If guys can have bromance, surely writers are allowed a little prosemance.
Here, then, is a brief list of some of my favorite medical research bloggers:
Hilda Bastian is the editor and curator of PubMed Health. Check out her new blog for Scientific American, Absolutely Maybe, about uncertainty in medical evidence. She talks about statistics with cartoons at Statistically Funny.
Dr. Kenneth Lin is a family practice physician in Washington D.C., and one of those people who apparently never sleeps. In addition to his practice, he’s the associate editor of American Family Physician, he’s working on his masters degree in public health and writing four blogs. My favorite is Common Sense Family Doctor, where he often talks about the application and interpretation of medical evidence — something that’s too often missing from medical study coverage.
Virginia Hughes is a masterful writer with a deep understanding of science and medicine. She’s one of those writers who is so good, just reading her is likely to rub off and make you a better writer. Her elegant musings can be found on her blog, Only Human, for National Geographic. And fair warning, the whole Phenomena group, which also includes Brian Switek, Carl Zimmer, and Ed Yong, is pretty wonderful. Don’t blame me if you click over only to realize you’ve been reading blog posts for an hour and ignoring your own deadlines. Not that this has ever happened to me.
Nepotism alert, of sorts. Ivan Oransky, M.D., is an AHCJ board member and he’s well known to most members as the gatekeepers of our solid gold electronic discussion list (membership has its benefits!), but he’s also a darn fine blogger. Through Retraction Watch, he and Adam Marcus have trained a valuable spotlight on cases of scientific fraud that once quietly escaped notice. He also keeps an eye on issues related to journal embargoes at Embargo Watch.
Those are my picks. Now share yours. Post a comment to tell us about bloggers who make your regular reading list and why.
