Medicine and Health Blogs You Can Trust
Thanks to Darren Rowse at ProBlogger, the full disclosure “meme” that I tried to introduce early in the life of Genetics and Health is finally catching on. Not only is it a fun way to know more about the motivations of medical and health bloggers, it should also help us gain confidence in them and the blogs they write.
Here are the medical and health blogs (or pretty much all respectable blogs) that have participated thus far. If you’ve answered the NIH/NICCAM questions too, leave a comment here and I’ll add you to the honor roll.
- AIDS Combat Zone
- The Biotech Weblog
- Coffee & Conversation in a smoky room
- Discovering Biology in a Digital World
- Emergiblog
- The Haversian Canal
- I Speak Of Dreams
- Infrared Sauna Info
- Jung at Heart
- Make You Go Hmm
- The Medical Blog Network
- medmusings
- MRSA Resources
- MSSPNexus Blog
- The Nurse Practitioner’s Place
- Nursing Studio
- Rebel Doctor Web Log
- Shrinkette
- stephencooper.name
Dr. O of Medgadget also suggested getting certified by the Health On the Net Foundation under their Code of Conduct. And Clinical Cases and Images has more about the credibility of medical and health blogs.
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19 opinions for Medicine and Health Blogs You Can Trust
Kim
Dec 13, 2005 at 7:39 am
Just a note to let you know that I have placed answers to the NIH/NICCAM questions on Emergiblog. Thanks….
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Dec 13, 2005 at 9:10 am
That’s great, Kim! You’ve been added to the “honor roll.”
» Genetics and Public Health Information To Trust Genetics and Health
Dec 13, 2005 at 11:07 am
[…] If you answer these questions for your blog, let me know via comments, trackbacks, or e-mail so I can add you to the honor roll. […]
Rita Schwab
Dec 13, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Dr. Lei -
I answered the ten questions for medical bloggers - all of my deep, dark secrets have been revealed, and I’ve discovered I’m pretty boring… :)
Rita
http://msspnexus.blogs.com
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Dec 13, 2005 at 6:45 pm
Rita: Please call me Hsien! I’m glad you’ve revealed all. Boring is relative, though! ;)
» Genetics and Health Lost in Translation Genetics and Health
Dec 14, 2005 at 3:17 am
[…] Because Hsien Hsien Lei couldn’t trust weblogs this was bad for his health (hartbeatings and high bloodpressure). That’s why Hsien Hsien Lei decided to introduce the ten questions of NIH to get more clearance about medical weblogs en their owners. Offcourse he also answered the questions himself. Now he has made a short list of medical weblogs who you at least can trust! From that moment on the health of the American weblogger is getting better. […]
Health & Medical Blogs: Professionalize or Perish - A CALL TO ACTION
Dec 14, 2005 at 6:40 am
[…] “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t”
- Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8th US President […]
Marks Fishing
Dec 15, 2005 at 10:29 am
Is health blogging really healthy, lean back on your chair whilst reading this and then you fall back, see might not be healthy.
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Dec 15, 2005 at 10:37 am
Marks Fishing: Do you need a doctor?
The MRSAResources.com Blog » Information Disclosure
Dec 15, 2005 at 11:29 am
[…] I hope this has been helpful to you in some way. If you are interested in seeing other sites who have participated in Dr. Lei’s web site disclosure questionaire, you can find them here. […]
Liz Ditz
Dec 22, 2005 at 1:39 pm
I’m not a medblogger, but I do write about learning disabilities, effective treatments and approaches, ineffective treatments and approaches, and LD quackery.
Here’s my post and links for the blog reliability question.
http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2005/12/are_blogs_relia.html
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Dec 23, 2005 at 1:01 am
That’s great, Liz! I’ve added you to the honor roll.
Sandra Porter
Jan 4, 2006 at 1:11 pm
I think this is a great idea. I don’t write about medical issues intentionally, but I do write about using digital resources to do research on genetic diseases and other areas of biology.
Here’s the link to my disclosure statement:
http://digitalbio.blogspot.com/2006/01/evaluating-website-information.html
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Jan 4, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Sandra: Hi! I just visited your blog the other day. :) Thanks for joining in.
NPs Save Lives
Mar 11, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Thanks so much for the honor! I have put a link to your healthcare.wurk site on my links page. I will also put one to Genetics and Health. Thanks for featuring me!
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Mar 11, 2006 at 2:59 pm
NPs Save Lives: Thanks! I’m glad you took the time to answer the questions. It’s fun getting to know who the bloggers are as well as knowing their motivation.
Paul Mernon
Mar 27, 2006 at 2:23 pm
It’s maybe too late, but I’ve seen your posts about health blogs credibility and decided to answer questions about my website. While I don’t consider my blog to be purely a health blog, I regularly blog about health topics. Here is my post with answers:
http://www.infraredsaunainfo.com/blog/2006/03/27/10-new-things-about-infrared-sauna-info-you-didnt-know/
Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD
Mar 28, 2006 at 3:23 am
Paul: It’s never too late! I’m actually going to create a permanent page for this and put it up in my sidebar right now. You’ll be on the list. :)
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