Additional reading
Blogs
Beyond the short coat–Medicine through the eyes of a student.
Dispatches from the Culture Wars–Thoughts from the interface of science, religion, law and culture.
iPhone BioTech Blog–There is sure to be a lot happening in the world of iPhones and BioTechnology within the next several months and years.
Notes from RW–opining on clinical topics, the interface between medicine and politics and whatever else grabs my attention. Good reading on what clinical trends and political effects on medicine.
Respectful Insolence–The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory (and anything else that interests him). His own description of his blog says it all.
RoughlyDrafted Magazine–I write about technology, Apple, motorcycles and the place I call home: San Francisco. This is a work in progress.
Science Based Medicine–Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine. This is the blog I read during my first cup of coffee every morning.
The white coat underground–Musings on the intersection of science, medicine, and culture
Industry information
Med Gadget–News in the medical device industry, with lots of advertising and personal opinion. A good source to seeing what might be new in the smaller medical device companies.
Quackwatch–Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions. If I want to access more information about unproven medical therapies.
PubMed–Excellent search tool for nearly any scientific or medical article published for the last few decades.
Medical Device Link–News about the Medical Device Industry.
BioSpace–A good source for Biotech, Pharma, and Medical Device news.
UpToDate for Patients–Evidence based medicine for patients.
Vaccine information
The Jenny McCarthy Body Count–Tracking illnesses and deaths attributable to parents refusing to vaccinate their children.
Vaccine denial = Scientific illiteracy–An article in the Huffington Post, which has promoted an anti-vaccine point-of-view for the past few months. It’s good to see that they are being fair and balanced. A little bit.