Brain Blogger
About Us
Brain Blogger is an award winning blog that covers topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. We review the latest news and research related to neuroscience/neurology, psychology/psychiatry, and health/healthcare. Our blog serves as a focal point for attracting new minds beyond the basic sciences of the mind-and-brain and into the biopsychosocial model.
This project is an official undertaking of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF) — a major international non-profit charity organization for the advancement of neurological and mental health patient welfare, education, and research.
We are proud to be a member of the 9rules Network and the Scientific American Partner Network — a handful of selected blogs that share similar interests and readership. Also, we are certified by HONcode — the oldest and the most used ethical and trustworthy code for medical and health related information available on Internet.
Our Team
- Shaheen Lakhan, Editor and Co-Founder
- Ray McIntyre, Former Editor and Co-Founder
In accordance with our mission to provide quality articles from multidimensional perspectives, our team of over 30 contributors have diverse academic, professional, and social backgrounds: from neurosurgeons (Dr. McCleary), psychotherapists (Mr. Yourell and Mrs. Mori), forensic psychologists (Dr. MacHovec), registered nurses (Mrs. Jones), to patient family members (Mrs. Wilson-Herndon) and general citizens concerned about mental health (Mr. McIntyre).
To join our team, please follow the simple instructions to sign-up online.
Our articles have been featured in or syndicated by the following media outlets:
- Google News
- Reuters
- Fox News
- Fox Business
- USA Today
- San Francisco Gate
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Palm Beach Post
- Austin American Statesman
- iVillage
- Cox Ohio Publishing
- Internet Broadcasting Systems (IBS) — a publisher of over 70 American TV station websites including CNN.com.
Indexing
We have been listed in or indexed by the following directories, organizations, or websites:
- 404.tv – SNAKK Media, Mobile Web Blog
- 9rules Network
- Alltop – Neuroscience
- Answers.com
- Best of the Web – Neuroscience
- Blog Carnival
- Blog Catalog
- Blogged.com
- Budapest Open Access Initiative
- Daylife
- DMOZ – Science > Biology > Neurobiology > Publications
- Furry Monkey
- Google Search
- Healthcare.com
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
- Intute: Social Sciences
- Library of Congress — ISSN 1931-6224
- MyBlogLog
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine
- Nature Blog Network
- Nature Blogs
- Nature’s Scintilla
- odiogo Podcasts
- Postgenomic
- Quantcast
- Regator
- Research Blogging
- Scientific American Partner Network
- Superblog Directory
- Technorati
- TopBlogArea.com
- Total Blog Directory
- Trusted.MD
- UC Berkeley, Cognitive Control and Development Lab
- University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center Library
- URL Fan
- Wellsphere
- Wikio (Health)
- Wikipedia
Links to Us
Blogs, articles, and other pages that link to us can be found at:
Ranks, Awards & Honors
- Thinking Blogger Award
- Wikio – Health Top Ranking Blog
- Blogger’s Choice Awards Nomination
- BB Leaderboard Top 50 — Q1 2008
- MedBlogEN — Top 100 Medical Blogs
- OEDb – 101 Fascinating Brain Blogs
- Top 100 Cutting-Edge Science Blogs
- 2008 People’s HealthBlogger Award
- Top 100 Mental Health and Psychology Blogs
- Wellsphere – Top HealthBlogger (Brain Health)
- Member of the Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics
- Wellsphere – Featured Top Health Blogger — 09/29/08
- RedScrubs – Top Blog Post — 12/23/08, 03/17/09
- Blog Carnival – Featured Carnival — 04/16/07, 06/16/07, 09/30/07, 03/12/08, 07/17/08, 10/07/08, 05/27/09, 05/31/09
- Healthcare 100 — The World’s Top Blogs on Health and Medicine
Book, Multimedia, and Merchandise Reviews
Please send all books and other resources/merchandise to the following address for review and potential coverage in Brain Blogger:
Brain Blogger c/o GNIF
PO Box 4832
Panorama City, CA 91412-4832
Should you need a physical address (e.g. for UPS/FedEx/DHL shipments), please contact us clearly indicating what you want reviewed.
Advertising & Sponsorships
We are open to advertising and sponsorship proposals including, but not limited to:
- text link ads — on select or all pages
- graphic ads — including custom pixel sizes
Advertising content is clearly marked with image and/or text labels (i.e. “Sponsored” or “Advertisement”) to distinguish ads from our editorial content.
Please send us a message to discuss advertising or sponsorship options.
Titles & Abbreviations
ACS: approved clinical supervisor; DC: doctor of chiropractic medicine; DDS: doctor of dental surgery; DO: doctor of osteopathy; IT: in training; LPC: licensed professional counselor; MA: master of arts; MBA: master of business administration; MBBS: bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery; MD: doctor of medicine; MEd: master of education; MHS: master of health sciences; MPH: master of public health; MS: master of science; NCC: nationally certified counselor; PharmD: doctor of pharmacy; PhD: doctor of philosophy; PT: physical therapist; RN: registered nurse, RPh: registered pharmacist.
Disclaimer
Brain Blogger does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The content of this site is for informatory purposes only and should not substitute advice from medical professionals.
Copyright & Intellectual Property
We have been victims of copyright theft on numerous occasions and in each instance we exercised our intellectual property and legal rights afforded by the DMCA. Our site clearly labels each webpage with “All Rights Reserved.” Expressed permission is required in order to re-publish our content by contacting us.
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
- Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome
- Autism - No Need For A Cure?
- Are Humans Hard-Wired to Torture?
- Free Will and the Philosophy of Science
- Therapy and Medication - Where's the Breaking News?
- Emotions and the Brain
- Clearing the Haze - Is Marijuana Addictive?
- How Many Babies Is Too Many?
- Is Sugar the New Cocaine?
- What is Free Will?
- Reflections on Plasticity
- Recent Drug Warnings About Suicide
- Lithium as a Neuroprotectant?
- Logistical Barriers to Stem Cell Research
- Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Topical Morphine - An Experimental Approach to Chronic Pain
- Be a Doctor! The Hours are Great!
- Time for a Change - Gender Reassignment
- Is Obesity Contagious?
- The Hidden Dangers of Soy
- Why Do Schizophrenics Smoke Cigarettes?
- Prevention of Adolescent Depression
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Sixteenth Edition
- Get By With a Little Help From Your Friends
- Communication is Key to Appropriate Antibiotic Use
- Time for a Change – Gender Reassignment
- Common Treatment Ineffective for Autism
- Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome
- NSAIDs – Prevention or Just Delay of Dementia?
- What is Proprioception?
- Who Should Decide the Survivability of Newborns?
- Reflections on Plasticity
- Death and Dying in Tough Economic Times
- Medicate or Educate? – Just Pop a Polypill
- Dressing for Success? – the White Coat Dilemma
- What is Free Will?
- Clearing the Haze – Is Marijuana Addictive?
- Migraine Uncovered – Interview with Dr. Cady, Headache Expert
- Brain Blogging, Forty-Fifth Edition
- Barriers to Emergency Contraception
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- Low blood sugar and high caffeine intake are also characteristic of many active ...
- As, I had a short 4-day trip to the mental hospital I can attest, almost all of ...
- How dare you tell me I experience no withdrawals? Who are you and what makes yo...
- Neither profession is more important than the other. I say this as a practicing ...
- I would imagine, to you....
- "You are also profiteering off of those who are “addicted,” and there’s usually ...
- I have been THC free for many years (after many years of daily use) and never ex...
- Please take a look at this article and see that we paranoid pro-pot-people have ...
- Bryan,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. If you are equating food or exercise ...
- Samantha, you're in a ridiculous state of denial about marijuana addiction. I wa...
- From my own experience it is very important to look into hormone disturbances. I...
- Hello, I am not at all opposed to the idea that marijuana can be addictive for s...
- I agree with Joseph's comment and many of the points that Samantha makes as well...
- Plasticity just makes me happy. You should read or hear what the program all in ...
- Great post, I have been studying depression also. But I took another approach.
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- Cognative behavioral therapy for some adolescents in a productive enviornment wi...
- Not BS!!!!! I'm 24 years old and I never smoked Marijuana more than twice a year...
- The author is certainly taking a beating from those who seem a little defensive ...
- I left the personal anecdotes for last in a 3-part series, intending them to ser...
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