The 2009 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by Epocrates

Great to see the Medgadget Awards back for the 2009 awards.

I would like to nominate

# Best Medical Weblog - Clinical Cases

# Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) - StorytellER doc

# Best Literary Medical Weblog - other things amanzi

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - Clinical Correlations

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - Respectful Insolence

# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog - Australian Health IT

# Best Patient's Blog - Six Until me

Best New Medical Weblog: Medical moments in 55 words [http://55wordsfromanmd.blogspot.com/]

Best Literary Medical Weblog: other things amanzi [http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/]

Best Medical Weblog: Better Health (http://www.getbetterhealth.com/)

Best New Medical Weblog: StorytellERdoc (http://storytellerdoc.blogspot.com/)

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: Life in the Fast Lane (http://lifeinthefastlane.com/)

Best Literary Medical Weblog: Literature, Arts, and Medicine Blog (http://medhum.med.nyu.edu/blog/)
other things amanzi (http://other-things-amanzi.blogspot.com/)

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog: Covert Rationing Blog (http://covertrationingblog.com/)

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: Medgadgets

Best Patient’s Blog: Adventures of a Funky Heart (http://tricuspid.wordpress.com/)

I nominate Fingertips for best medical weblog:

http://massage.largeheartedboy.com

In the Best New Medical Weblog category, I nominate Ask An MD

I'd like to nominate StorytellERdoc. This blog will touch your heart. The writer's own personal trials and pain come straight through to the reader. There is a palpable sincerity to his words. That being said, he is also hilarious, gross, and a good time for all who read him.

I'm nominating MassDevice for the Best New Medical Weblog category and Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog category. This website is very informative and has so much of useful information on medical device industry.

http://www.massdevice.com/

I'm nominating MassDevice for the Best New Medical Weblog and Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog categories. The website is very informative and contains so much useful information on medical device industy.

http://massdevice.com/

In the Best Medical Weblog and in the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog categories I nominate osteocom.net. Is a blog devoted to the specialized area of osseointegration for dental and maxillo facial surgeons. In this blog are incorporated many interactive features as well as a virtual trade fair dedicated to dental technology, a section of elearning and a social media for collaboration online between doctors. Its only in italian.

Thanks
www.osteocom.net

I nominate www.baldingblog.com for Best Medical Weblog and Best Literary Medical Weblog.
Trivial as it may seem balding affects 50% of our population and there are tons of misinformation that people have to muddle through. Baldingblog is intended to educate the public on hair loss topics based on personal experience and opinions from Dr. William Rassman (a world famous hair transplant surgeon) and contributing physician editors.

I nominate Alinssite.iguido.com/wordpress for making advancements to its technology while keeping an extremely open area of information on myself.

My nominations for the 2009 weblog awards:

# Best Medical Weblog: The Poison Review - http://www.thepoisonreview.com/ - new, quirky, authoritative and utterly addictive: the ultimate blogging guide to clinical toxicology and the world of poisons. should also be nominated for best new medical blog.

# Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009): Academic Life in Emergency Medicine - http://academiclifeinem.blogspot.com/ - a fantastic guide to academic world of emrgency medicine that is authoritative and overflowing with usefulness.

# Best Literary Medical Weblog: BitingTheDust http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/ - one of the most unique health blogs around - the life, letters and remote realism of an outback pharmacist.

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: The Poison Review - http://www.thepoisonreview.com/ - see above.

# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: Laika's MedLibLog - http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/ A brilliant guide to the art and science of discovering the medical information you need.

Cheers,
Chris

# Best Literary Medical Weblog - I'd like to nominate The Quack Doctor (http://thequackdoctor.com/) for blog posts on medical adverts from the 19th century and elsewhere. Covering the eye-watering, the nauseating and points in between.

In the category of best patient blog, I would like to nominate Habanero Brownies. This is a blog done by three sisters to support their mother through her journey with Breast Cancer. The tagline says it all - "Habanero Brownies: not something you'd choose, but could stomach if you had to." Great wrting here by friends and family alike in support of someone special that has expanded to include others. It can be found at http://wingspouse.com/habanerobrownies/.

For the literary nominations, I would like to put forward Caroline Rance's excellent historical blog lhttp://thequackdoctor.com/

This amusing and educational blog elucidates the evolution of medicine - through the means of original advertisements.

The reader is never disappointed.

I would l like to nominate for # Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: The Quack Doctor at http://thequackdoctor.com/, which provides regular reminders that there have always been plenty of people quite happy to promote bogus technologies. Posts are always entertaining and delightfully illustrated.

In the category of Best Literary Medical Weblog, I would like to nominate Caroline Rance for her excellent quackdoctor.com

Caroline's blog combines medical and advertising history with a dead eye for the human stories amongst the quackery. She has used her considerable research to complement her literary skill in her first novel, set amongst the suppurating and gin-ridden poor of Chester in the 18thC.

Always an entertaining and informative read, Caroline posts regularly and her blog is beautifully illustrated with 18thC images and 19thC advertising slogans. She informs and amuses on Twitter as @quackdoctor

I would like to nominate Caroline Rance's blog http://quackdoctor.com/ in Best Literary Medical Weblog.

Caroline writes with great level of detail and an obvious fascination for medical history. She never fails to surprise and enthral her readers, her research and attention to detail shows her skill as a writer.

Best Literary Medical Weblog: The Quack Doctor (http://thequackdoctor.com/)
Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: Life in the Fast Lane (http://lifeinthefastlane.com/)

This is admittedly self-serving, but I would like to nominate Stanford School of Medicine's Scope blog for the Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) category. We have 15 writers contributing to the blog and cover the entire field of medicine, not just what's happening at Stanford.

So, without much further ado, Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009): http://scopeblog.stanford.edu

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog:
DOSE OF DIGITAL
http://www.doseofdigital.com/

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog:
PHARMA MARKETING BLOG
http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/

Best Patient's Blog:
SIX UNTIL ME
http://sixuntilme.com/

I would like to nominate:

Best Medical Weblog
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/

Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009)
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/

Best Literary Medical Weblog
http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
http://casesblog.blogspot.com/
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/
http://allergynotes.blogspot.com/

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
http://casesblog.blogspot.com/

Best Medical Weblog Life in the fast lane: (http://lifeinthefastlane.com)
Best Clinical Sciences Weblog Body in Mind (http://bodyinmind.com.au)
Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009): Academic Life in Emergency Medicine - (http://academiclifeinem.blogspot.com/)
Best Literary Medical Weblog BitingTheDust (http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/)

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - Ed Bennett (http://ebennett.org/)
Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog - Laikas (http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/)

I would like to nominate:

# Best Medical Weblog - http://lifeinthefastlane.com

# Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) - http://www.bodyinmind.com.au

# Best Literary Medical Weblog - http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - http://casesblog.blogspot.com/

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - http://ebennett.org/

# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/

# Best Patient's Blog - http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/

Shamelessly nominating my blog for best patient blog, last year's 2008 finalist, "soulful sepulcher".

http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/

My blog hosts a variety of mental health news, and is mostly about my 22 year old daughter who is currently inpatient in a locked psychiatric facility, thus most of my current writings about her the last several months is life inside a locked psych ward, the lack of dignity, and the lack of funding for proper facilities, etc.

Thanks! I enjoyed being a finalist last year!

I would like to nominate Dr. D.J.'s Surgical Adventures for the Best Medical Weblog and for Best Literary Medical Weblog. The writing is true and sincere and quite funny at times. The purpose this blog was started was to highlight the fallicies in the Indian healthcare system at a basic general hospital level but realised that the same things happened even at posh private hospital setups.
http://drdj.blogspot.com

Wow, I am honored that my blog got nominated. I didn't even know about this award, but now that I'm here I would love to nominate some great patient blogs:

∞ itis: http://warmsocks.wordpress.com -an excellent patient education blog by an RA patient

The Queen of Optimism: http://medicalpuzzle.com -a very personal account of a patient with an undiagnosed illness in the medical system.

Both really worth reading.

I would like to nominate Dr.Toni Brayer for her absolutely amazing, informative,medical weblog that covers like the name says a wide, unique variety of entertaining, educational fun posts!!

I nominate www.everythinghealth.net (EverythingHealth) for the best Medical Weblog. The writing is always informative and covers such a wide variety of subjects, including science, patient issues, medical politics and patient safety. EverythingHealth is consistently excellent.

Not sure that my other comment posted properly, but I'd like to shamelessly nominate Stanford's Scope blog for "Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009)". Link: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu

Our 15 science/medical writers have significant experience covering medicine and we work very hard to offer an interesting, informative blog on medical and scientific developments around the world.

When I nominated EverythingHealth I left out the blog address;

http://healthwise-everythinghealth.blogspot.com/

It is excellently written with thought, feeling, knowledgeable experience, and research on all aspects of health care, and medicine,ethics and sometimes the politics of it. It makes you keep wanting to come back every day to check for more and is thought provoking.

I nominate www.HowToCopeWithPain.org for Best Medical Weblog. It's an extremely informative and well written blog on issues surrounding the management of pain.

It is a two-part site:

www.howtocopewithpain.org and www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog

Thanks for the opportunity to vote

I nominate www.HowToCopeWithPain.org for Best Medical Weblog. It's an extremely informative and well written blog on issues surrounding the management of pain.

It is a two-part site:

www.howtocopewithpain.org and www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog

Thanks for the opportunity to vote

Sorry about my double nomination. I inadvertently clicked twice

For Best Medical Blog I hereby nomiate The Blog That Ate Manhattan - http://theblogthatatemanhattan.blogspot.com/ . A refreshing take on what is happening in modern medicine and healthcare.

For Best Medical Weblog I nominate the MGH Center for Women's Mental Health Blog. They don't post a lot, but the information they provide is critical for women's mental health, especially in this age of the Oprah-ization of women's health. http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/blog/

For Best Medical Weblog, I also nominate Psych Central's World of Psychology, which never fails to keep me up on what's happening in mental health. http://psychcentral.com/blog/

For Best Patient Weblog, I nominate Postpartum Progress.the most widely-read blog in the US supporting women with postpartum depression and busting stigma. http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com

For Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) I nominate:
http://mobihealthnews.com/

A must read for anyone following the dramatic changes in healthcare

I would like to nominate

# Best Medical Weblog - Clinical Cases

# Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) - StorytellER doc

# Best Literary Medical Weblog - other things amanzi

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - Clinical Correlations

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - Respectful Insolence

# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog - Australian Health Information Technology

# Best Patient's Blog - Six Until me

I would like to nominate MobiHealthNews (http://mobihealthnews.com/) for both Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) and Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog. Their coverage has been impressive and their participation in industry events has really pushed them forward as leaders in daily news for the mobile health industry.

Id also like to nominate:
http://mobihealthnews.com/ for
Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

# Best Medical Weblog Nyaya Health A terrific blog showing clinical problems, logistic and transportation difficulties in a remote Nepalese clinic. It links to their website and a wiki where all processes in the health service are shown

#Best new Medical Weblog Academic Life in Emergency Medicine An authoritative source and chock full of information.

# Best Literary Medical Weblog Life In The Fast Lane This blog could fit in so many categories. But the posts on the "The Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine" are hilarious

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog The Poison Review If you are into poisons and toxicology then you will live at this blog.

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog Found In Cache Fantastic site with links to health facilities that use social media and tips on how to best use it.

# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog A Humourless Lot Im not sure where this blog would fit. While not a "pure" medical blog - without logistics we wouldn't have the field hospitals, staff, equipment or drugs in the remote areas in times of need.

# Best Patient's Blog Six Until Me The story of a type 1 diabetic that has now turned into something much much more for al those who read it

many thanks to those who have nominated me

Robbo

The list of nominees has been updated.

I nominate Anonymous Doc for Best New Medical Weblog. He talks about his experience as a new intern with great insight and depth.

I would like to nominate two spanish weblogs:

# Best Medical Weblog:
Primum Non Nocere: http://rafabravo.wordpress.com/

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog:
Salud con Cosas: http://saludconcosas.blogspot.com/

best clinical science medical blog is the Renal Fellow Network (http://renalfellow.blogspot.com/) a great blog with a renal teaching point everyday. A one man operation that has now grown top three people. They are not distracted by medical economics or minutia but focus on solid teaching. Dependable. Great resource.

Best patient blog is Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle (http://www.billpeckham.com/from_the_sharp_end_of_the/).

Great patient advocacy for transplant, home hemo and general dialysis.

I'd like to nominate www.CelebrityDiagnosis.com (Teachable Moments in Medicine) as the best new medical blog and the best blog for patient education.

I nominate Insureblog in the "Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog:"

Hank and his "crew" do an awesome job!

Clarifying my nomination and the reasons why....
# Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009): http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com
This blog (see write-up in Boston Globe http://cli.gs/hWybM7) combines peoples' fascination with both celebrities and interest in their own personal health issues to create a regular series of teachable moments for increasing health awareness and medical knowledge among consumers. Of particular note is their post on the 10 most important health stories of 2009 (http://cli.gs/VdrVuE), their reporting on the new mammography guidelines (http://cli.gs/YSWDAh) and the real lessons of Farrah's story (http://cli.gs/pg1uH8). They also have a category that covers medical problems experienced by literary and historical figures (http://cli.gs/MmXged).

I nominate EMR and HIPAA @ http://www.emrandhipaa.com Best Healthcare IT blog by far! Updated super regularly too.

I nominate the following:

Science Roll (http://scienceroll.com/) for Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
Serves as a singular clearinghouse of information for all things Medicine 2.0. Consistently interesting and relevant posts from a unique perspective [Hungarian physician]. Bonus points for being very timely.

Jerry Fahrni (http://jerryfahrni.com/) for Best New Medical Weblog
Is clearly passionate about the topic and immersed in the day-to-day topics he writes about from a practitioner's perspective. Great source about informatics and gadgets, splashed with thoughtful comments and occasional humor. Excellent new voice in the blogosphere for 2009!

I nominate Medtech Pulse at www.devicelink.com/mpmn/blog for Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) for its coverage of emerging medical technologies.

Best New Medical Blog (for 2009) : Myelin Repair Foundation Blog http://blog.myelinrepair.org
Best Patient Blog: Brass & Ivory http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/

I would like to nominate the blog How To Cope With Pain under the category "Best Patient's Blog".

www.howtocopewithpain.org

www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog

If you haven't been on to www.bodyinmind.com.au then your 2009 blogs didn't include the best one. This blog is written mainly by Lorimer Moseley (a world leading biological scientist) and administered by Heidi Allen (social media guru with a consolidated 15 year publishing background). By drawing on research papers and breaking them down into a simple, the articles are constantly revealing evidence based connections between the body and mind in easy to understand langugage which have huge implications for rehabilitation therapists. I nominate this blog as the medical blog of 2009.

I would like to nominate http://myelinrepair.org/blog

Nominee for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog:

The Disease Management Care Blog

This is an ongoing review of the science, policies and politics behind the care of persons with chronic illness as well as prevention and wellness with a special emphasis on primary care, health insurance and health reform. It is sharply and understandably written, heavily linked back to the original medical literature, offers up a wry sense of humor and draws on the perspective of a primary care physician with experience as an HMO Medical Director.

Nominee for Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog:

The Disease Management Care Blog

http://diseasemanagementcareblog.blogspot.com/

This is an ongoing review of the science, policies and politics behind the care of persons with chronic illness as well as prevention and wellness with a special emphasis on primary care, health insurance and health reform. It is sharply and understandably written, heavily linked back to the original medical literature, offers up a wry sense of humor and draws on the perspective of a primary care physician with experience as an HMO Medical Director.

I would like to shamelessly nominate myself for the Best Patient Blog category. It was great to be a finalist last year and a nominee the year before.

Brass and Ivory: Life with Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
http://brassandivory.blogspot.com

Brass and Ivory is the hub of the popular Carnival of MS Bloggers and offers lots of useful information for MS and RA patients. Living with chronic illness is never easy, much less when one has multiple illnesses. Brass and Ivory provides support for myself and others who live with these incurable diseases.

Thanks

This is not a duplicate but to go with my original nomination since some of the necessary info. was left out.

I nominate www.EverythingHealth.net. EverythingHealth for Best Weblog of 2009..
It is diverse in covering a vast range of medical subjects, written excellently in a way that is both educational, interesting,sometimes entertaining and makes you think and always keeps you coming back for more.

Patient blog nomination: RheumaBlog
http://rheumablog.wordpress.com/

2 votes - both for imedicalapps which as an iphone user I really like; keeps me in-touch with cool new technologies in the medical community in a very user friendly and informative way. (also, written by physicians & medical students who take a very unique perspective on the typical iphone medical app review.)

Best New Medical Weblog: http://www.imedicalapps.com/

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics: http://www.imedicalapps.com/

I would like to nominate: http://www.imedicalapps.com/ for Best New Medical Weblog and Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog. The website not only reviews various medical application for the iphone and ipod touch, but also reviews and comments on new and upcoming mobile technologies and its possible applications in the medical field.

Of course I will nominate my blog, I am a below elbow amputee and we go into the heart of the matter. It covers a very small medical subject but the blog kicks very serious butt:

http://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/

- Successful base for networking: people get in touch with each other over interest in this blog.

- Successful base for innovation: the V2P Prehensor was built also by using my documented previous experience with Otto Bock's MovoHook 2Grip; we are currently building our own wrist unit that will enter the market soon; ..

- Successful base for distribution of specialized knowledge / experience sharing: first Mark from Tasmania called me and said, Wolf you need a Becker hand - then I ordered one - then we found this product was obscure and unknown - then I told Mark, see to it that John Becker gets a website - now we have Becker hands on the internet;

- Successful new ways of analyzing performance of prostheses - documenting ADL (activities of daily living), EODF (end of day feeling) all were later praised by insiders as state of the art content.

So these reviews and opinions are new, innovative, and cover a previously uncovered field.

So I like for you to consider this blog for an award.

Of course I will nominate my blog, I am a below elbow amputee and we go into the heart of the matter. It covers a very small medical subject but the blog kicks very serious butt:

http://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/

- Successful base for networking: people get in touch with each other over interest in this blog.

- Successful base for innovation: the V2P Prehensor was built also by using my documented previous experience with Otto Bock's MovoHook 2Grip; we are currently building our own wrist unit that will enter the market soon; ..

- Successful base for distribution of specialized knowledge / experience sharing: first Mark from Tasmania called me and said, Wolf you need a Becker hand - then I ordered one - then we found this product was obscure and unknown - then I told Mark, see to it that John Becker gets a website - now we have Becker hands on the internet;

- Successful new ways of analyzing performance of prostheses - documenting ADL (activities of daily living), EODF (end of day feeling) all were later praised by insiders as state of the art content.

So these reviews and opinions are new, innovative, and cover a previously uncovered field.

So I like for you to consider this blog for an award.

Postpartum Progress is the most widely-read blog addressing issues of depression and anxiety in expectant and new mothers. Katherine Stone, herself a survivor of postpartum depression, is a terrific writer, serving up equal parts wit and wisdom.

Mothers will realize that they are not alone, they are not to blame, and that they will be well with the right kinds of help. Medical professionals will learn about the most up-to-date research, conferences, and ideas about helping women with perinatal mood disorders.

Postpartum Progress should be #1 on your list.

We nominate the Sleep Education Blog for Best New Medical Weblog. Our public awareness blog presents daily updates on the latest research and news related to the mysteries of sleep and the impact of sleep disorders. The blog explores the fascinating subject of the science of sleep and helps readers understand how sleep is central to their health and well-being.

I nominate my blog for Best Clinical Sciences blog - http://healthskills.wordpress.com
It's written for health professionals working in the field of chronic pain from a psychosocial perspective and posts (almost) daily on research papers relevant to health practice. It's also read by numerous people with chronic pain. I hope it gives a human and respectful perspective on helping people with chronic pain cope with what is often an under-managed disorder.

Best Medical Blog: http://blog.nyayahealth.org -- Important and precedent-setting blog dealing with pertinent issues of global health and social equity often not discussed in many other blogs. In particular, this blog holds a niche position in the blogosphere for representing the voices of the often not-heard developing nations who have far less access to blogs, internet, and in the case of Nyaya Health, even electricity. Bravo to them for their important work and crucial advocacy in the blogosphere!

I would like to nominate The Myelin Repair Foundation (http://blog.myelinrepair.org) for the Best New Medical Weblog 2009.

I would like to nominate The Hospitweet blog in the best patient blog category.
This is a blog about David Harrisson's journey from an unexpected finding of cardiovascular disease, through his bypass surgery and recuperation. It explores many of the questions and feelings that other patients in this situation may have, and gives an insight to all the staff caring for these patients.
And it is time-limited. David says he will stop it soon as he is going back to work.
Have a read! And thank you David:)

The list of nominees has been updated.

# Best Medical Weblog Pallimed http://www.pallimed.org/

From their "About" page: "Our target audience is the professionals (MD, DO, RN, LPN, LVN, Home Health Aide, ARNP, SW, Chaplain, Administrators, PT, OT, Speech, Pharmacy, etc.) working in hospice & palliative medicine, but we welcome all readers to this blog, including patients, families and other medical professionals outside of this field.

Our goal is to review current palliative medicine, hospice, end-of-life research with a particular focus on publications not from the major palliative care journals. We also highlight important events in end-of-life care from the news media and entertainment arenas. Pallimed is not intended to replace the patient-physician relationship."

# Best Literary Medical Weblog Pallimed: Arts & Humanities http://arts.pallimed.org/

From their "About" page: "Our goal is not only to provide enjoyment for you, the readers, but also to have some practical uses in palliative care education, such as use of a movie clips or art in palliative care lectures. We will do this by choosing examples of art, music, cinema, literature, television, theatre or other media with themes related to palliative care (for example: end-of-life, chronic illness, ethics, grief). We will post a commentary about the work and its relationship to palliative medicine (this may be obvious).

Our target audience is anyone in the field of (or with an interest in) palliative care, medicine, the arts, or humanities. While some information may be palliative care specific and assume a familiarity with the field, we hope that those with medical and non-medical backgrounds alike will enjoy our writings."

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog Body in Mind (http://bodyinmind.com.au)

I nominate insureblog in the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog category for keeping up with legislation and developments in the industry.

I would like to nominate Clinical Correlations for Best Medical Blog. It is a great resource for physicians and trainees of all levels to get their "daily dose of medicine". From weekly posts keeping us up to date on what has been published in the major journals to specific pieces on interesting clinical questions, Clinical Correlations has something for every reader.

I nominate EverythingHealth for Best Medical Blog. EverythingHealth has been consistently good for the past two years and Dr. Toni Brayer keeps her readers informed on the latest in health news as well as eclectic subjects that are fascinating. She is edgy but also accurate and well researched. EverythingHealth is a consistent winner.

EverythingHealth.net gets my nomination for Best Medical Blog. It has been my go-to medical blog for two years. It is consistently updated with the most current medical information. Dr. Toni Brayer does not shy from the controversial, or from stating her well-researched and well-reasoned opinions, and I appreciate that. She is always thorough, informative and engaging and really keeps me up to date on medical issues and questions of the day.

I would like to nominate everythinghealth.net for best medical blog. It is without question my number one destination for keeping up with the issues I care most about.

Finally a health blog for everyone. This blog combines Dr. Brayer's extensive knowledge with her amazing talent for explaining complex issues in a very clear and concise way. Best one out there!

www.everythinghealth.net: Finally a health blog for everyone. This blog combines Dr. Brayer's extensive knowledge with her amazing talent for explaining complex issues in a very clear and concise way. Best one out there!

www.everythinghealth.net: Finally a health blog for everyone. This blog combines Dr. Brayer's extensive knowledge with her amazing talent for explaining complex issues in a very clear and concise way. Best one out there!

I would like to nominate http://www.wheelchairkamikaze.com for the Best Patient Blog category.

Elegantly written by a man with Multiple Sclerosis, it is full of humor and intelligence. Marc Steckler, the author, is a model of grace and wit. He is a true inspiration.

Nominate
http://thejobbingdoctor.blogspot.com/
for best medical blog.

AmbientIntelligence is a blog that tries to cover the latest technology and efforts in e-health and Telemedicine. I'd like to nominate it fot the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog.

It's a spanish blog, but I've not found (sadly) a similar effort in Spain.

I'd also like to nominate MobiHealthNews for Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009).

Best medical blog:

http://thejobbingdoctor.blogspot.com/

My vote is Dr. Toni Brayer's wonderful blog, Everything Health, at http://healthwise-everythinghealth.blogspot.com/ Dr. Brayer covers a wide variety of topics - all timely, informative, useful and even entertaining. She is not afraid to tackle controversial issues, like the new recommendations on mammograms, or pay for physicians. She brings medical information to life and is a trusted source for me.

BEST medical blog is EverythingHealth by Dr. Toni Brayer. Tons of great and timely info.

BEST medical blog is EverythingHealth by Dr. Toni Brayer. Tons of great and timely info.

I would like to nominate Dr. Toni Brayer's blog "Everythinghealth" http://healthwise-everythinghealth.blogspot.com/ for the best Medical Blog. Dr. Brayer consistently produces interesting, informative and thought-provoking blog entries that cover a wide range of medical issues, conditions and articles. I especially love her "Medical Challenges" where she presents a photo of a condition and challenges her readers to discover the answer.

I think that Everythinghealth goes a long way to form a bridge between doctors and patients by providing valuable and credible medical information written in terms that most of us "non-doctors" can understand. Information is power, and Dr. Brayer's blog is a joy.

I nominate Medical moments in 55 words for best literary medical weblog. Each post is a short vignette, almost like eavesdropping on this doctor and her patient in the exam room. They have a lyrical rhythm--poetry meets medicine.

I would like to nominate everythinghealth.com by Dr. Toni Brayer. It's not only informative but very funny and full of diverse topicis.
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I nominate www.Everythinghealth.net for the best medical blog of 2009. EverythingHealth is timely, interesting and well researched.

I nominate EverythingHealth.net for Best Weblog of 2009.

A wonderful blog that not only educates about women's, men's, and children's health / medical issues, but allow us to share our concerns and problems, gives situations for others to be aware and learn from. Her blog includes photographs to illustrate the symptoms. She makes her blog friendly and fun with quizzes.

Bridget

I would like to nominate

# Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) - imedicalapps

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - Clinical Correlations

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - insureblog

# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog - imedicalapps

I nominate medtempus.com for the best medical blog of 2009.

Interesting and fun for everyone

Sorry for any confusion, I mean I would nominate for Best Medical Weblog:

Medtempus: medtempus.com

Great information and well contrasted

I would like to nominate the Wheelchair Kamikaze for the best patient blog:

http://www.wheelchairkamikaze.com/

Brilliant stuff!

I'm a big fan of the Ozmosis Blog https://www.ozmosis.com/public_blog which I would like to nominate for the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

I'm a big fan of the Ozmosis Blog https://www.ozmosis.com/public_blog which I would like to nominate for the Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

Please give the Best Medical Blog award to www.EverythingHealth.net. Dr. Toni Brayer writes this blog and it is non-commercial and filled with good information. She covers a myriad of topics and posts almost every day. She has visits from around the world and is a consistently excellent medical blogger.

Nominate:
http://thejobbingdoctor.blogspot.com/

for best medical blog.

Interesting stories about patients and life as a doctor as well as current affairs within the medical world.

I would like to nominate for Best Medical Weblog:-Primun non nocere http://rafabravo.wordpress.com/

I would like to nominate for Best Medical Weblog:
-Primun non nocere http://rafabravo.wordpress.com/

Everything Health - the best Medical Blog I ever read... informative, interesting and sometimes quite entertaining.

Everything Health - the best Medical Blog I ever read... informative, interesting and sometimes quite entertaining.

Everything Health - the best Medical Blog I ever read... informative, interesting and sometimes quite entertaining.

Everything Health - the best Medical Blog I ever read... informative, interesting and sometimes quite entertaining.

I would like to nominate

# Best Medical Weblog
Primum non nocere
http://rafabravo.wordpress.com/
# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
El supositorio
http://vicentebaos.blogspot.com/
# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
El Gerente Demediado
http://gerentedemediado.blogspot.com/
# Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
Web 2.0 y Medicina
http://web2097.blogspot.com/

I would like to nominate the Spanish medblog Salud con Cosas (http://saludconcosas.blogspot.com) for the category of Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog...The best blog about healthcare management I ever read. Straightforward and dynamic.

Hi, I would like to nominate "medtempus.com" for Best Medical Weblog.

I have been reading it for years because is an example of science defense against shamans in a funny ambient with rigorous information and people participation.

It is a blog devoted to Children's and Adolescents' health and mental health, to provide people, teachers and families information and news about actions and publications on the last advances in diagnosis and treatments, and especially to help them in their hard task to educate kids and teens, in this actual social context, and to prevent child abuse.

Below are my nominations. I gave preference to those blogs that had not yet been nominated, but certainly deserve a place among the other nominees.

• Best Medical Weblog : Dr Shock MD PhD, a beautiful lay-out, frequently updated, a mix of web 2.0 & medical subjects brought in an easy-to-digest way.


• Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) Body in Mind, excellent new blog that fulfills its promise: "both interesting and accurate."


• Best Literary Medical Weblog: Other things amanzi � Love to read the stories. Real, rough (surgeon & South Africa) and beautifully written. (of equal quality is Bitingthedust -both already nominated)


• Best Clinical Sciences Weblog: Sutures for a living Blog of a plastic surgeon with a lot of noteworthy information on many different subjects including surgery and quilting.


• Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog: The Skeptical OB writes skeptic research posts as well as interesting stories about patients.


• Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: The Palmdoc Chronicles. The source to consult to keep updated with the latest Medical PDA News and Updates.


• Best Patient�s Blog : Survive the Journey. I 'm a real fan of this blog, written by a Cushing patient. Real life stories and researchblogging.

I would like to nominate DocGurley (http://www.docgurley.com) in Best Medical Weblog and also in best .literary medical weblog because of the blog's strong common sense and thorough medical advice and because of the good writing and humor

I vote for Everythinghealth.net as the best medical blog. Every time I log onto it I learn something new and it is non-commercial. Dr. Toni Brayer writes with passion and covers so many subjects. The topics are so varied and interesting.

For some reason I cannot make the "link" work but it is www.everythinghealth.net

# Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - Respectful Insolence - http://scienceblogs.com/insolence
(fighting the good fight against woo)

# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - Kevin MD, http://www.kevinmd.com
(excellent commentary, often guest posts from thought leaders and organizational leaders)

# Best New Medical Weblog - The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - http://www.theexaminingroom.com
(back after 2 yr hiatus with new blog, more mix of science and creative)

# Best Literary Weblog - Musings of a dinosaur - http://dinosaurmusings.blogspot.com/
(not always literary, but great anecdotal stories from a small solo practice)

Nomino a dos blogs del Chileno Dr Jose Luis Contreras
1-www.portalcesfam.com El mas completo de los Portales de un Centro de Salud Familiar en Chile.Refleja todo el quehacer del Centro y su comunicación con las 21 mil personas que atiende.
2-http://serviciodeurgenciapac.blogspot.com/ Blog que muestra la vida y los casos clinicos vistos en un SErvicio de Urgencia en Atención Primaria en Chile.Muy completo

Best literary medical blog -Medical Moments in 55 words - Twitter meets Haiku meets medicine.

Best Medical Blog -Schwitzer Health News - Gary is not a doc, but his blog is essential reading for anyone who reads, watches or listens to medical news.

Health Policies/Ethics blog- Carlat Psychiatry Blog - This guy holds nothing back. His latest posts on anti-depressent effectiveness are essential reading.

best technology blog - Phil Bauman.com. Accessible to non-geeks like myself.

Best clinical sciences blog - Respectful Insolence. Get a cup of coffee and be prepared to hunker down.

Thanks!

The list published seems very parochial and Americanocentric.

This is a shame as it ignores the rest of the world, and is less meaningful as a result.

Maybe if you are going to focus on American blogs, then you should have an international section.

I cannot see a single British blog in the list, and I think you need to look outside of your back yard.

Just a suggestion - I think there are many very good blogs outside of America.

The Jobbing Doctor.

EverythingHealth is a top notch, most timely, informative, and interesting medical blog. Dr. Toni Brayer works very diligently to keep her readers informed and entertained. It definitely deserves your award again.

Hi: I would like to nominate for:
Best Medical Weblog: Primun non nocere
Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog: Salud con cosas
Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: ScienceRoll

I would like to nominate BodyinMind for the best New Medical Weblog. Incredibly interesting and most informative. I would recommend this website to anyone curious about chronic pain!

I'd like to nominate How to Cope with Pain for Best Clinical Sciences Weblog. It has cutting edge science for clinicians and teaches a wide range of techniques for patients with chronic pain.

I'd like to nominate Body In Mind for Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009). It covers the newest thinking about chronic pain, including fresh-off-the-presses research.

Thanks for the contest!
Sparky

I'd like to nominate How to Cope with Pain for Best Clinical Sciences Weblog. It has cutting edge science for clinicians and teaches a wide range of techniques for patients with chronic pain.

I'd like to nominate Body In Mind for Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009). It covers the newest thinking about chronic pain, including fresh-off-the-presses research.

Thanks for the contest!
Sparky

I would like to nominate for best new blog (2009) http://cmumedteachandtech.blogspot.com/ It has current Medical education teaching information and in the classroom reviews of technology, research tools and grant information. It is focused on keeping the medical teaching professional up to date with current teaching methodologies and topics in the classroom.

I would like to nominate for best new blog (2009) It has current medical education teaching information and in the classroom reviews of technology, research tools and grant information. It is focused on keeping the medical teaching professional up to date with current teaching methodologies and topics in the classroom.

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog Body in Mind (http://bodyinmind.com.au)

Nomination for Best New Medical Weblog -- Pain-Topics News/Research UPDATES (http://updates.pain-topics.org). This weblog started in July 2009 takes an evidence-based approach to timely topics of importance for patients and healthcare providers.

The list of nominees has been updated.

I nominate Everything Health. The content is inspiring, factual, and interesting. I trust the source and I can relate to the topics covered. Plus there are great links to other trusted sites and related books. With so much information on medicine and health in the media, it's really difficult to know where to turn. This blog helps sort through all that and provides practical information.

I would like nominate 3 spanish but universal blogs:

# Best Medical Weblog
Primum non nocere
http://rafabravo.wordpress.com/
# Best New Medical Weblog
EAP El Coto
http://cselcoto.wordpress.com/
# Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
Salud Comunitaria
http://saludcomunitaria.wordpress.com/

I nominate the Myelin Repair Foundation blog (http://blog.myelinrepair.org) as the Best New Medical Weblog in existence. It has the most up to date information for MS patients and their families. It offers hope above all else with new research.

For best patient's blog, I nominate Lisa at Brass and Ivory (http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/).

Lisa provides honest, informative, thoughtful, and helpful advice on multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. She plays a major role in bringing together MS bloggers by keeping track of those of us who blog about MS, introducing new MS Bloggers to everyone, and organizes the Carnival of MS Bloggers.

For Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

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

My nominations include:
� Best Medical Weblog

http://www.medscape.com/medscapetoday

� Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009)

http://cmumedteachandtech.blogspot.com/

� Best Literary Medical Weblog

http://clinicalsearchtips.com/

� Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

http://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/

� Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog

http://blogs.acponline.org/advocacy/

� Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

http://iamse-tech.blogspot.com/

� Best Patient's Blog

http://www.medpedia.com/home

For best new comer 2009 Blog

I nominate http://cmumedteachandtech.blogspot.com/

For best new comer 2009 Blog

I nominate http://cmumedteachandtech.blogspot.com/

http://thejobbingdoctor.blogspot.com/

A great insight into the real workings of the NHS. The author is obviously intelligent and articulate, witty and I often find myself nodding in agreement with his musings.

I nominate Musings of a Distractible Mind for Best Medical Blog.
http://distractible.org/

This is a funny and informative blog, and I can't figure out why it doesn't seem to have been nominated already.

I'd like to nominate "Going Down Swinging: an RSD Blog" for the best patient blog: http://prefontaine44.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your consideration!

I would like to nominate The Six of Us for best patient blog:

http://thesixofus.wordpress.com/

The author has been through more trauma than I can imagine, on top of her chronic pain and yet still articulates her emotions amazingly. She inspires me to keep trying with every post, and that is worth a lot.

Nominations for 2009

Best Medical Weblog �
Medscape http://www.medscape.com/medscapetoday

Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009) -
CMU Medical Teaching and Technology Review http://cmumedteachandtech.blogspot.com/

Best Literary Medical Weblog �
Clinical Search Tips http://clinicalsearchtips.com/

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog -
Clinical Correlations http://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog -
ACP Online http://blogs.acponline.org/advocacy/

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
IAMSE http://iamse-tech.blogspot.com/

Best Patient's Blog -
Medipedia http://www.medpedia.com/home

I would like to nominate The Poison Review (http://www.thepoisonreview.com/) for BEST NEW MEDICAL BLOG 2009. It is well organized, clinically relevant, and timely. I live by the mantra "it is all tox all the time" and The Poison Review blog confirms that daily. I especially like the multimedia content, including popular press, music, and videos that are used to re-inforce clinically relevant content.

I would like to nominate The Poison Review (http://www.thepoisonreview.com/) for BEST NEW MEDICAL BLOG 2009. It is well organized, clinically relevant, and timely. I live by the mantra "it is all tox all the time" and The Poison Review blog confirms that daily. I especially like the multimedia content, including popular press, music, and videos that are used to re-inforce clinically relevant content.

I'd like to nominate MedGadget for a Golden Llama award. What would get them one? Hmmm.... let me think. Generally it happens when people are very nice to some blogger dude over at http://distractible.org. That's the rumor I have heard, anyway. I wonder who judges those Golden Llama Awards. Can anybody tell me?

For how many decades has the medical and nursing professions promising integrated, multidisciplinary and wholistic person-centred care? There is a unique blog that combines health, nursing, education and health informatics which I would like to nominate: please consider - "Welcome to the QUAD"
http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/
The blog is associated with Hodges' model a generic framework for health and social care assessment and evaluation. It's four knowledge domains each has yet another unique resource, for example the SCIENCES domain -
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/linksTwo.htm

The list of nominees has been updated.

I think you need a new category for best photo weblog. It would also qualify for best NEW patient blog.

365 days with Cushing's disease Graphically presented by Robin, a Cushing's Disease "survivor" (as she likes to say), this is a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes introspective, and altogether fascinating look into the private life of a patient as she faces her challenges day-to-day.

365 days with Cushing's disease: Graphically presented by Robin, a Cushing's Disease "survivor" (as she likes to say), this is a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes introspective, and altogether fascinating look into the private life of a patient as she faces her challenges day-to-day.

http://cushings365.posterous.com/

I nominate www.EverythingHealth.net for the best medical blog. Written by a physician, the blog is clean and informative. She writes almost every day and mixes up the content so it is always interesting. I trust the information and always enjoy reading what she has to say. This blog deserves a reward. Check it out!

I would like to be nominated for the new medical weblog,
I have a website on Pediatric Nephrology related issues.
The url is http://www.pediatric-nephrology,com

I would like to nominate Evidence in Medicine for Best New Medical Blog (est. in 2009): http://www.evidenceinmedicine.org/

I would like to nominate In Sickness and In Health in the category of Best Patient's blog

http://www.insicknessinhealth.blogspot.com/

Hi,

I would like to nominate DermMatters as the Best New Medical Weblog of 2009.

http://www.dermmatters.blogspot.com/

Many thanks.

James J. Gormley
Editor,
The Journal of Drugs in Dermatology