Cancer Blogs for Heal!

For the new Heal Magazine, a new publication about cancer survivorship opening in April of 2007, my Advanced Communication class has been asked to help with starting a blog in order to get the word out. Blogging is a good way of getting people to talk about a new magazine or idea or just creating PR buzz in general. The idea for this blog is that it will be linked to other blogs and websites in order to begin networking as well as creating the advertising. Linking this site to other blogs is a great idea and I will throw my two cents in, however, I will also look to link this site up with some good informational websites as well.

General Living (Best Cancer Blog/Website)

WebMD is one of the leading online medical information websites on the internet. Their mission is to bring objective, trustworthy and timely health information. It is a website with an abundance of information not only on cancer, but everything someone would need to know about healthy living. Additionally, this site will lead you to other medical websites, discussion boards and blogs. The nice thing about WebMD is that they are completely willing to link with other sites that are related to health (granted you must accept their terms and conditions). It would be a great place to start to get ones name out because of the mass following that is already in place.

Visit WebMD.com for more information

The Body

To learn more about the body and cancer the best blog on the internet for cancer survivors was suggested to me by one of my classmates. After much searching I realized that she had found the best website for cancer survivorship and keeping the body healthy. The blog is named the CardioBlog and it gives tips on everything from healthy eating to keeping the body healthy in general. It is very similar in format to the CancerBlog and is a great way to network and find other areas where bloggers are discussing similar body issues. Again, I believe that linking the Heal Blog with others will help disseminate important information and link readers to other areas.

Visit thecardioblog.com for more information

Just For Kids

When talking about children with cancer there are an abundance of websites and blogs that can effectively produce insightful information. One of these websites/blogs that I have found is called the Rare Cancer Alliance. This is a website that can link you to many of the blogs on cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. The thing that I really enjoyed about this blog is the fact that it has many links for children with cancer or children surviving cancer. It will take you to many new places for kids that would a regular blog.

Visit pediatric.rare-cancer.org for more information

I also wanted to suggest another blog which is very timely and relative to the location of the magazine. Recently Governor Rick Perry passed a law making it mandatory for six grade girls to receive the HPV vaccination in the state of Texas. One such blog is named The Blog That Ate Manhattan it discusses much about the idea of a mandatory vaccination for all girls for the HPV vaccination from Merck. This blog site is also focused on health and good living in general. I thought there would be blogs specifically related to the HPV vaccination but so far must of what is on the internet is from other blogs related to health in general.

Visit theblogthatatemanhattan.blogspot.com for more information