Health and Medical Sciences Blogs

Interactive weblogs where users can participate in discussions about medicine, its practice, role in society, practitioners, patients, and more.

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Medical Personnel Blogs

Discussions of issues related to life as a medical professional written by or for medical personnel.

Resources in this category:

Dr. Deb
http://drdeborahserani.blogspot.com/

From the blog: "I am a psychologist who specializes in trauma and depression. Current issues and articles that impact the human psyche will be presented here. To be used for educational purposes only." Dr. Serani also responds to comments to her posts.

The Health Care Blog
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/

"One of the most respected independent voices in the healthcare industry", The Health Care Blog is authored by a group of medical professionals. Entries are added daily about the drug industry, the medical profession’s use of the Internet, insurance, policy, doctors, and other topics.

Highlight Health
http://www.highlighthealth.com/

Promotes health literacy through providing "intelligent and engaging" articles about various healthcare topics. Discusses unique content and provides links to all sources. Site is intended to "support, not replace, the relationship between patient and physician".

Medlogs
http://www.medlogs.com/

"A Medical News & Weblog Aggregator," created by Jacob Reider. Medlogs tracks and lists all updates of participating medical weblogs and news sites. Each blog update entry on Medlogs shows the number of hits the blog has and provides a title or short description.

MedNews: Health and Medical News
http://www.mednews.com/

Give it to me straight, doctor! Medical professionals, researchers and consumers alike can find the latest reports from medical journals and conferences at MedNews.com. After free registration you can "customize your news by topic," leave comments and email articles.