Organisations
Australian Medical Writers Association
www.medicalwriters.org
Australian Medical Writers Association provides resources for
medical writers, journalists and editors and contact details for
freelance members
Association of Health Care Journalists
www.healthjournalism.org/
American site with links wide range of resources
Medical Journalists Association
www.mja-uk.org/
Resources
Official Information
Guidelines for
requesting official Information
How to use the Official Information Act
Advice from Steven Price
Guardian newspaper
DataStore
A repository of background facts and figures for a wide range of
Guardian stories including health issues
Sources of judical decisions
Courts of
New Zealand
-Daily court lists for Supreme Court, Court of appeal and High
Court
-Court decisons (where there is a public interest)
Ministry of Justice
Comprehensive listing of judical bodies and where their decisions
can be found
PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Limits&DB=PubMed
Free access to Medline
News@Nature
www.nature.com/news/
Original content and news stories from Nature, Nature
Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, and
BioEntrepreneur, along with science careers news from NatureJobs.
These articles appear on news@nature.com up to several weeks before
they're published in the print editions of these journals.
EurekAlert
www.eurekalert.org/
EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities,
medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and
other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the
media and public.
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/
A broad sampling of the past day's science news and, where
possible, news releases or other news tips related to publication
of science news in the general circulation news media, mainly of
the US.
Investigative reporters and editors
www.ire.org/
Can provide some useful story ideas
Medical dictionaries
MedicineNet.com
www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp
Style points
Elements of Style, William Strunk
www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
The bible for better writing style
Vancouver style
www.icmje.org
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors website - just
in case you need to understand "Vancouver style"
The Southland Times style book
www.bygeorge.co.nz/stylebook/index.html
A newspaper style guide with pointers on common style issues
Watchdogs
How to Evaluate Health Information on the
Internet
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/BuyingMedicinesOvertheInternet/ucm202863.htm
A website from the US FDA providing questions and answer to help
determine the reliability of health information sourced on the
internet
Presswatch Health News
www.presswatch.com/health/index.php
Health stories being covered in UK dailies
Media Doctor Australia
www.mediadoctor.org.au
Looks at accuracy in health reporting in Australia
Media Doctor Canada
www.mediadoctor.ca
Looks at accuracy in health reporting in Canada
Healthwatch UK
www.healthwatch-uk.org/index.html
Encouraging scientific testing of conventional, complementary and
alternative medicine and therapies
General info
World Health Organization
www.who.int/en/
The big daddy of health organizations and it is spelt with a
"z"
Dr Koop
http://www.drkoop.net/
American website with general health information
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Keep an eye on disease outbreaks
Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
US regulatory body