Genetics and Health

April 18th, 2006

Science is Cool

If I had all the time in the world to blog here at Genetics and Health, I’d probably include a lot more on the science of genetics. As it is, I’m an avid reader of general science magazines–Scientific American and The Scientist–and wish more people would get into science as well instead of being […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment

April 9th, 2006

Caregiving and Featured Blog of the Week: Dementia Blues

This week’s Genetics and Health featured blog is Dementia Blues written by Paula Martinac, an author and editor currently taking care of two parents with dementia. Paula writes in an honest and straightforward way about what it’s like to live day-to-day with her parents constantly on her mind. From shuttling them to hospitals […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 6 comments

April 6th, 2006

Two New Health Blogs: Autism Vox and Cancer Commentary

Genetics and Health just gained two new sister blogs in the b5media Science and Health Channel: Autism Vox and Cancer Commentary.

Autism Vox is written by a previous Genetics and Health featured blogger, Dr. Kristina Chew. She writes with the grace of a classics professor and the perspective of a mother who has a child […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment

March 26th, 2006

Quit Smoking and Blog of the Week: Quitspeed.com

This week’s featured blog is The Quit Smoking Blog. One of last week’s posts really caught my eye - Smoking Shown to Increase Risk of Impotence:
Ah, bad for all your male smokers out there, we don’t want to be soft now do we?
Now you know this blog’s going to be interesting.
The main […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 2 comments

December 13th, 2005

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 […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 19 comments

July 29th, 2005

Genetics and Public Health Information To Trust

Welcome, ProBlogger readers! You may be wondering why I keep referring to the Genetics and PUBLIC Health Blog. That was the first incarnation of this blog under About Weblogs. I’m still the same person and the content is still the same, but our name has been streamlined. Hope you’ll find this […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 33 comments