Behavioral Medicine Report

OUR RECOMMENDATION: INNOCENT

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: Behavioral Medicine Report

WEB ADDRESS: http://www.bmedreport.com

BLOG'S DESCRIPTION: The Kindle Edition of The Behavioral Medicine Report (BMED Report) provides full text reading to all newly release articles. Topics focus on new and informative developments from the world of psychology, neuroscience, medicine, electromedicine, immunology, genetics, and psychophysiology, including quantitative EEG (QEEG), neurofeedback, and biofeedback with a strong emphasis on empirically validated information and research. Relevant research/science-based news and important clinician resources receive considerable attention. Select journal articles and book chapters are occasionally republished in full. Our primary mission is to provide unique and reliable biopsychosocial health-related information to the general public and healthcare professionals.

OUR REVIEW:

THE GOOD: If you want some interesting reading on anything from obesity, public health, sleep and meditation all the way to epilepsy, headaches, immunology, nutrition and much more - than this is the blog for you. The articles are in depth, well written, formatted well for the Kindle and updated frequently.

THE BAD: N/A

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Researcher Finds That Hypnosis Can Help Control Pain Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Childhood Stress Such As Abuse Or Emotional Neglect Can Result In Structural Brain Changes
• New Smoking Cessation Therapy Proves Promising
• EEG Brain Implant Reveals The Neural Patterns Of Attention
• Regular Exercise Reduces Anxiety By 20 Percent

The Dog Ate My Care Plan

OUR RECOMMENDATION: GUILTY

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: The Dog Ate My Care Plan

WEB ADDRESS: http://thedogatemycareplan.wordpress.com

BLOG'S DESCRIPTION: Welcome to the life and times of a 28-yr-old mother of three and wife to one. I'm a junior nursing student in an evening/weekend BSN program graduating in December of 2011. Join me in my pilgrimage through endless studying, sleep deprivation, and the utter and total lack of a social life. But be nice to me...I may be your nurse some day!

OUR REVIEW:

THE GOOD: Not much...

THE BAD: I was really looking forward to this blog. I truly thought it was going to deliver up some great insight to the Nursing Profession and/or the nursing perspective on the medical field or even some other useful information. I was wrong. The title says it all - Just a typical, tired, "no social lifed" Nursing Student who groans, moans and complains as she takes us through her time in Nursing School. My own Mother is a nurse and even she said that although it brought back a few memories of Nursing School, she would rather not hear about someone else's person day to day plights. She said, "I have enough of my own - this is more like a Soap Opera, and who the hell would want to watch one of those!?"

*Although it formats well for the Kindle, It is only updated with 1 article every 3-5 weeks. (10 total articles since August, 2009).

If you are going to offer your blog as a paid subscription on the Kindle or any other platform, you owe it to the readers to have regular updates and articles.

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Buh-bye Health Assessment (March 1, 2010)
• Sink or Swim (February 6, 2010)
• Now Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Program… (January 31, 2010)
• Slow and Steady Wins The Race! (December 18, 2009)
• Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of Nursing School (November 23, 2009)

Daily Dose Of Medical Knowledge

OUR RECOMMENDATION: GUILTY (Inactive as of Nov 27, 2009)

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: Daily Dose Of Medical Knowledge

WEB ADDRESS: http://www.brimsoft.com/blog

BLOG'S DESCRIPTION: Daily Dose is just what the Doctor Ordered! Written by an Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society member & internal medicine physician, Daily Dose delivers a medical fact a day straight to your Kindle. Most medical professionals strive to stay current in their medical knowledge and Daily Dose is here to help you along the way!

Facts will range the gamut of medical knowledge, from lab tests and their uses to patient management and diagnosis. Nurses, medical students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, and physicians will all enjoy getting a medical tidbit daily. And even though Daily Dose caters to those in the healthcare professions, it can be enjoyable to anyone with an interest in medicine and health.

Studying for the USMLE, shelf exams, and specialty boards has never been more fun with Daily Dose!

*Please do not use Daily Dose as a substitute for your own medical judgement. Non-healthcare professionals are encouraged to not use Daily Dose to diagnose or treat themselves but to instead see their own physician.*

OUR REVIEW:

THE GOOD: (Inactive as of Nov 27, 2009). We also put this under THE GOOD, because this blog was terrible from the get go. It was updated about once a month with just 1 article and it wasn't even interesting. So it's a good thing that is is Inactive.

THE BAD: (Inactive as of Nov 27, 2009)

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Daily Dose - Keep Your Medical Knowledge Up-to-date (Nov. 27, 2009)
• Daily Dose 1.1.0 Has Been Submitted to the App Store! (Aug. 27, 2009)
• Wards 1.1.0 Has Been Submitted To The App Store! (Aug. 17, 2009)
• Daily Dose 1.0.0 Has Been Released. (Aug. 5, 2009)
• Wards v1.0.1 Has Been Released! (July 13, 2009)

PhysOrg.com - Science, Technology, Research News

OUR RECOMMENDATION: INNOCENT

AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION PAGE: PhysOrg.com - Science, Technology, Research News

WEB ADDRESS: http://physorg.com

BLOG'S DESCRIPTION: Daily spotlight science, research and technology news stories from PhysOrg.com. Enjoy reading 30-50 quality articles every day. PhysOrg.com is a leading sci-tech news website with 1.5 million readership. Topics include space, physics, earth science, medicine, nanotechnology, electronics, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics and other sciences and technologies. Make sure to check our channel Kindle feeds for an extended coverage of selected subjects.

OUR REVIEW:

THE GOOD: An Excellent science blog. It has 20-30 articles per day / 7 days a week. It provides a wide variety of science related news and articles.

THE BAD: The majority of the articles involve technology, so there are few articles about nature, animals, climate change, paleontology, anthropology, etc.

RECENT ARTICLES:

• Study finds genetic link between misery and death
• New clues found linking larger animals to colder climates
• Bloom Energy unveils fuel cell of the future
• Cannibal star is devouring a planet, astronomers say
• Hormone study gives scientists a sense of how animals bond