizational Ethics" (http://healthcareorganizationalethics.blogspot.com/) in the ethics/health policy category.

I'd like to nominate BillyBob's Wild Ride for best patient blog.

Best Medical Blog: Dr. Wes (http://drwes.blogspot.com/)

Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog: Managed Care Matters (http://www.joepaduda.com/)
Please consider my own blog, The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com)

Best New Medical Blog: The Happy Hospitalist (http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/)
I would like to remind folks to consider my own blog, The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com)

Best Literary Medblog: Surgeonsblog (www.surgeonsblog.blogspot.com)
Honoarary mention for intueri: to contemplate

Best Patient's Blog:Lisa Emerich at Brass and Ivory (http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/)

Best Medical Blog: Dr. Wes (http://drwes.blogspot.com/)

Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog: Managed Care Matters (http://www.joepaduda.com/)
Please consider my own blog, The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com)

Best New Medical Blog: The Happy Hospitalist (http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/)
I would like to remind folks to consider my own blog, The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com)

Best Literary Medblog: Surgeonsblog (www.surgeonsblog.blogspot.com)
Honoarary mention for intueri: to contemplate

Best Patient's Blog:Lisa Emerich at Brass and Ivory (http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/)

May I nominate PharmaGossip for best policy/ethics blog

Canadian Medicine, for Best New Medical Weblog.

Hi
Do you have a category for medical business blogs?
Mine is The Entrepreneurial MD at www.entrepreneurialmd.com, and I�m not sure where to nominate it.
Thanks
Philippa

There are many wonderful medical blogs that deserve recognition. My picks:

Best Medical Blog:
Junkfood Science - it's from a nurse, but offers thought-provoking articles for docs and consumers, too, looking at health issues on everyone's minds
Dr. Wes - drop-dead right on! Intelligent and gutsy stuff. Everyone deserves a doctor like him.
Retired Doc - [http://mdredux.blogspot.com/] - with the wisdom and experience to offer profound insights

Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog:
Healthcare Renewal -- Science and integrity in medicine are its middle names, a must-read
Junkfood Science - makes us take a critical look, sometimes painful, at misguided health policies driven by bad science
Scientific Misconduct - for the best dirt from someone who knows and isn't afraid to talk

Best Clinical Science Blog:
Junkfood Science - no other blog critically examines the studies and bad science in healthcare better than this; not afraid to question what we've come to believe

I would like to nominate www.bioethicsinternational.org !!!

I second the nomination of www.bioethicsinternational.org for Best Health/Policies/Ethics weblog.

I nominate the oustanding Bioethics International blog www.bioethicsinternational.org for the category of Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. They post timely and informative ethics news articles that empower responsible action in medicine, public policy and science

I vote for Bioethics International for the best blog for the category of Best health policies/ethics weblog.

I nominate Bioethics International, Inc. under the category of Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog because its mission of empowering responsible action well evidenced by the site's updates and thought-provoking pieces.

I nominate Bioethics International for the most comprehensive and well rounded perspective on current and traditional issues in medicine and health. I believe that their President, Jennifer Miller, has done a wonderful job opening the world of ethics.

Best in Health Policies / Ethics weblog

http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/

Hello,
I'd like to nominate the Blog NY Emergency Medicine www.nyemergencymedicine.blogspot.com for the following categories:
1. Best new medical webblog
2. Best clinical sciences webblog

Going strong since January 2007, NY Emergency Medicine presents weekly contests of fascinating pathologies seen in the Emergency Department. This allows the average blogger, a privileged view into the house of medicine. In addition to the small prize money that is awarded to the weekly winner, the VizD section is actually educational. Moreover, NY Emergency Medicine integrates medical humanities posts that are quite insightful and truly a pleasure to read.

I look forward every week to reading this sites postings.

Thank you,
Jason Ryz

Hello, may I nominate The Fitness Fixer
(www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/)

I would like to nominate TheBlogThatAteManhattan.blogspot.com for best health policies/ethics. Her relentless pursuit of keeping ahead of the ethics curve is truly insightful. The fact that she highlighted the ethical dilemma with Merck's involvement in funding the effort to have GARDASIL as a mandatory treatment in certains states was published well before the scandel hit. She is driven by her ethics and it shows. Good for her! That, and she is a hoot and a half! Best blog out there bar none.

I nominate www.bioethicsinternational for the best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. They work to ensure quality healthcare through ethics education, training and advisory programs in hospitals, with medical association, universities etc- educating the current and future clinicians and scientists. good medical care depends on ethical doctors and nurses and I applaud BEI's recognitition of this nuance and work to materialize ethics is medicine.

I'd like to nominate David Rothman (http://davidrothman.net/) for Best Medical Technologies/Informatics blog. And myself (http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com) for...uh, none of the categories really fit. You guys want a medical librarian to give you some additional category ideas next time around? :)

I would like to nominate Bioethics Internaltional, Inc (bioethicsinternational.org) for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog for it's committment to exploring the complex issues involving patient care, the role of science in medicine and for making light of the plethora of other essential issues that affect ethics in medicine.

I also nominate the oustanding Bioethics International blog www.bioethicsinternational.org for the category of Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. The site posts timely and informative ethics news articles that foster and empower responsible action in medicine, public policy and science

I am nominating docinthemachine for best medical technology blog- great site for all things future med tech

I nominate the Fitness Fixer (www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/) for the best Medical Weblog.

It's fantastic biomechanics advice actually fixes most of those muscle/joint aches and pains, reducing it's reader's demands for less-than-ideal medical interventions. It's also about healthy living - although I tend to ignore those parts.

I sure hope other people nominate Grunt Doc and Cheerful Oncologist, who though they don't actually make your life better like Fitness Fixer, sure are a joy to read.

Please nominate www.bioethicsinternational.org for best health policies/ethics weblog.
it covers current controversial topics and allows for plenty of debate.

I would like to nominate Bioethics International website for the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog

I'd like to nominate Women's Health News for best medical blog.

Women's Health News for best medical blog.

The List has been updated. Please let us know if there are any mistakes.

Dr.Val:

Many thanks!!! Unfortunately Medgadget is not eligible.

I nominate Bioethics International website for the category of Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. It provides a great deal of information on issues in medicine and health care that is more relevant today than ever before.

I would like to nominate The Fitness Fixer (www.healthline) as best Medical Blog. The information re health, fitness and nutrition is excellent.

I would like to nominate Bioethics International for Best Health Policies/ Ethics Weblog. It is a fantastic non- profit organization that really has its priorities straight.

For Best Health Policies/Ethics Blog...Hands down...drumroll please...

THE BLOG THAT ATE MANHATTAN...naturally:)

TBTAM takes the time to inform and answers every inquiry with professionalism and without bias; with patience and without judgment; with occasional humor and without cynicism.

Way to go TBTAM!

I would like to nominate The Fitness Fixer for Best Medical Weblog and Best Clinical Sciences Weblog. Dr. Bookspan gives practical exercise and general health advice to help people end the cause of their pain.

I'd like to nominate We Stand FIRM for best Health Policies/Ethics blog. We Stand FIRM is one of the few voices in the blogosphere that emphasizes the importance of freedom and individual rights when discussing healthcare policy.

I'd like to nominate Dr. Jolie Bookspan's The Fitness Fixer for Best Patient's Blog. Her information is well-communicated, very useful and always interesting.Medical issues are dealt with in a wonderfully holistic manner.

I'd like to nominate Random Acts of Reality (http://randomreality.blogware.com/) for the Best Literary Medical Weblog. It is extremely informative, and also very entertaining. updated regularly. many people can relate to the posts and while it does highlight the short comings of society and those that govern it, it does show that some people out there still care.

Another nomination for Random Acts Of Reality http://randomreality.blogware.com/blog but this time for Best Medical Weblog mainly 'cos I'm stoopid and don't get what "Best Literary Medical Weblog" is all about...

Best Medical Blog by far---- The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com). If you haven't, you might want to check out.

Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog: The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com)

Best New Medical Blog: The Physician Executive (http://executivephysician.blogspot.com)

Best Literary Medblog: intueri: to contemplate (http://intueri.org)

I'd like to nominate Dr. Jolie Bookspan- The Fitness Fixer for Best Patient's Blog. She has helped me fix my major back pain through simple posture and minor adjustments in my daily bending. In addition her blogs are interesting and cover a large variety of injury/preventative cures. Very helpful to anyone w/ pain - and very helpful to those without insurance (which seems to be quite a lot of us these days. We just have to stay healthy and rely on alot of self help:-)

I am pleased to be able to nominate Dr. Jolie Bookspan for:
Best Medical Weblog AND Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/

My personal story is one of many that demonstates how Dr. Bookspan can get you moving again - the right way and without pain. Whether you've got disc problems or issues with your knees, Dr. Bookspan is immediately positive about the prospects for healing to start right away. Her confidence comes from a true understanding of the source of the problem and the easiest possible way to address it. Within minutes of reading her articles, I started feeling like I finally understood the causes of the problem and what do do (and not do) to fix it and keep it that way. If more medical problems were approached this way, we would have far fewer "chronic conditions". Too often, we accept broad classifications and are ready to put ourselves in those categories. "I've got a bad back", "I've never had good posture", "My mother had bad knees - so do I". Dr. Bookspan teaches you how to recognize the causes of these problems and encourages you to observe other peoples' bad habits. This is a powerful tool through which you can see you "old self" and how a lack of awareness can lead to these seemingly chronic conditions. I feel compelled to offer this nomination because people in the medical field who approach problems by addressing the root causes deserve to be recognized.

I love Random Acts Of Reality. I would like to nominate it for the Best Medical Weblog.

Random Acts of Reality for Best Medical Weblog;

http://randomreality.blogware.com/

I'd like to nominate the Fitness Fixer (www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/) for the best Medical Weblog. I've been looking for a solution for my knee and leg problem for quite a while, and no one has helped me as much as Dr. Jolie Bookspan.

I nominate The Blog That Ate Manhattan in the category of Best Health Policy/Ethics Blog by "TBTAM" -- In a brilliantly written blog, which draws the reader in with down-to-earth humor, Dr. TBTAM is enlightening on the subject of "Big Pharma" and provides medical folk and lay people alike with medical topics and questions that profoundly affect our lives. The "voice" of Dr. TBTAM is that of the doctor we all wish we had, someone we know would listen to us, hear us, offer kindly advice and a kick in the pants if needed. Dr. TBTAM should publish her blog in book form -- it's that good.

I'd like to nominate David Rothman for best technology/informatics blog - http://davidrothman.net/
I also nominate Clinical Cases and Images for best clinical sciences blog - http://casesblog.blogspot.com/

Also, I second all the noms for TBTAM. :)

Please add The Fitness Fixer blog (http://www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/) in the categories of Best Medical Weblog and Best Clinical Sciences Weblog. Jolie Bookspan has put together a treasure trove of common-sense information on fitness and musculoskeletal issues - common problems that are commonly handled poorly in the medical community.

Keith

For Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog, I nominate Life as a Healthcare CIO by John Halamka at http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/. Full and understandable of information systems issues surrounding healthcare, with an engaging mixture, too, of gadgets and personal life stories.

I nominate http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/, the blog of Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It's unique -- the first hospital CEO blog; plenty of controversial material; a lot of information about the medical field and its major challenges; ground-breaking work on safety and accountability.

I think it belongs under both Best Medical Blog and Best Health Policies/Ethics. It's received a lot of international attention.

I would like to nominate The Derm Blog for best new blog.

nominees:
best new blog - kolahun.typepad.com
best literary blog - kolahun.typepad.com
best health policies/ethics blog - kolahun.typepad.com

thanks.

Adi

I would like to nominate:

- Eleftheros Nevronas (Ελεύθερος Νευρώνας) for the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog and Best Clinical Sciences Weblog categories. It's the only Greek blog on the web about Neuroscience, especially applied [medical] neuroscience and neurotechnology.

Its link is http://neurohell.info/
(you will probably need need a translator! hehe)

My nomination for Best Medical Weblog has to be .
As someone who has nothing to do with the world of medicine (except as a patient) reading his blog for the last year or more has really opened my eyes to how the UK ambulance service works. If only everyone could read this then maybe they'd actually realise what the NHS is up against. Informative and well written, definately a winner as far as I'm concerned.

OK, my above post should have said random acts of reality instead of blank :)

Random Acts of Reality for Best Medical Weblog;

http://randomreality.blogware.com/

I wish to nominate Jolie Bookspan's "The Fitness Fixer" (www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/) for:
Best Medical Weblog.
Best Clinical Science Weblog.
If you visit this site first you may well never need seek a second opinion. Well written and fun.

Best new blog - The Physician Executive
http://executivephysician.blogspot.com

Best med blog - The Physician Executive
http://executivephysician.blogspot.com

Best patient blog - Brass and Ivory
http://brassandivory.blogspot.com

Best health policies blog - Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/

I would like to nominate Random Acts of Reality for:

Best Medical Weblog

and

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog

Just in case you're in doubt, the link is: http://randomreality.blogware.com/

I would de-list junkfood science. It is an ideological crank-blog dedicated to attacking the link between obesity and disease by misrepresenting science. It is also allied to Steven Milloy's Junkscience, another anti-science blog that is supposedly scientific.

I second Respectful Insolence. Orac is the best. And Steve Novella's Neurologica blog deserves mention.

I nominate Unprotected Text (http://uptext.blogspot.com) for the Best New Medical Weblog category. Harry's blog charts the life of a first year medical student in London; his insights into the med school life are fascinating to read, and his personality and enthusiasm really leap off the screen. My number one blog!

Hey what about the nurses?!! I nominate ER nursey at http://ernursey.blogspot.com/. Emergency nurses rock and she is one of the best bloggers out there. Vote for her!

Hey what about the nurses?!! I nominate ER nursey at http://ernursey.blogspot.com/. Emergency nurses rock and she is one of the best bloggers out there. Vote for her! I nominate her for best medical blog.

Without doubt - Random Acts Of Reality by Tom Reynolds - for Best Medical Blog.

I want to second the nomination of Junk Food Science (http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/) in the following categories:
Best Medical Blog--no doctor "gets it" as well as Sandy Szwarc on issues around food, weight, dieting, and "obesity"

Best Clinical Science Blog--Sandy keeps up with clinical research better than anyone and always gives us the data, not spin, with regard to what the actual research shows

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog--JFS, more than any other blog, exposes the political and financial interests behind such so-called "public health" campaigns as the "war on obesity", which in actual fact are damaging to public health in the extreme.

I nominate

http://babybluepyjamas.blogspot.com/

for -- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2007)

It is very new, not two months old, articulate and is a staff voice from the ER room but from the very bottom of the pile.

I would like to nominate http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com for best patient blog.-- Thanks!!!

I am nominating Bioethics International, www.bioethicsinternationl.org, for the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. With the increased evolution of science and technology it is easy to only pay attention to new medical triumphs while losing focus on the methods used to achieve them. Bioethics International serves a critical role in the medical community, and society as a whole, in ensuring that the methods used in scientific advancement are just as ethical as the results.

The list has been updated.

PLEASE NOTE: After careful review, we have withdrawn Junk Food Science blog from the competition. For those of us that deal every clinical day with the devastating effects of obesity, diabetes, HTN, etc, ideas presented in that blog are beyond recourse. The site does not present a scientific debate that can be reasoned with.

I would like to second the nomination for Bioethics International - Best Health Policies/Ethics Blog,

Washington, DC

For me, it can only be:

http://randomreality.blogware.com/

I nominate Bioethics International Inc (www.bioethicsinternational.org) for the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog award. Bioethics International's regular blog postings are a truly invaluable source of information, allowing readers to follow current bioethics news stories and the impact that medical technologies and advances have on patient care, as well as being a reference tool for readily identifying studies, lectures, conferences, panel discussions and round tables in the field. I commend Bioethics International for successfully tailoring its site to both experienced health care and ethics professionals, as well as to relative newcomers to the fields of bioethics and healthcare more generally.

I wish to nominate Bioethics International Inc., www.bioethicsinternational.org, for the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog and I am happy to post this nomination from my home country of Ireland. It is personally great to watch the ongoing development of Bioethics International and how it is tackling the issues of the Best Health Policies/Ethics. I see great potential in their website and their weblog and I would certainly see how a Medical Weblog Award would greatly enhance their work and mission. Thank you!

I would like to nominate random acts of reality at randomreality.blogware.com because as a student paramedic it has really helped me and my comfidence in practice.
Read it i promise you its amazing!!!!

Women's Health News for Best Medical Weblog. Thanks :)

ANY CHANCE GETTING A MENTAL HEALTH CATEGORY???

ANY CHANCE GETTING A MENTAL HEALTH CATEGORY???

I would like to nominate Insureblog (http://insureblog.blogspot.com/) for Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog.

I'd like to cast my nomination for Random Acts of Reality in the category of Best Medical Weblog;

http://randomreality.blogware.com/

Thanks!

I want to nominate Bongi's other things amanzi .... http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/
Great humour in an otherwise bleak South Africa.

I nominate Insureblog at insureblog.blogspot.com for Best Health Policies / Ethics Weblog! Great blog on healthcare insurance issues, principles and solutions!

I nominate:
A Chronic Dose
http://achronicdose.blogspot.com/
For two categories: Medical Patient Category and the Literay Category

You can tell from Laurie's blog that she is a writer as well as a patient. Her writing at times focuses on her own experiences (she and her family members have a few chronic illnesses) but more often than that her writing is a beautiful medium to express what is going in healthcare and how all people can relate better to their bodies, physicians, treatments, limitations, potentials, and families, etc. It is such an interesting read that you often forget you're reading about illness.

I will nominate CareerMedicine.com - a great blog by anonymous physician - on physician job hunting and starting a medical practice- for the categories of 'Best Blog' and 'Best New Blog': URL is Http://www.careermedicine.com

For literary blog, I will nominate: http://www.blogspot.obgyntips.com

have fun:))

I nominate Mousethinks - UK A&E (ER) sister for the Best Newcomer and Best Medical blog. Mouse is a brilliant communicator who portrays the reality and insanity of frontline acute emergency care in the modern NHS with humour, poignancy and insight.

smudge

http://mousethinks.blogspot.com/

I would like to nominate Dr. Val & The Voice of Reason for the best new medical blog category. Thanks!

I wish to nominate myself impactednurse.com for a chance to compete in the catagory: best literary weblog.
Thankyou.

I would like to nominate 'The Biopsy Report' (http://biopsy.wordpress.com/) for best patient weblog. A fantastic read about one lady's take on contracting MRSA, numerous operations, and a congential condition that she has had to live with her whole life. It's masterfully written, and gives a valuable insight into 'the other end of the needle'.

I nominate random acts of reality.

Heartfelt writing that provides real insight into the role. Touching, sometimes provocative and utterly engaging.

Careermedicine.com blog has helped me find subtle but important tips on physician job search and business of medicine. I owe my new job to it. So I nominate careermedicine.com as the best new medical weblog.

http://www.careermedicine.com

I would like to change the pace here and nominate Respiratory Therapy 101 (http://keepbreathing.wordpress.com/) as best new blog. Not only does he do a great job of showing the "view from the head of the bed," he's entertaining and quite often funny. More important, he was one of the first RTs to form a blog, and it was because of him that other RTs have since joined the blog world -- like me.

i would like to nominate kevinmd for best medical blog ,for a complete insight into the medical blogging.

I nominate the following blog . it follows the everyday life of a family with 3 immune deficient children.

Opps sorry link did not go through. www.lookthroughoureyes.com

I nominate Barbara Kivowitz's blog about how illness changes relationships, http://insicknessinhealth.blogspot.com/ for Best Patient's Blog and Best Literary Medical Weblog. Her postings address a subject about which, oddly, few have written, even though it affects most of us in a huge way. Based partially on her experiences as psychotherapist and as chronic pain patient, her postings are informative and insightful, sometimes inspiring. And sometimes, well, literary. See for example, http://insicknessinhealth.blogspot.com/2007/08/story-about-alzheimers-paul-and-mary.html .

I would like to nominate http://www.careermedicine.com to Best New Medical Blog. It is a very helpful website for us medical residents.

I'd like to nominate Harry's 'unprotected text' blog for the best new weblog category. Excellent read fully of dry wit and humour with a reflective serious twist. Mark

If it is possible, I'd like to nominate my health blog, Prudence, M.D. for the category, Best New Medical Weblog. Thank you.

I would like to nominate a Prudence, M.D. by Dr. Tess Termulo for Best New Medical Weblog 2007 for a job well done in enlightening the medical blogging.

I would like to nominate www.tomographyblog.com for Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2007).
Thank You!

I'd like to nominate Doctor David's Blog: http://doctordavidsblog.blogspot.com for "Best New Medical Weblog". It is a very readable, accessible and informative new blog by a pediatric oncologist who talks about a variety of topics in oncology and pediatrics.

I nominate:

Miami, MD - http://medicalweblog.blogspot.com for best new medical weblog

I miss a category in this competition, viz., medical history, medical science studies, medical museum and exhibition stuff, public understanding of medicine etc. There aren't that many blogs in this category yet, but Biomedicine on Display is a good candidate for a winner.

The "Biomedicine on Display"-blog is edited by a group of historians and ethnologists at Medical Museum, the earlier medical-history museum at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. They post almost everyday, and they cover a wide array of topics in a quite sophisticated way, e.g., how to collect medical gadgets for their museum, how to display invisible medical objects, and lots of reflections about biocitizenship, the role of medical research in knowledge society and stuff like that which no other medical blog really covers.

I forgot to suggest a category for Biomedicine on Display -- there isn't really one yet, but literary blog or technical blog are the closest categories.

I nominate Notes from Dr.RW.His blog is not only offers thoughtful analysis of various topics but his reviews of various important clinical topics could serve as models for grand rounds at medical schools.

Amy Tenderich's Diabetes Mine continues to be a vital resource for anyone who is affected by diabetes. Regularly updated with content, Diabetes Mine is the hub and destination for diabetes news and discussions over controversial matters; all while remaining a down-to-earth blog about daily living with diabetes.

I believe that the online diabetes community would agree with me that Diabetes Mine should rightfully be nominated for the Best Medical Weblog and Best Patient's Blog categories.

At their best blogs written by "patients" can give an insight into the human impact of living with a disease. Kerri Morrone's blog, www.Sixuntilme.com, provides an amazing window into the life of a successful professional who's life is not defined but diabetes, but partially explained by it. She shares details from her life that are harrowing (trips to the emergency room) and joyous (announcing her engagement) and how diabetes fits in. As a person trying to learn about diabetes I found her blog to be an invaluable resource that provided insights not found in tables of statistics or "offical" sources of information. Given the enormity of the diabetes epidemic and the importance of information about living with it I would highly recommend www.sixuntilme.com for the "Best Medical Weblog" and "Best Patient's Blog" categories.

I would like to nominate the women's bioethics blog for the category of best health policy/ethics blog -- never boring, always insightful, cutting-edge, this blog is not just for women. It is informative and has a sense of humor, yet often scholarly. What a power packed combo! I hope it wins!

I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz.

"I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz."

I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz. Thank you!

I'd like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007!!!I liked their weekly quiz and learned a lot,seen many many interesting cases so I think they worth any reward!

I would like to recommend http://www.tomographyblog.com for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work.

I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007 as Best New Medical Weblog, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz."

I would like to recommend ButYouDontLookSick.com for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007 because of their ongoing dedication to supporting and educating a wide community of ill and disabled people through their main website as well as their growing message boards. They are an invaluable resource to any and all struggling with chronic health issues and pain.

I nominate bioethicsinternational.org for best medical ethics blog

I would like to add my nomination of http://www.everythinghealth.net/ as the best new medical blog. It is interesting and well written and covers a variety of topics. Thanks

I wish to nominate www.butyoudontlooksick.com for the 2007 medical weblogs award.

"I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz."

I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz."

I respectfully nominate for the following categories:

-- Best Medical Weblog - Nurse Ratched's Place (http://www.nurse-ratcheds.blogspot.com/)

-- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2007) - Brain Scramble (http://brainscramble.org/)

-- Best Literary Medical Weblog - Surgeonsblog (http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/)

-- Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - Urostream (http://urostream.blogspot.com/)

-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - MSSP Nexus (http://msspnexus.blogs.com/)

-- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog - Docinthemachine (http://docinthemachine.com/)

-- Best Patient's Blog - A Chronic Dose (http://achronicdose.blogspot.com/)

I would like to nominate my site, ChronicBabe (http://www.ChronicBabe.com), for Best Patient's Blog. We help young women be their best in spite of chronic illness...to be Babes!

Not to be too braggy, but we have hundreds of resources for patients and caregivers on a wide variety of issues faced by people living with chronic illness. We interview experts, review related books and films, offer a "Help Desk" section with almost 400 resources, provide highly personal perspectives and advice, and even offer a free e-newsletter with more than 1,500 subscribers. ChronicBabe has been featured in many media outlets (including USA Today and the Chicago Tribune) and we serve an average of more than 1,000 readers every day.

Thanks for your consideration! Best wishes, Jenni Prokopy - Founder and Editrix of ChronicBabe.com

I would like to nominate Chronic Babe (http://www.chronicbabe.com). It is a wonderful site with a terrific purpose. Good luck Jenni. I'm rooting for you!!! Best, Nancy Mills, founder of Spirited Woman

I nominate chronicbabe as the best patient's blog. It's at www.chronicbabe.com. Jenni has had a very tough year herself, but she never stops coming up with ideas on how to beat illness and depression. She's smart and funny and her weekly newsletter is full of great tips and resources. Chronicbabe has helped me both as a patient and as a patient advocate.

"I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007 as Best New Medical Weblog, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz."

I'd like to nominate Terra Sigillata (http://scienceblogs.com/terrasig) in the category of best medical blog. He focuses mostly on basic pharmacology and therapeutics and while not as prolific as the others, I find his posts to be of high quality.

I would like to nominate www.chronicbabe.com. It's the best!

I would like to nominate ERnursey for Best Medical WebBlog.

After careful review, we have withdrawn Junk Food Science blog from the competition. For those of us that deal every clinical day with the devastating effects of obesity, diabetes, HTN, etc, ideas presented in that blog are beyond recourse. The site does not present a scientific debate that can be reasoned with.

Posted by: DrO
on December 20, 2007 12:38 PM GMT

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One can almost hear the hissing and the sussuration of skirts being drawn in to avoid contamination.

Are you going to provide this "careful review" or are readers to be left with this innuendo? Respectfully, not all of the nominated blogs provide a scientific debate. Either be more explicit or please replace your comment with an acknowledgement that you removed Junk Food Science on emotional grounds rather than following a "careful review".

"I would like to recommend www.tomographyblog.com" for the Medical Weblog Awards 2007, because I like their work, and liked their weekly quiz."

I would like to nominate www.bioethicsinternational.org for one of the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. Bioethics International's blog posts hand selected articles daily that accurately summarize the most crucial and fundamental issues of today's society- the issues that affect the most basic realities of individuals and humanity- life and health issues. Bioethics International's blog is essential to doctors, nurses, medical associations etc because quality healthcare and ethics can never truly be separated. Bioethics International is the leading blog for daily healthcare ethics news that is not only informative but strives to empower clinicians, scientists and public policy makers to act responsibly to ensure quality healthcare for all people

I would like to nominate "Random Acts of Reality" for best medical weblog. It is tirelessly interesting and educating. Tom manages to create a intersting slant on human nature from which you can only learn.

My post above URL is http://randomreality.blogware.com/blog

I would also like to nominate ChronicBabe (http://www.ChronicBabe.com), for Best Patient's Blog. Founder Jenni always goes out of her way for others, and I feel she deserves as much recognition as possible.

I vote for Chronic Babe for the Best Patient's Blog. It's nice to hear other's experiences and recommendations on how to deal with their medical conditions.

We recommend tomographyblog.com because it is a well put together site with excellent articles and the owners truly convey passion about their blog in the writing. Thanks!

We recommend tomographyblog.com because it is a well put together site with excellent articles and the owners truly convey passion about their blog in the writing. Thanks!

Let us not forget to nominate: Dr Myhre's blog as the Best Medical Weblog: he fights Ebola Virus outbreak in Uganda.
http://www.paradoxuganda.blogspot.com

I vote for Chronic Babe for the Best Patient's Blog. It's nice to hear other's experiences and recommendations on how to deal with their medical conditions.

There are some really terrific nominations for Best Patient's Blog but I have to submit ChronicBabe.com. Jenni's site offers such concrete ideas for a wide range of people living with chronic illness (but still narrow enough that you know if you've landed there, you're at the best place you can be!). In my late 50's, I'm chronic but no longer a "babe" (only in my heart) and I love reading the stuff. Rosalind Joffe

I'd like to nominate my 3 favorite medical student blogs for best medical weblog. I don't know if I'm allowed to nominate 3, if not, just pick one of them.

http://shortwhitecoats.blogspot.com/
http://imamedicalstudentgetmeoutofhere.blogspot.com/
http://uptext.blogspot.com/

All 3 provide a very candid look at UK medical school life. Each is at a different stage of their medical training and it is very interesting to know where the doctors of the future are coming from.

For my money it has to be Tom Reynold's blog at http://randomreality.blogware.com/ for Best Medical Weblog. It's insightful and often moving.

I disagree with your decision to reject Junkfoodscience, and also the rhetoric used. The fact is, Junkfoodscience regards the moral panic concerning obesity with a jaundiced eye. Skepticism is a basic ingredient in good science and Junkfoodscience is an excellent blog that routinely exposes flawed studies. Just because you might disagree doesn't mean it is "beyond recourse." And it is appalling that people are being allowed to call it "an ideological crank-blog" and to allege that it "misrepesents science."
Please retain it in your list of nominees.

I nominate Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic for Best Literary Medical Blog.

http://medicscribe.blogspot.com/

The posts are thoughtful, instructive and often leave you thinking about them long after you have read them.

I would like to nominate, butyoudontlooksick.

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com

It has helped me so much explaining to friends and family why I am so tired. Plus the support I get there is fantastic.

Special thanks to Christine and her 'Spoon Theory'.

I would love to nominate htt://www. butyoudontlooksick.com

I think it is the most wonderful community where people of all walks of life and from all over can come to feel at home. As someone who suffers from chronic illness/autoimmune disorder, I find it comforting to go there and just feel accepted by those who are understanding. The "Spoon Theory" by Christine the Spoon Lady is fabulous and the whole website is full of wonderful tips and treasures.

I'd like to to nominate Chronic Babe as best patient weblog. I have spent years feeling alone as a young chick (35 now - that's still young, right?!) with chronic illnesses. The Fibromyalgia Association was helpful and some clinics here were ok, but they were full of people much older than I. Although I can learn much from people of any life stage, it was so refreshing to encounter a community of like-minded chicks. We're sick, but we have hip lives (trying to anyway!) and we're doing the best we can.

I have recommended the site many times to my doctors - it's a great place to get info and a great place to let you know you are not alone.

I recommend Crazygirl.

www.crzegrl.net

She writes about the patients and their experiences, and she writes about what it means and feels like to be a health care provider.

And she kicks ass.

Oh, Crazy Girl for the Best Literary Medblog

Nominate secretwave101 for best new medical weblog (http://secretwave101.wordpress.com). He's new to the scene but the writing is often lol funny but also insightful and informative. The blog is a good read for doctors, students and patients.

I like his idea to use blogging as a way to better connect with his patients.

This is the only medical blog I would read every day. I am a professional in the field, but not a physician. Dr. A is funny, relevant and knowledgeable. It's rare on a site moderated by a provider that I learn and laugh at the same time.

I don't read blogs. But, I read this one because my best friend insisted, and I am now a regular. I didn't know there was an award for the 'best medical blog'; this one should definitely be considered. If you haven't read it you're doing yourself a disservice.

Max Shingara

For Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2007) I would like to nominate http://usmlemd.wordpress.com

I nominated above in time for your deadline, but I failed to include the site's address (http://secretwave101.wordpress.com/) and category (best new medical blog). Thank you.

I nominate http://secretwave101.wordpress.com/ for best medical blog. The blogger is a physician in residency with a funny, poignant and progressive view on American healthcare.

Hello, would you consider The Fitness Fixer (http://www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness) for Best Patient Blog.
It is used by many to stop years of serious pain and injury,
Link to readers inspiring stories - http://www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/labels/readers%20inspiring%20story.html
Thank you.

The nomination process has been closed. Thanks to all!

I would like to nominate ChronicBabe -- http://www.chronicbabe.com/ -- for best patient blog. Jenni has a hip and educated perspective on what it's like to be a young woman a chronic illness or other disability and offers helpful tips to make life easier and more fun despite our daily challenges.

There were several blogs I would like to have nominated but, being in the area of mental health, they don't truly fit into any of your categories. Last year, several bloggers, including me, requested the addition of mental health categories (practitioner and patient blogs) and it was disappointing to see mental health had again been overlooked. I hope you reconsider this for next year.
Best wishes,
HP

There were several blogs I would like to have nominated but, being in the area of mental health, they don't truly fit into any of your categories. Last year, several bloggers, including me, requested the addition of mental health categories (practitioner and patient blogs) and it was disappointing to see mental health had again been overlooked. I hope you reconsider this for next year.
Best wishes,
HP

HealthPsych:

Mental health blogs could safely have been nominated in clinical or other categories. We don't go by specific body systems, or by professions. Psychiatry or psychology are clinical specialties, just like cardiology or urology.

Good article on psychiatry or psychology are clinical specialties, just like cardiology or urology. I like the article but during the surfing i found another website Laboratory Equipments which i found instersting too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to nominate But You Don't Look Sick (www.butyoudontlooksick.com) as best patient blog. The blog is from and for patients battling invisible chronic illnesses. It taught me a lot about dealing with family and friends, with everyday life, with the medical system...

HI,
Very nice post.Good article on psychiatry or psychology are clinical specialties, just like cardiology or urology.

I would like to nominate DermMatters for Best New Medical Blog of 2009.
http://www.dermmatters.blogspot.com/
Many thanks.
James (Gormley)
Editor,
The Journal of Drugs in Dermatology
www.jddonline.com