Blog Profile / Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer
| URL : | http://medhealthwriter.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Health | |
| Posts on Regator: | 337 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.3 | |
| Archived Since: | June 8, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Can Bed Sharing Cause Infant Death from SIDS?
It seems like a perfectly natural thing to do - bring your baby into bed with you so you both can get some sleep. It's particularly tempting if your baby wakes up frequently during the night. It keeps from having to get up from your own bed to comfort the child or to nurse, if you're breastfeeding. Show More Summary
Hereditary Cancer and Complicated Choices
Angela Jolie cut her breasts off.The real story, of course, is a bit more complicated than that. Jolie, a famous actress and humanitarian who lost her mother to breast cancer, revealed yesterday in the New York Times that she had a preventive double mastectomy to decrease her breast cancer risk. Show More Summary
The Real Secret to Weight Loss
by Elizabeth Hanes, RN-BSNAs a nurse writer, I receive many press releases every day. Many of these pitches tout products, books or experts on weight loss and related subjects. Since I don’t report on weight loss, I usually toss these...Show More Summary
New Nurse Writers Join Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer
Gather around for some exciting news about my blog: I am pleased to announce that two nurses who are also writers, Elizabeth Hanes and Jennifer L. W. Fink, are joining me in my blogging experience.Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer (MedHealthWriter) began six years ago. Show More Summary
Ultrasounds and Autism - A Connection?
Ever since the controversy regarding autism and a possible (and now negated) link to childhood immunization (US Federal Court Denies Autism/Vaccine Claim), there has been a search for another culprit. Rates of autism and autism-spectrum...Show More Summary
Should We Be Rating Hospitals?
When we go out shopping for appliances or cars, most of us do research. We ask what our friends have, comparison shop, even look for reviews online. If we hire tax accountants, plumbers, or electricians, many of us ask for recommendations from friends or colleagues. Show More Summary
How Does a Nurse Become a Writer?
I'm often asked how a nurse becomes a writer, usually by other nurses who would like to take their career in another direction. They hear that I'm a "nurse writer" and they want to learn more. I've written about this a few times andShow More Summary
AHCJ Conference - Some of What I Learned
I had the great fortune of being in Boston last week, attending the Association of Healthcare Journalists (AHCJ) conference. There was so much information there that it was a bit overwhelming, but in a good way. I have been to other writers' conferences (ASJA and PWAC, specifically), but this was my first time attending one held by this organization. Show More Summary
Could a Diet Change Help a Child With Autism?
I write some short articles on health or parenting for SheKnows.ca. My latest piece is based on an interview with chef Alain Braulx: Could a change in diet help your child's autism?What do you think? Leave a message in the comment section of the article if you like and maybe we can get a discussion going.
Stay Healthy While Traveling
Spring break, March break, reading week, whatever you call it, it's upon us. Traveling is big all year, but if you live in colder parts of the world, February and March travel are big. Really big. People are fed up with the cold and gray weather and they're in search for something fun to do in the sun. Show More Summary
Prednisone: A nasty drug, but a life saver
Steroids. We hear about steroids all the time. We hear about dishonest athletes using steroids to gain advantage and we also hear horror stories about steroid-rage, where someone who has been taking large amounts of steroids (usually without medical supervision) and goes on a rampage. Show More Summary
Keeping Our Kids Safe, But Letting Them Grow Too
Baby proofing a home is pretty standard when life brings a new child into the family. Whether you are the parents, grandparents, or caregivers, safety becomes an important part of everyday life. We can't prevent every accident and, quite honestly, it may not always be a good idea to do so. Show More Summary
Are New Year's Resolutions Worth It?
Do you make New Year's Resolutions? Do you swear that you will lose weight, exercise more, stop smoking, have more patience, read more books, all on the stroke of midnight as one calendar year flips to another? And if you do make them,...Show More Summary
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
December 6 will always be a difficult day for many people in Montreal, Quebec. It was the day, 23 years ago, when 14 young women - university students - were murdered in a Montreal university because they were women. This horrific day...Show More Summary
Worldwide, Women Still Lacking Access to Contraception
Birth control can be a hot button in political circles, but there is no doubt that family planning cuts billions in healthcare costs and saves lives around the world, says a report from the United Nations Population Fund. In 1994, the...Show More Summary
You Don't Have to Look Sick to Be Sick
Just a quick fly-by post today. An article I wrote on fibromyalgia: "You Don't Have to Look Sick to Be Sick: Understanding Fibromyalgia" is now available online (on page 25) and in print.I hope this piece will help bring a bit more understanding to a misunderstood illness.
Meet the Author: The Breast Cancer Checklist
If we haven't been there ourselves, most of us know someone who has - being dropped into the world of cancer as results from tests come back positive - "You have cancer." The word itself is frightening: Cancer.Research has come far in treating most cancers, including breast cancer. Show More Summary
Three Issues Interfering with Pain Management
I was invited to give a talk about chronic pain and stress to university students in an elective psychology course. I'm in a unique situation in that I have experience with pain, acute and chronic, from different angles. As a healthShow More Summary
What Makes You an Expert?
Every so often, I get emails from people who would like to get into writing, specifically health writing or medical editing. Many are nurses who can no longer work clinically in such a physically demanding job. Others are people whoShow More Summary
How Long Should Staff Perform CPR?
Have you ever done CPR? I have, more times than I can remember. All times but one have been in an hospital or long-term care facility, but once was on the street - on Halloween 26 years ago. There isn't a set time for how long doctors and nurses perform CPR in a hospital. Show More Summary