The 2008 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by Epocrates

Best New Medical Weblog
Ivor Kovic, M.D.
http://www.ivor-kovic.com/blog
I like it because it has a specific style, from the design to writing.

Alin Steglinski

www.alinssite.info

I love his blog since it has everything about me and its very organized frequently updated and informative.

Rocky Guido:

Can you specify category(s) Alin Steglinski?

I would like to nominate www.junkfoodscience.blogspot.com for Best Medical Weblog. Sandy Szwarc provides an invaluable service to consumers and medical professionals alike, with her blend of sound scientific information and compassionate concern for the rights of individuals in our media-driven healthcare environment.

Medical weblog (as of 2008)

www.beemgroup.com

Non-profit educational consortium doing a lot of good work to systematically survey the medical literature for high quality publications germane to emergency medicine, and critically appraising the best stuff to help emergency doctors benefit from good science and solid evidence based medical principles when making critical health care decisions without having to turn into epidemiologists or stats nerds.

Medical Informatics Weblog

HIStalk
www.histalk.com

Medical Informatics Weblog

HIStalk
www.histalk.com

Patients blog:
http://http://vicarioustherapy.blogspot.com/
Amazing good write and read

http://scienceroll.com by Bertalan Meskó

I think this blog represents an attested line of medicine blogging. All the same it brings importance of e-patients to physicians' notice.

http://scienceroll.com by Bertalan Meskó

in Best Medical Weblog

I think this blog represents an attested line of medicine blogging. All the same it brings importance of e-patients to physicians' notice. Sorry:)

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com

Health Policy/Ethics category

A fantastic blog about the intersection of psychiatry, culture, economics, and research.

I would like to nominate insureblog.blogspot.com for the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. As a medical ofiice manager I have this blog on my google webpage for daily monitoring. I am kept abreast of the latest information in Health Care Insurance as well as topics related to general insurance.
Kelley Beloff, MSW, CMM

I forgot to put the link to my nominated blog, it is
http://www.insureblog.blogspot.com/
If you want answers to health insurance questions, this site is the on to go to for the best information on the web.
Kelley Beloff, MSW, CMM

Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes: A great blog for professionals and lay people alike, distilling the latest research and media stories about obesity prevention and treatment, and the impact of obesity on society. Eye-opening stuff.

http://www.drsharma.ca

BH:

Please specify category(s)

Best literary medical weblog-
Notes of an Anesthesioboist
http://anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/

Written by T., and anesthesiologist, oboist and classical music enthusiast, this blog is a true gem. She ponders the meaning of life, shares the richness of hobbies, and outside interests, ponders family and motherhood and career, all from the perspective of the doctor who puts people asleep during surgery. I love this blog because it is so full of a complete and balanced love of life.

Best Medical weblog-
Musings of a Distractible Mind
http://distractible.org/

Dr. Rob, a Medicine/Pediatrics specialist practicing primary care in the southeastern US has a very popular blog. His posts are often goofy and offbeat one minute and serious and reflective the next. In either case, they are always thoughtful and reveal a physician with great heart, very concerned about how to build the physician-patient relationship and in doing the very best for patients.

Best new medical weblog-
Mothers in Medicine
http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/

It is tempting to put myself in this position but to be honest this group weblog by a bunch of physicians who are mothers has me beat hands down. They cover perspectives from specialties across the board. These women have a perspective and wisdom that I think all of us in medicine can appreciate and learn from. I love how they tie the art of parenting and the art of medicine together. They are open about the struggle they find in each and in the endless quest for balance.

Best Patient Blog
Brass and Ivory
http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/

This blog is a pillar of the Multiple Sclerosis blogging community and gives some wonderful policy info besides as she investigates a very practical problem, why are medications so @#$%! expensive. She is a great writer and runs the MS blogging carnival.

I just thought these deserved mention. They are all great.

Nomination for Best Medical Weblog, Best New Medical Weblog and Best Clinical Sciences Weblog:

Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes: http://www.drsharma.ca

A great blog for professionals and lay people alike, distilling the latest research and media stories about obesity causes, prevention and treatment, and the impact of obesity on society. Eye-opening stuff from a renowned expert who also knows how to tell a good story.

Best Patient's Blog:

Diabetes Mine, hosted by Amy Tenderichh. No question, the best patient-centered blog on the 'Net:

http://www.diabetesmine.com/
 

I nominate http://www.furiousseasons.com/ Furious Seasons for Best Patient's blog, and Medical blog. This blog has daily mental health news articles and is authored by an investigative journalist. Cutting edge news, and inside pharmaceutical information. This site also hosts "The Zyprexa Documents" --that are Lilly's hidden documents now public.

I nominate this blog for best new Medical Blog: http://mormonmd.wordpress.com/

This is an awesome blog. Very insightful and thoughtful. Full of great information, and wonderful opportunity for discussion. I love it and have a link on it from one of my blogs!

Shameless self-promotion, I'd like to nominate my own blog, http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/ soulful sepulcher. Authored by a mother who has been an advocate for her youngest of 3 daughters, while navigating the mental health system. Topics are often personal stories, daily life stories of having a disabled child, pharmaceutical topics and more.

Shameless self-promotion, I'd like to nominate my own blog, http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/ 'soulful sepulcher' for Best Patient's blog.Authored by a mother diagnosed with Bipolar II, who has been an advocate for her youngest of 3 daughters, while navigating the mental health system. Topics are often personal stories, daily life stories of having a disabled child, pharmaceutical topics and more.

Corrected comment: http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/ 'soulful sepulcher' for Best Patient's blog, authored by a mother diagnosed with Bipolar II, writing about life with her daughter who is autistic and chronic psychosis.

I would like to nominate HM's 'Unprotected Text' blog for the best medical weblog category. www.uptext.blogspot.com. Raw, opinionated and a very insightful journey of one student in medical education.

Best New Medical Blog -- Rural Doctoring (http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/)

Best Literary Medical Blog -- Reflections in a Head Mirror (http://www.froedtert.com/HealthResources/ReadingRoom/HealthBlogs/Reflections/ )

Best New Medical Weblog 2008: Life in the Fast Lane (http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net)
Mixture of wit, humor and some pretty good lecture content to boot.

I'd like to nominate sciencebasedmedicine.org for 2 categories: Best Medical Weblog and Best Literary Weblog. They're even receiving fan mail from the New Yorker! :)

For the best medical literary blog:
Other Things Amanzi ( http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/ )

Best New Medical Weblog 2008: The Ozmosis Blog, (https://www.ozmosis.com/public_blog) written by Jason Bhan, MD. Jason provides a tech savvy physician's perspective on the growing use of social media in medicine.

For best new medical blog:
Rural Doctoring (http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/ )

Also for the best medical literary blog:
Reflections in a Head Mirror (http://www.froedtert.com/HealthResources/ReadingRoom/HealthBlogs/Reflections/DrBruceCampbellBlog.xml )

http://runningahospital.blogspot.com

Medical blog and/or health policy/ethics

This covers so much ground -- hospital transparency, quality and improvement, labor -- it's hard to find one category.

I nominate The Happy Hospitalist for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. His discussions on healthcare crisis (especially the problems with Medicare), end of life issues, and the economics of medicine are must-reads.

I would like to nominate Life in the Fast Lane for best new medical blog for 2008.
http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/

Up to date info for clinicians and for those studying
regular posts, a great read with humor.

Heidi

I nominate Robin's Patient web log for Best Patient web log, It's Survive the Journey at http://survivethejourney.blogspot.com/.

Robin is a gifted and innovative educator by profession and by character. She's also a Cushing's disease patient who's created an extraordinary resource of value to both professionals and patients who are faced with the complexity, mystery and bafflement of the pituitary diagnostic process, treatment and recovery.

She's so attentive to accuracy, sublety and nuance that her blog is a model for anyone writing about any medical condition. Robin manages to convey complex topics in terms we can understand.

Not coincidentally, following years of damage from an undiagnosed pituitary tumor despite consultations with many physicians over the years, Robin has a lot of insights and suggestions for doctors, patients and about health systems and reform, too.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE is THE BEST new medical blog... Insightful and informative about all aspects of emergency medicine and Health 2.0 - infused with a wicked sense of fun.

Chris

http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/

I would like to nominate:

For the best medical blog:
Other Things Amanzi ( http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/ )

For the best literary medical blog
Rural Doctoring (http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/)

For the best Clinical sciences blog:
ER stories (http://erstories.net/)

Best Health Policies/Ethics blog:
Respectful insolence (http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/)

Thanks for the opportunity to participate

Cris

Ditto to Jerry's nomination above. Extraordinary blog, everything a blog should be - informative, thought-provoking, funny, conversational, annoying, and always new:

http://runningahospital.blogspot.com

Medical blog and/or health policy/ethics

--jessica lipnack

For best new medical blog --
Rural Doctoring (http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/)

For best medical literary blog--
Reflections in a Head Mirror (http://www.froedtert.com/HealthResources/ReadingRoom/HealthBlogs/Reflections/DrBruceCampbellBlog.xml)

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

Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008): The Happy Hospitalist http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog: The Happy Hospitalist http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/

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

Patients blog:

http://duncancross.net/

And a shameless self-promotion for patient's blog as well

http://beatingsocialanxiety.blogspot.com/

I think Duncan's is better!

I'd like to nominate Paul Levy's http://runningahospital.blogspot.com for both the best "medical" blog and the best "health policy/ethics" blog.

--Lachlan Forrow, MD

For Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog, John Halamka's "Life as Healhthcare CIO", http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/. Beyond the most comprehensive view of IT stuff in the world, an amazing assortment of mushrooms, Japanes flutes, rock climbing, closets, and such.

Best Patient's Blog, Pregnant Stephanie, at http://pregnantstephanie.blogspot.com/, a humorous view of the world: "A completely self-involved blog dedicated to my pregnancy. Because, you know, I'm the first person ever, in the history of the world, to be pregnant."

Also, Ileana's Beating Social Anxiety, http://www.beatingsocialanxiety.blogspot.com/, which deserves it for sheer bravery, but also the content.

I am nominating Runningahospital.blogspot.com, Paul Levy's commentary on health care leadership. Paul, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, uses the blog to listen, to share and to educate. The topics are usually considered controversial in health care (errors in care, transparent data on performance) but also uplifting (sharing patient experiences, results from staff improvement projects) and timely. Many responses demonstrate the extent of reqadership and the interest in the subjects. His blog should be considered for Best Medical and Medical Ethics. Thanks!

Because my readers don't read professional medical blogs, I'd like to nominate my own blog for best patient's blog: http://EveryPatientsAdvocate.com/blog

I started it not long after a misdiagnosis of a rare, life-threatening lymphoma -- I was told that chemo would keep me alive an additional year to 18 months... only to figure out myself, by scouring my own medical records, that I had no lymphoma at all. My findings were later confirmed by the NIH.

A scary proposition, that. So now I do what I can to help patients navigate the system and take responsibility for their own healthcare decisions in partnership with their doctors. And I try to help doctors understand a patient's mindset, because doctors will never be able to subtract their knowledge of the system or medicine.

Trisha Torrey
Every Patient's Advocate
www.EveryPatientsAdvocate.com/blog

I would like to nominate Rural Doctoring for best new medical blog. She writes in a very open way about the trials of a small town doctor, and shares difficult clinical decisions and situations. It is always an enjoyable read, and has a following out of keeping with it's newcomer status:

http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/

DrCris

I submitted about four nomination that I think must have been eaten by the spam filter because of all the hyperlinks, so I guess I'll try again without links included. I do have many blogs I think are deserving that have not been mentioned.

Best Medical Weblog-
Edwin Leap, MD URL= edwinleap.com/blog

The emergency room certainly lends itself to great drama and stories. There are more emergency room professional blogs, both doctors and nurses, than any other field. The problem is that the exposure you have to horrors and abuses can also lead to cynicism. This is one physician who has by and large escaped that trap. As a published author and newspaper columnist, he is a gifted and wonderful writer. He covers policy matters as well as the human perspective. Most of all he is a wise, warm and generous soul who has never lost sight of the reason he became a doctor in the first place.

Best Literary Medical Weblog
Notes of an Anesthesioboist
URL= anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/
Written by T., and anesthesiologist, oboist and classical music enthusiast, this blog is a true gem. She ponders the meaning of life, shares the richness of hobbies, and outside interests, ponders family and motherhood and career, all from the perspective of the doctor who puts people asleep during surgery. I love this blog because it is so full of a complete and balanced love of life.

Best New Blog-
Mothers in Medicine
URL=mothersinmedicine.com
While I would like to keep my own competition down as a reader kindly submitted me for this category, I can't leave this blog out in good conscience. Writen by a group of physicians who are also mothers, from a wide variety of medical fields, these women have a perspective and wisdom that I think all of us in medicine can appreciate and learn from. I love how they tie the art of parenting and the art of medicine together. They are open about the struggle they find in each and in the endless quest for balance. They also have a knack for tugging at heartstrings.

Best Health Policy Blog-
Dr. Val
URL-getbetterhealth.com
Dr. Val routinely has some incredible guest interviews among the movers and shakers in health policy, including the surgeon general. She is practicing first rate journalism.

Best Medical technologies/informatics weblog
I medgadget eligible for this or is it cheating to nominate the host? I mean, come on, it's medgadget.
URL=www.medgadget.com

Doc

Best New Medical Blog:
Rural Doctoring

Best Literary Medical Blog
Reflections in a Head Mirror

Best New Medical Blog
Rural Doctoring

Best Literary Medical Blog
Reflections in a Head Mirror

The list of nominees has been updated

I want to nominate Voodoo Medicine Man at:
http://voodoomedicineman.blogspot.com/ - best new medical blog of 2008

always funny but serious when needed.

http://www.the-hospitalist.org/blogs/default.aspx

/Best Medical Blog
//Best Health Policy/Health
///serious, thoughtful, unfiltered insider hospitalist stuff

Best new weblog: Family Anatomy

It's psychology info, though, so it might not be eligible.

Forgot the Family Anatomy URL:

http://familyanatomy.com

Best Literary Medical Weblog:
http://precordialthump.medbrains.net/

Best Medical Weblog
http://clinicalcases.blogspot.com/

Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)
http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
http://www.sciencebase.com/

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
http://applequack.com/

Best Patient's Blog
http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/

http://prep4md.blogspot.com/
in medical weblog category
not into med blos much lately but find this blog quite interesting...:)

http://applequack.com/
best med technology weblog

Under Best Patient Blog I would like to nominate But You Don't Look Sick - http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com It is an amazing resource for those of us with an 'invisible illness'.

Nominate science roll for Best Medical Weblog
http://scienceroll.com/
It's a site I often refer to for up-to-date industry news.

Nominate Clinical Cases and Images for Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
http://casesblog.blogspot.com/
Provides quality info and overviews on a variety of subjects

Best patient blog:

http://patientdave.blogspot.com/2008/01/e-patient-yes-e-patient.html

Kidney cancer survivor Dave works in concert with his doctor to survive kidney cancer through tech assisted communication and links to survivors around the world. I like the partnership with the doctor emphasized at the same time as patient knowledge and advocacy. He also brings careful analysis of studies and statistics.

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
http://www.tedeytan.com/

Dr. Eytan shares his own thoughts and points to other good blogs supporting patient empowerment, especially aided by the internet. It is great to see such advocacy starting with the doctor - and this one makes every effort to evaluate all the new options being developed for patients.

Sam or Medic61 at On the Clock. http://samtheemt.com She used to be at http://medic61.blogspot.com

I'd like to nominate her for Best Literary Medical Weblog. She's a writing major and updates with these really literary glimpses into her life on the ambulance.

I would like to nominate http://Sixuntilme.com in the Best Patient Blog category.

Thank you!

A medical blog I frequently visit is:

http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/

I'm hooked on this Doctor's enthusiasm about the future of Emergency Medicine. This Emergency Medical Physician truly cares about providing quality health care for all his patients. He prophetically anticipates their requests and needs. This is a rare find in a Physician. Most Physicians are unable to communicate with anyone outside of their medical profession. My wish is that all Physicians might take example from the lessons on this blog. Learn to communicate in a 2.0 world and in person with your patients! Snap out of it and lighten up a bit! If Physicians learn to get out of their medical "ghetto" cycle, their patients will surely appreciate them more. Another bonus they will become better Physicians!

With great fervor, I support and nominate: http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/ to The 2008 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by Epocrates.

Sincerely,
Francesca A.
U.S.A.

A medical blog I frequently visit is:

http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/

I'm hooked on this Doctor's enthusiasm about the future of Emergency Medicine. This Emergency Medical Physician truly cares about providing quality health care for all his patients. He prophetically anticipates their requests and needs. This is a rare find in a Physician. Most Physicians are unable to communicate with anyone outside of their medical profession. My wish is that all Physicians might take example from the lessons on this blog. Learn to communicate in a 2.0 world and in person with your patients! Snap out of it and lighten up a bit! If Physicians learn to get out of their medical "ghetto" cycle, their patients will surely appreciate them more. Another bonus they will become better Physicians!

With great fervor, I support and nominate: http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/ to The 2008 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by Epocrates.

Sincerely,
Francesca A.
U.S.A.

I nominate www.everythinghealth.net as the best medical blog. It is eclectic with interesting posts for both medical professionals as well as lay readers. It is non political but honestly deals with medico-legal-economic issues as well as just plain interesting health updates.

For best medical ethics, I nominate www.Running a Hospital.blogspot.com. He should win just for setting the bar high for transparency and honesty from a first class hospital administrator.

Now I will give the links from my comment above since they did not appear as links:

Best medical blog : http://www.healthwise-everythinghealth.blogspot.com/

Best medical ethic blog: http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/

http://scinceroll.com by Bertalan Meskó

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

Beacuse of I think in this category this blog came a new "revolution".

I would like to nominate science roll http://scienceroll.com/ for the best Medical Weblog. I have used this bog often, especially to look at Medicine 2.0.

I would like to nominate http://Jordan- In My Humble Opinion for Best Medical Blog. He is a Primary Care Physcian who writes beautifully, both stories and poems. They are very touching and straight from the heart. His writing should get the fine recognition that it (and he) deserves.
Thank you,
Tracy Barnett

I was trying to put his adress up correctly..sorry. http://Jordan-In My Humble Opinion>

Grrrrrr. still won't work....just go there!

Best Patient's Blog -- http://worldental.org

It's something between blog and magazine, but extremely useful for people seeking advices, different dental remedies and even free dental care spots.

Good luck to all and organizers too!

Best wishes, Alex.

http://jordan-inmyhumbleopinion.blogspot.com

Best medical weblog: http://scienceroll.com/

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: http://scinceroll.com by Bertalan Mesk�

Best Patient Blog:
http://freemybrain.com/blog by Megan Oltman

and some shameless self-promotion
Best Patient Blog:
http://rhymeswithmigraine.blogspot.com

Thanks!

I nominate the Ozmosis Blog, https://www.ozmosis.com/public_blog by Dr. Jason Bhan for the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog. He continues to provide great insight into how social media and emerging technologies are being used in medicine.

For Best Patient Blog: The New Life of e-Patient Dave
http://patientdave.blogspot.com/

"In 2007, supported by an extraordinary team of family, friends, and medical staff, I stomped the snot out of a nasty cancer that was on its way to killing me. I've since learned that the way I did it has a lot in common with the advice of the "e-patients" movement, so I've changed my blogger name from Patient Dave to e-Patient Dave."

Very powerful writings from someone who started as a patient an is becoming a strong evangelist of empowered, educated and engaged patients

For Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
http://www.tedeytan.com/

Dr. Eytan provides a powerful statement about patient empowerment, and real patient-centered medicine. It is about how technology works hand in hand with a revised, contemporary view of medicine. Ted Eytan is a natural blogger.

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/

One more voice to nominate Paul Levy's remarkable weblog. I wish every hospital was run this way!

For Best Patient's Blog, The new life of e-patient Dave, http://patientdave.blogspot.com/. After surviving stage 4 kidney cancer, Dave addresses the role of patient empowerment in a compelling and heartfelt manner.

Best literary blog: Notes of an Anesthesioboist, http://anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/

For best patient blog and best literary blog, Look me in the Eye, http://jerobison.blogspot.com/. An aspergian patient writes about Aperger's, books, and life.

For best clinical sciences blog, Pallimed, http://www.pallimed.org/.

For best clinical science blog: Scan Man's notes, http://www.catscanman.net/blog/.

Just discovered this health blog it's a truly eclectic experience (check the tags). Shame the visitor numbers are so low, there seems to be a growing global audience tho. It's called "Welcome to the QUAD" a mix of health, a health framework called Hodges' model, education and IT in health. The blog is at:

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/

The home page http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/ has four pages of links. I was amazed when I scrolled down at:

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/links.htm

If this site and blog gets a web 2.0 or 3.0.... face-lift / rewrite one to watch....
Cheers

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog:
Life as a healthcare CIO, Dr. John Halamka's Geek Doctor.

--jessica lipnack

Best Medical Weblog
Other Things Amanzi ( http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/ )

Best Literary Medical Weblog
Other Things Amanzi ( http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/ )

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog:
Life as a healthcare CIO, http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/

For Best Patient's Blog, The new life of e-patient Dave,
http://patientdave.blogspot.com/.

The list of nominees has been updated

Best medical weblogs:

Weighty Matters: www.bmimedical.blogspot.com
Dr. Sharma's Obesity notes: www.drsharma.ca

Best New Medical Weblog

Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes: www.drsharma.ca

Best medical weblogs:

Weighty Matters: http://www.bmimedical.blogspot.com
Dr. Sharma's Obesity notes: http://www.drsharma.ca

Best New Medical Weblog

Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes: http://www.drsharma.ca

Best Medical Weblog:
http://RunningAHospital.blogspot.com. A lot of people are saying a lot of things about healthcare change these days, but I don't know anyone who's doing more about it. And what I especially love is transparency, transparency, transparency. For g-d's sake, stop HIDING things. Sunlight will let billions of us help improve the process.

Also Best Medical Weblog:
http://TheHealthCareBlog.com. Matt's house is the place to be. It's where to get heard.

-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
www.TedEytan.com. Same reasoning as RunningAHospital. Plus, Ted applies proven business thinking (sorely needed!) to healthcare, particularly Toyota LEAN methods - with emphasis on the respect aspect, which gets back to ethics too.

-- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
http://GeekDoctor.blogspot.com. Nobody I know has done more to make MY medical data more accessible to me and anyone else I want. He's also one of the rare people who, when they disagree with me, do it gently and usually turn out to be right. That makes him (and his blog voice) really really valuable.

-- Best Patient's Blog
Thanks to those who've nominated me. I second Trish Torrey's nomination of herself - she was doing it long before I was.

Now, a closing question: I don't know where to put http://e-patients.net. Is there a category for Best Turning The World On Its Head blog?

i nominate Dr Ramona Bates' blog Suture for a Living for Best Medical Blog. http://rlbatesmd.blogspot.com/

all who have been around the medical blogosphere will know she deserves it.

i nominate Dr Ramona Bates' blog Suture for a Living for Best Medical Blog. http://rlbatesmd.blogspot.com/

all who have been around the medical blogosphere will know she deserves it.

i nominate Dr Cris' blog "Scalpel's Edge" (http://www.scalpelsedge.net/) for Best New Medical Blog.

I would like to nominate "Running a Hospital" for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog of 2008. I am a Northeastern University student who just finished writing a paper about how "Running a Hospital" helped create a climate of openness at BIDMC through promoting transparency within the organization. "Running a Hospital" created a new upward communication channel, allowing employees to feed back directly to the CEO. And not only has Paul's blog helped improve his institution by spreading the message of organizational transparency, but he has also invited the world to look at, and critique BIDMC's internal practices and processes. That's a giant step for healthcare, which battles issues of transparency because of issues like medical malpractice and spiraling healthcare costs.

I would also like to nominate "Running a Hospital," for Best Medical Weblog of 2008. Not only was it pioneering - one of the first healthcare blogs by a hospital executive, but his example has led other prominent healthcare leaders to follow in his footsteps, and has changed the conversation around healthcare and transparency here in Boston and elsewhere. "Running a Hospital" has allowed Mr. Levy to receive feedback from important BIDMC stakeholders, such as employees and patients, which he transparently uses to better the organization. I can't think of anything more worthy of an award!

Nomination for: Brain Blogger

Brain Blogger covers topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. It reviews the latest news and stories related to neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology. It serves as a focal point for attracting new minds beyond the science of the mind-and-brain and into the biopsychosocial model.

You don't seem to have a category for best new Australian ED blog with a satirical view of how politicians seem to perceive the problems in healthcare today.

http://www.ozemedicine.com/

and it has a ED-oriented knowledge base wikipedia linked to it.

Herewith I nominate Laika's medbiblog in the category best new medblog. Laika started Blogging this year as part of a course to get acqainted with Web 2.0 technologies. After the course she continued blogging with a very focussed attention for EBM. Blogging in two languages is quite a feat, and she continues to inspire both her Dutch as well as her international audience with her views and posts

Many thanks to Paul Levy for nominating Pallimed for Best Clinical Sciences Weblog.

Here are my nominations

Best Medical Weblog
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Wall Street Journal Health Blog - Of course they are paid journalists so that got that going for them which is nice, but they cover a breadth of topics and do not always cover the financial side of things.

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Agree with Running a Hospital here as well, and enough great things have been said about that blog.

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Dr. Shock MD PhD - Dutch psychiatrist writing about a variety of topics. Always interesting. FInds eclectic articles and writes some nice commentary.

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Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

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Would also nominate again here: Dr. Shock MD PhD - Dutch psychiatrist writing about a variety of topics. Always interesting. FInds eclectic articles and writes some nice commentary. He is one of the few other medical bloggers that use the research blogging icon and search system, a must for any clinical sciences blog.
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Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
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Medical Futility by Thaddeus Pope (Law Professor) - Frequent updates, finds interesting cases that no one else in the medical blogosphere is talking about.

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Bioethics Discussion Blog by Dr. Maurice Bernstein - He has been at it a while but is diversity of ethical conundrums is fantastic. Frequent commentators as well.

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Best Patient's Blog

The Mom & Me Journals - The caregiving daughter writing about her ups and downs caring for her mother who just died in early December. She has been blogging/journaling since 1999 about the caregiving for her mother who had Alzheimer's dementia. While not technically a 'patient' weblog it is as much about the patient as it is about the caregiver family, who does not have much of a voice in how health care is delivered.

Here are the blogs I nominate for a award. Most blogs are choosen because they offer a frequent update of interesting posts and are well written, informative, provide a in depth coverage (providing links is the other extreme) and/or they bring a fresh perspective.

- Best Medical Weblog ScienceRoll I�m a fan of this blog. Many new items, broad, with emphasis on Web 2.0 (some posts might go more in depth, though)
- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008) Life in the Fast Lane. Very good blog. Good lay-out, nice style. Felt immediately attracted to it. I especially like the thorough reviews.
- Best Literary Medical Weblog Dr Shock. I would have like to nominate this blog as best Medical Weblog as well. Beautiful lay-out, very informative, pleasant to read, about many different (medical) subjects, not merely about psychiatrics (and certainly not depressing)
- Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: Clinical Cases and Images very productive, mainly based on expert opinion.
- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog: Better Health Good balanced view, well written.
- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: Sciencebase Very informative and broad.
- Best Patient's Blog: ButYouDontLookSick because of the name alone...

I would like to nominate medtechinsider.com as the best new medical blog of 2008.

For best new blog: Rural Doctoring http://www.ruraldoctoring.com/

I would like to nominate http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/ - Brass and Ivory. She is an excellent resource for us MS bloggers. She also runs the carnival of MS bloggers.

I would like to nominate http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/ - Brass and Ivory. for Patient bloggers She is an excellent resource for us MS bloggers. She also runs the carnival of MS bloggers.

Oh Brass and Ivory -http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/ is a Patient blog nomination. :)

Thank you, Dr. Sinclair, for the completely unexpected nomination! Looking over this contest, I realize I have a few blogs I'd like to nominate.

Nomination for:

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: The Tangled Neuron; A lay researcher's quest to 1) understand, after her father's death, the dementia her father displayed during his last years of life, 2) to help eradicate the rampant confusion about dementia for others and 3) to help further efforts to handle and cure dementia.

Best Patient's Blog: brainhell; An extremely rigorous blog written by a man who was diagnosed with ALS two weeks after starting his blog. He continued writing, from every possible angle, about his experience of and his life with ALS up to the day of his death on 2/2/08.

Brass and Ivory -http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/ is a Patient blog nomination - I 2nd that one. I'm surprised to not see it on the list yet since it was nominated back on the 12th by poster = "Doc"

I would like to recommend http://shockmd.com and http://scienceroll.com.

I would like to recommend http://shockmd.com and http://scienceroll.com.

Best Patient's Blog
Brass and Ivory
http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/
Lisa Emrich

The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) community is very fortunate to have Lisa. Not only are her posts extremely informative and well written, but she pulls together the “Carnival of MS Bloggers”. It’s nice to know I’m not in this alone. She also takes the time to find new MS bloggers and welcome us to the community. I’ve certainly benefited from her knowledge and believe she is very deserving of this distinction.

Best New Medical Blog - Mind, Soul, and Body
Hands down, Doc offers the most informative, engaging, thought-provoking medical blog on the block.

http://mormonmd.wordpress.com/

Best Patient Blog: http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/

Fantastic! Great multiple sclerosis patient advocate.

I nominate Brass and Ivory as the best blog. This is a well-organized and researched site w hich has been valuable to thousands of MS patients and caregivers and medical staff.

I nominate Robin's blog http://survivethejourney.blogspot.com/ as best patient blog.
Robin is a Cushing's patient. She has firsthand insight and spends a lot of time researching and posting medical articles with new research about Cushing's. Very informative.

I nominate http://malayalidoc.blogspot.com/ for either best medical weblog or new medical weblog for its interesting take on dilemmas of a doctor practising in India

I support the nomination of Notes of an Anesthesioboist for the Best Literary Medical Blog Award!

I support the nomination of Notes Of An Anesthesioboist for Best Literary Medical Blog Award. T is an amazing writer whose words glue you to your seat, while you read her blog. Plus her kindness and humor make you happy to know that someone like her is working in the medical profession.

Best literary medical weblog-
Notes of an Anesthesioboist
http://anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/

Best Medical Technologies

The Sterile Eye
http://sterileeye.com/

Some wonderful medical/surgical videos

I have to agree with rlbates - The Sterile Eye is the best Medical Technologies blog!

I second the following nominations as well -
Edwin Leap and EverythingHealth for best medical blog;
Rural Doctoring for best new weblog;
and Look Me in the Eye for best patient blog.

I want to second (third? fourth) the nomination for T's blog, anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/ . She writes well, is warm, shows compassion, vulnerability, honesty and even manages to educate this old non-medical sort. And besides, who can beat an oboe playing anesthetist?! T. is a favorite of mine. It's an honor to read her.

i second the nomination for T's blog. patty is spot on.

i second rlbates's nomination for Sterile Eye to be best medical technologies blog. excellent videos and new insight to the OR.

As a medical blogger and longtime consumer, I want to second the nomination of Anesthesioboist by t; She is simply the most literate, graceful, balanced and artful blogger on my blogroll; while many are worthy, she is my "ne plus ultra...."

I nominate Dr Daniel Carlat's "Carlat Psychiatry Blog" at http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com for the Health Policies/Ethics category. He is a tireless and well-informed critic of commercial bias in physician education.

Shameless promotion: My own blog of short essays about psychiatry ("Reidbord's Reflections") is new as of 2008: http://www.stevenreidbordmd.com/blog.html

Best of luck to all.

I nominate

http://anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/

because it is tremendously interesting for people who are not in the medical profession as well as for people who are. It is probably the one blog that I make sure to read every day.

I second the nomination for Dr. T's blog, Notes of an Anesthesioboist, anesthesioboist.blogspot.com/, for best literary medical blog. She is a literate physician with smarts and compassion who writes beautifully about life, medicine, and the arts.

The list has been updated. Please let us know if there are any mistakes or omissions.

Health by dratiffarid

http://dratiffarid.today.com

The main aim is to spread awareness about current health issues in the community. It's a new blog and it's very reader-friendly. The language is simple and easy to understand.

Nominated for: Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)

I nominate (again) EverythingHealth for the Best Medical Weblog. Dr. Brayer is a great writer and seems to capture what is new and exciting. Her blog appeals to professionals and patients alike and she covers a number of topics. I read other blogs too, but she deserves to win this year.

Best medical blog:
Everythinghealth

Great blog, very informative and easy to understand. Thank you, Dr Toni Brayer!

I stumbled upon "Notes of an Anesthesioboist" http://anesthesioboist.blogspot.com by accident, while googling for blogs written by wives of physicians. It quickly became one of my favorite reads. I check it daily. As the wife of a family practice physician, I gain great insights into my husband's medical practice from author T. My husband works 12-14 hour days and rarely wants to talk about it when he comes home. T's writings give me understanding into his workday, which helps me to be a better wife. Not only is she a gifted writer, she is well rounded in many aspects of life that I relate to. Music, books, family, motherhood, recipes, travel, politics, (although I don't always agree with her) and medicine are all a part of my life too. Frequently I purchase the books and music T recommends. T's blog is very educational. I'm always learning something new from her. With high regard and respect, I recommend "Notes of an Anesthesioboist" for "Best Literary Medical Weblog".

Any chance I can shamelessly throw my hat in the ring? I blog on a variety of health topics, medication, neuroscience, neurobiology, and all things psychological.

http://drdeborahserani.blogspot.com/

Good luck to all.

Any chance I can shamelessly throw my hat in the ring? I blog on a variety of health topics, medication, neuroscience, neurobiology, and all things psychological.

http://drdeborahserani.blogspot.com/

Good luck to all.

I nominate Barbara Kivowitz's http://InSicknessInHealth.blogspot.com for Best Literary Medical Weblog and Best Patient's Blog.

Barbara writes about the impact of illness on families and relationships, a topic usually overlooked, but with huge impact for most of us. And on top of that, she's obviously a writer. Some of her postings (see, for example several of the postings on chronic pain) are literary works, as well as the helpful, practical insight that one would hope for in such a blog.

http://www.storiesfromswaziland.blogspot.com/

This blog details a young doctor's experience travelling to Swaziland to do volunteer work at a hospital.
It is both funny and confronting at the same time.

I would highly recommend reading all the way through this blog, this girl really wears her heart on her sleeve.
It may be one of the best things on the web this year.

I'd like to nominate the NYU clinical correlations Blog for the best clinical science blog and best medical blog. The information is useful, peer reviewed by NYU docs, and actually pretty fun to read.

The list of nominees has been updated. Please let us know if there are any mistakes or omissions.

What is the procedure for voting once the polls are open?

As a medical blogger and longtime consumer, I want to second the nomination of Anesthesioboist by t; She is simply the most literate, graceful, balanced and artful blogger on my blogroll; while many are worthy, she is my "ne plus ultra...."

I would like to submit my Medical blog for consideration. I am a pathologist, e.learning professional and a health rights pro-activist from India. ( http://neeleshbhandari.blogspot.com)
I usually blog about medical affairs, looking at it from a viewpoint of ensuring Universal Health rights. Also included is a link to my presentation on Health rights.
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/drneelesh-87117-health-rights-human-neelesh-bhandari-medrc-raksha-india-whatrhealthrights-others-misc-ppt-powerpoint/
Rgds,
Neel.

My entry would be in the New Medical Blogs category.

I would like to nominate

Mudphudder http://www.mudphudder.com/

for the following categories:

Best New Medical Weblog
Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

The blog is written by an MD/PhD student and touches upon a nice variety of subjects that are relevant in medicine (from research to the wards to health issues to medical education). The posts are well written and informative.

I want to strengthen the nomination for EverythingHealth as the best weblog. Dr. Brayer is always interesting, provocative and she writes well.

Oops now I hope the URL will come through for EverythingHealth...the best health weblog nominee.

Thanks for the nomination!

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---Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
Science Roll
http://scienceroll.com/
Indulge in the fascinating world of radiology and nuclear medicine
http://tomographyblog.com/

---Best Medical Weblog
Vitum Medicinus
http://blog.vitummedicinus.com/
Monash Medical Student
http://jeffreyleow.wordpress.com/
Half MD
http://halfmd.wordpress.com/

Best Patient Blog:

ucstory.wordpress.com

UCSTORY blog is a unique patient blog. The topics revolve around living without a colon and all the related issues. Visit the blog and you'll find many diverse indivdiuals gaining support during this difficult time in the patient and the families lives. The blog has a positive, education and inspirational tone that welcomes visitors during difficult times in their journey back to health.

- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)
-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
The Aesthetic Blog http://www.plasticsurgerypractice.com/blog
Published by PSP magazine, The Aesthetic Blog started in 2008 under the guiding hand of editor Jeffrey Frentzen, who has published a combination of news and opinion about the plastic surgery field. The frequent posts on ethics in the cosmetic surgery field are spot on, and Frentzen has carved out a niche in this often tight-lipped and reclusive medical field with his well-written and timely blogging. He writes primarily for doctors, not usually patients, unlike most blogs that focus on plastic surgery. Also, there are no "celebrity plastic surgery horror stories," instead the topic stays pretty close to peer issues involving doctors.

Best Patient Weblog

Running for My Life: Fighting Cancer One Step at a Time
http://runnerwrites.blogspot.com/

Blogger Ronni Gordon is a 54-year-old journalist and mother of three who in 2003 was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). She sought care after feeling unaccountably winded during a 10K road race. Running, tennis and biking have been important parts of her recovery. In her blog, started between her second and third bone marrow transplants, Ms. Gordon gives a clear-eyed, blow-by-blow account of "falling down and getting up, coping and coming back." Her quiet humor and determination to slay cancer inspire while her descriptions of harrowing cancer treatments fascinate. A must read. Like the growing number of people who follow her blog, you'll find yourself rooting for her to win this race.

Best Literary Medical Blog

Running for My Life: Fighting Cancer One Step at a Time
http://runnerwrites.blogspot.com/

Many blogs are interesting; few are well-written. This blog is one of the latter. It sings.

Blogger Ronni Gordon is a 54-year-old journalist and mother of three who in 2003 was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). She sought care after feeling unaccountably winded during a 10K road race. Running, tennis and biking have been important parts of her recovery. In her blog, started between her second and third bone marrow transplants, Ms. Gordon gives a clear-eyed, blow-by-blow account of "falling down and getting up, coping and coming back." Her quiet humor and determination to slay cancer inspire while her descriptions of harrowing cancer treatments fascinate. A must read. Like the growing number of people who follow her blog, you'll find yourself rooting for her to win this race.

Best Medical Blog 2008

The Derm Blog
http://thedermblog.com

One of the best skin care health blogs I have seen. Informative, funny, timely. Also no ads on the site.

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

Best Clinical Sciences Blog and
Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog:
Junkfood Science
http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com

Best Patient Blog:
Neurodiversity
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/

Best Medical Blog
Best Medical Literary Blog

DeepMed
http://learnyourletters.blogspot.com/

This blog -listed among UNESCO's health libraries protals- is being developed into a digital medical library website featuring research resources in the following subspecialties:

� Evidence-Based Traditional, Complementary, & Alternative Medicines/Integrative Medicine
� Hospice/Palliative/End-Stage Care
� Intellectual Property vis-�-vis Traditional & Indigenous Knowledge
� NanoMedicine
� TeleMedicine & Global E-Health

I'd like to nominate The New Health Dialogue Blog (www.newamerica.net/blog/health or www.newhealthdialogue.org ) in two categories -- best new health blog (started march 2008) and best health policy/ethics blog

It probably isn't appropriate to pimp one's own blog, so apologies if I shouldn't or I'm out of time.

It would be really good to get a feel as to whether this blog is any good in any of your categories. Its a UK blog, but its new, Medical, Literary and obviously is not hotting the US radar yet.

It probably isn't appropriate to pimp one's own blog, so apologies if I shouldn't or I'm out of time.

It would be really good to get a feel as to whether this blog is any good in any of your categories. Its a UK blog, but its new, Medical, Literary and obviously is not hotting the US radar yet.

I nominate Shrink Rap, a group blog by three psychiatrists who are always lively, witty and thoughtful
http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/

Denialism Blog, by a group of medical and legal professionals, combats pseudoscience in alternative medicine.
http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/

So does Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, who ought to win easily.
http://www.badscience.net/

Bipolar Beat by Dr Candida Fink & Joe Kraynak covers research, treatments, side effects, family issues etc. for people with bipolar disorder.
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/bipolar/

Patient blogs:

Postpartum Progress is a very thorough and personable blog keeping up with the latest in postpartum illnesses.
http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com/

Pole to Pole: the Secret Life of a Manic Depressive is personal, powerful and touching.
http://thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive.wordpress.com/

The Last Psychiatrist should be in the patient category rather than medical ethics, since he isn't a medical professional. Now that's an ethics problem right there. ;-)

I would like to nominate a local patient blog that is unique in mental health blogs.

Beyond Meds

http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/about/

A woman's journey off psych meds as well as social and political commentary on psych issues.

I would like to nominate a local patient blog that is unique in mental health blogs.

Beyond Meds

http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/about/

A woman's journey off psych meds as well as social and political commentary on psych issues.

Shameless self promotion=
http://ifyouregoingthoughhellkeepgoing.blogspot.com/

My continuing story of over 37 different med cocktails, different suicide attempts, hospitalizations, ECT, various therapy, and trying to understand my diagnosis of Manic Depression 1 and schiizoaffective disorder.

If I could, I would like to nominate my blog, started last spring. It's called simply, Medical Ethics.

As the name would suggest, it's about medical ethics. It is updated 4-5 times a week. I also cover medical ethics for the Toronto Star newspaper.

As a newspaper reporter, I try to keep opinion out of the blog, instead providing a place for people to learn and think about ethical issues surrounding medicine. I am particularly intered in access issues, new medical research and medical tourism.

I often cover issues for the blog before writing for the newspaper, making the blog the go-to place for ethics updates.

Oh, and here's the link to my blog:

http://thestar.blogs.com/ethics/

Hope you like it.

The nominating process is now closed. Thanks to all!

Damn, and no chance to nominate THCB for worst healthcare blog....maybe next year....

I would like to nominate for best new blog http://www.tonyjamesmd.blogspot.com

Thanks

Best Medical Blog
http://coolmristuff.wordpress.com/

Medical Technology Journal is published twice per month and includes feature articles, tech tips, software reviews, and news important to medical practices.

A forum run by the founders of the APS Foundation of America, Inc., a non profit organization. They are HONCode Certified as well. This forum is an information source and a friendly support group for people who have Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome or for anyone who's lives are touched by it. It is sometimes referred to as APS, APLS, or APLA and is known as Hughes Syndrome or "Sticky Blood" in the UK. APS is associated with recurrent clotting events including premature stroke, repeated miscarriages, phlebitis, venous thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism. If this disease touches your life in some way, please feel free to join in our discussions! :) We're glad to have you visit!

The APS Foundation of America, Inc. is the only United States nonprofit health agency dedicated to bringing national awareness to Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS), the major cause of multiple miscarriages, thrombosis, young strokes and heart attacks. We are a volunteer run, community based 501(c)3 non-profit Public Charity organization and is dedicated to fostering and facilitating joint efforts in the areas of education, support, public awareness, research and patient services. Their URL is http://www.apsfa.org

I would like to nominate Challenging Diabetes blog for the best Patient Blog. This blog discusses key information that Diabetics and people that love them should be aware of. Managing the day to day issues and identifying risks that diabetics deal with regularly.

the blog can be found at http://www.granolagourmet.com/index.php

I'd like to vote for bongi in the Best Literary Medical Weblog Category.

Check out this neat little blog, started in 2008. It has some really cool articles and news stories on health care management and technology.

http://healthcaremanagementblog.com

Too bad I found these awards too late. EMR and HIPAA ">http://www.emrandhipaa.com has to be the best blog out there for technology and specifically implementing an EMR or EHR. Check it out. I guess it will have to wait until next year to win the award.

I nominate Dr. Bruce Campbell, MD for his Reflections in a Head Mirror. He exhibits grace, warmth, and genuine human-kindness in not only his written blogs but also when communicating with his patients and colleagues. I am blessed to have the opportunity to work with him and thank God every day for the gifts He has bestowed on this truly gentle man.

I'd like to vote for Ronni Gordon for her blog on cancer.

I would like to nominate http://fatdoctor.blogspot.com in the -- Best Medical Weblog . She is great and has a perfect blend of medicine and personal life so those of us who are not in th medical profession can see the human view from a patient's side. Love her!!!

Excellent!

I nominate http://healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/

Great Content

I nomainate Dr Said blog which excellent heip for those preparing for the MRCP UK membership.it contains of tips, cases and even powerpoint presentations of the author.very nice

I think this blog represents an attested line of medicine blogging. All the same it brings importance of e-patients to physicians' notice.

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