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Today I am continuing my series about health blogs you should read. We’ll look at 3 blogs by physicians in 3 different specialties today.
For the complete introduction to this series and for the first 2 blogs, go to this post, otherwise continue reading .
I recommend these health blogs because they
offer valid medical information on a variety of topics.
offer sound advice without quick fixes.
discuss common everyday health concerns
discuss the healthcare system, how it works well and how it doesn’t.
offer insights on healthy living, both as individuals, families and a society.
show you how physicians think , feel and act , both as persons and professionals
will educate and challenge you.
These blogs open a window into the medical community. You may be surprised that physicians have the same concerns about health and medical care as you , and some that you are unaware of. Most importantly, you will find they are on your side; they care about you,their patients, probably a lot more than you care about them.
These bloggers’ viewpoints often surprise and challenge me; I don’t always agree with them and you may not either. By recommending them, I don’t endorse their opinions, nor do I benefit financially.
We’ll explore these 10 over several days so check back often, or subscribe by email to make it easy to keep up.
The accompanying photos are illustrative only, and are not necessarily affiliated with the blogs or bloggers mentioned.
Dr. Marroquinn writes on health, bioethics and the practice of medicine.
He practices internal medicine in Austin, Texas, is fellowship-trained/board certified in palliative care and works from time to time at an inpatient hospice facility.
The last of the battleships to participate in World War I and II, Battleship Texas became the first battleship memorial museum in the U.S. in 1948.
“to inform people (including myself) about health science, ponder philosophical, political, theological issues associated with medicine, and make sense of my experience as a physician.”
Dr. Marroquinn posts infrequently; his posts are timely, articulate and informative.
Here is a post I especially enjoyed about Boxing and Parkinson’s Disease. He discusses a video about 60 Minutes news correspondent Leslie Stahl and her husband who has Parkinson’s Disease.
is written by blogger Dr. Shirie Leng, an anesthesiologist, who writes,
“I have worked in health care both as a nurse and as a doctor for 15 years. The health care industry is just that, an industry. As such it doesn’t have a whole lot of concern for the “customer”. I write about the processes, redundancies, red-tape and pure pointlessness of much of medicine, so that you can make decisions and navigate for yourself.”
I suspect Dr. Leng spends much time in places similar to this.
Besides healthcare, she writes about education, insurance, end-of-life issues, motherhood, and the history of medicine.
Dr. Leng had not posted in awhile because, as she explains it, “nothing health-care related has outraged me recently. And I definitely write better when agitated about something.”
But she did post this piece recently, Health Is For Us, Not you , in which she touches on mass shooters, Syrian refugees and ISIS.
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