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ABC News Covers Medblogger Track At Blog World Expo

October 20th, 2009 by Dr. Val Jones in Medblogger Shout Outs, Video

My friend and morning ABC anchor, Dave Lucas, is tired of all the false health information that fills his email inbox each day. He’s very relieved that there are physicians, nurses, and patient advocates “swimming against the tide” of pseudoscience and misleading health information online. Today Dave and I discussed how people can find accurate and potentially life-saving health information through peer-reviewed medical blogs, thanks to the health blogger code of ethics (administered by MedPage Today).

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3 Responses to “ABC News Covers Medblogger Track At Blog World Expo”

  1. Sean says:
    October 21, 2009 at 5:32 AM

    Dr. Val
    I’m so very happy for all your success with your blog, your website, your company, etc. A hard-earned and well deserved kudos. Thank you for all that you do.

  2. drcharles says:
    December 8, 2009 at 11:56 PM

    Excellent interview, everything well said.

  3. the paleo diet for athletes cordain friel says:
    April 20, 2013 at 10:52 PM

    I love reading an article that will make people think.
    Also, thanks for permitting me to comment!

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