Time for Step 2 of the “Beginner’s Medical Writing” series – a step-by-step guide to getting yourself started in freelance medical writing. Remember – this is not a “get rich quick” guide, but merely an extremely basic guide for those of you who are pondering branching into medical writing, but…
Minutemen, Militia and Medicine
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, once said: “If you want to study medicine, go to war”. In 1776 there were only 3,500 physicians in the colonies. These men clearly played a disproportionate role during the Revolutionary War, with around 1,300 of them serving as military surgeons at this time. During…
Step 1: Breaking & Entering
A couple of days ago I was a guest on Anne Wayman’s freelance writing site (edit added Dec 16, 2024: site no longer up and running). I was astounded by the response. In addition to a few people dropping in on Anne’s site with comments & questions about how to…
A Special New Wordcloud
I received an unexpected email a couple of days ago from Dan Hinckley – he’d come across my site here & noticed my addiction to wordclouds, and had very kindly composed a very special one for my site: I think it’s fabulous! I was very touched – thanks again Dan,…
This Week In Words
Well I’m not sure whether to thank Cathy Miller or not, but she has now helped to get me hooked on www.tagxedo.com/! I think this one might be completely addictive. But before you rush off to make your own wordcloud, please check out Cathy’s website http://simplystatedbusiness.com/ or catch her on Twitter @millercathy
Marriage Improves Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer
A recent study indicates that being married might actually improve the likelihood of survival for patients with colon cancer. Researchers studied the medical records of 127, 753 patients and determined that married people with colon cancer were 14% less likely to die than unmarried patients with the disease. Interestingly, the benefit of marriage was almost…
New Pad!
Welcome to my new pad! I’m in the process of switching over here to WordPress, so please bear with me. I’m having some issues with the format of imported posts, so previous posts may look a little odd, but hopefully the change will be a good one overall.
This Week In Words
I’ve just finished editing a huge hematology review article on erythropoietin, so it seemed fitting to create this week’s Wordle cloud from the work I did on that.
Pets And Allergies
Exposure To Pets In The First Year Of Life May Reduce Risk Of Allergies The relationship between exposure to pets and allergic disease risk has long been unresolved. Various studies in recent years have examined the effect of early exposure to cats and dogs on allergies in children. The results,…
This Week In Words
Yesterday I went to the New England Chapter meeting of the American Medical Writers Association. It was a lot of fun, highly informative & I met some great new people. If you’re a science writer but are not yet a member of the AMWA, I’d highly recommend it – a…