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Is blogging good for your health?

By Bob Coffield

Is blogging good for your health?

This Boston Globe article, Cancer blogs become part of treatment, indicates that blogging about your condition has a positive impact.

The article states:

Boyd is one of a growing number of cancer patients turning to the Internet to discuss their disease, keeping friends and family updated, and connecting with other patients, according to oncology social workers and psychologists. Personal blogs, listservs, and sites like CarePages, CaringBridge, and Breast Cancer Stories give patients an outlet to express the emotional turmoil associated with the disease, enabling a virtual catharsis for some. . .

. . . While there hasn't been much research done on the relatively recent phenomenon, patients attest to its many benefits. And two Ohio State University researchers, conducting one of the first studies on cancer patient blogs, said their preliminary findings suggest that online journals indeed help.

Thanks to Alan Goldberg for pointing out the article on the AHLA HIT listserve.

Full post as published by Health Care Law Blog on August 20, 2008 (boomark / email).