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Our top blogs and resources to help you write high-quality, engaging health content.

How people read your online content

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 21, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

How people read your online content

Let’s take a closer look at a few studies about how people generally read your online content.

Filed Under: Health writing

5 useful editing and proofreading tools

LAST UPDATED January 12, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 14, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

5 useful editing and proofreading tools

Editing and proofreading your own work isn’t always straightforward, so tools can work as a second pair of eyes.

Filed Under: Health & medical editing, Health writing

Resources to help you start a health blog

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 26, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to start a health blog

You love writing, you’re passionate about a health topic and you want to share your health knowledge with the online world. Sound familiar?

Filed Under: Health blogging, Health writing

5 tips for effective referencing in consumer health writing

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 27, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

Referencing and citations in consumer writing

Have you ever been confused about how to reference a piece of consumer health writing?

Filed Under: Health writing

Uploaded ToTips for finding health article ideas when you need a little inspiration

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 21, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

Tips for finding health article ideas when you need a little inspiration

Although health writing demands rigour for scientific and medical accuracy, creativity is still an essential aspect of the writing process.

Filed Under: Health writing

Marketing bizarre medical treatments from the past

LAST UPDATED January 12, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 7, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Historical medical marketing contains some scary health messages

The health writers of the past were tasked with promoting very different medical treatments and had a smaller range of mediums to utilise.

Filed Under: Health writing

5 considerations when writing about research

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 23, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

5 considerations when writing about research

We’ve discussed the importance of finding evidence from top medical journals, but how do you know which studies are worth including in your writing?

Filed Under: Health writing

6 health news apps that help you monitor breaking medical news

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 9, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

6 health news apps that help you monitor breaking medical news

Downloading health news apps to your mobile device is a great way to access breaking health news articles.

Filed Under: Health writing

Uploaded ToThese 6 medical magazines can help you find trending research

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 25, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

These 6 medical magazines can help you find trending research

Medical magazines can be a great source of information for keeping your knowledge of health news and trends current.

Filed Under: Health writing

6 leading general medicine journals to follow

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 11, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

6 leading general medicine journals to follow

Here are 6 high-quality general medicine journals to follow. Why not add one of them to your reading repertoire this week?

Filed Under: Health writing

How to conduct expert interviews with confidence

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 1, 2016 | BY Dr Jocelyn Lowinger

How to conduct expert interviews with confidence

Here are some coaching principles to help you conduct expert interviews with ease and have some fun in the process, as well.

Filed Under: Health writing, How to be a more confident writer

9 award-winning health articles every health writer should read

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 27, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

9 award-winning health articles every health writer should read

Analysing articles written by award-winning writers, recognised for their superior storytelling abilities, can help you enhance your health writing skills.

Filed Under: Health writing

6 common characteristics of successful health bloggers

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 14, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

6 common characteristics of successful health bloggers

When you take a closer look at the best of the best health bloggers, it becomes clear they share many key attributes. Here are 6 of their most common characteristics.

Filed Under: Health blogging, Health writing

4 tips for writing clinical paper summaries

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 7, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

4 tips for writing clinical paper summaries

If you’re planning to write a summary of a published journal article from a peer-reviewed medical journal, consider these suggestions to help guide your writing.

Filed Under: Health writing

Exploring the appeal to authority in health writing

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED December 15, 2015 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Exploring the appeal to authority in health writing

The appeal to authority implies that an expert’s opinion is a universal truth, and it’s a tactic many writers use – often in the absence of evidence – despite it being somewhat of a logical fallacy.

Filed Under: Health writing

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