Sites are listed alphabetically within four categories: doctors and hospitals, just doctors, just hospitals and regional doctors and hospitals.

Doctors and Hospitals

1. AARP Doctor and Hospital Information provides reviews about doctors and hospitals, including ratings, for people over 50.
2. AllMed Health Management provides independent medical reviews that help insurance payers and claims managers control costs and do the right thing for every patient.
3. Consumer Health Ratings offers a comprehensive list of organizations that rate or report performance of doctors, hospitals, health plans, home health agencies, and nursing homes in the United States.
4. Healthcare Reviews allows users to search reviews or submit ratings for doctors, hospitals, dentists, or other health professionals.
5. Healthcare Scoop provides a format where you can learn, share, and connect with others. You’ll find stories and experiences in all aspects of healthcare, doctors and hospitals.
6. Healthgrades allows users to search through physicians, dentists, nursing homes, hospitals, medical costs, or drugs for comparisons.
7. Highlight Health Web Directory is a list of websites that rate and review hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare services.

Doctors

8. 1866 Doctor is an online search tool that helps you find out the best doctors near to your region and also furnishes the complete details about the doctors, including their clinic addresses, telephone numbers, qualifications and medical histories.
9. Angie’s List: used by more than 1,000,000 consumers to find high quality service professionals and doctors.
10. Best Doctors in America 2009-2010 provides a current list for Cleveland magazine of America’s best doctors.
11. Bestdoctors.com allows users to search in English, Spanish, or French for doctors in most parts of the world.
12. Book of Doctors provides information about doctors in your area quickly and easily.
13. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. has a mission of helping consumers find the best healthcare in America. To this end, they publish America’s Top Doctors, their most popular book. The list of peer-nominated doctors also appears in the website’s directory.
14. Consumer Reports offers guidance on choosing a doctor, including how to check credentials, questions to ask.
15. Dentist Reviews/Doctor Ratings helps patients and doctors find consumer reviews posted to the top 40+ review sites. You can compare the comments and use them as “grades” to evaluate dentists.
16. DocInfo is the Federation of State Medical Boards‘ information on physicians, including whether he or she has been disciplined by the state medical board, educational history, and more.
17. DocLoop‘s database contains over 100,000 doctors, hospitals, and other types of health-related information. Advanced doctor search can help you find doctor reports and doctor reviews.
18. DoctorBase is “a community of healthcare professionals and patients speaking candidly.” The blog intends to help people find doctors.
19. Doctor.com provides a search for doctors by medical specialty, by the health insurance they take, or by name.
20. DoctorScoreCard.com is a site that allows you to enter any part of your doctor’s name or browse by state, or in UK, Canada, Australia, India, or Ireland, to find out how your doctor is rated.
21. Doctortree.org is a database of over 500,000 doctors, growing every day with information.
22. Drscore.com allows for searches for doctors and provides a satisfaction rating. Also, read the Drscore blog while visiting this page for more information.
23. Findadoc.com provides a search for ratings for over a million doctors and dentists. Make informed choices about your health care.
24. MD Nationwide provides a consumers’ guide to top doctors, and a check-your-doctor service.
25. My Doc Hub gives unbiased doctor ratings, doctor reviews, and dentist reviews.
26. New York Magazine Best Doctors offers the 2010 list of 1,119 top physicians in the five boroughs of New York City and surrounding counties.
27. Physician Reports is a place to let others across the country know how your doctor ranks, and compare your answers about your doctors with others.
28. RateMDs.com enables you to check your doctor, by state of by specialty.
29. U Compare HealthCare is a site where you can read patient reviews to find the best local doctor.
30. Vimo provides a search for doctors in their database. Click on the button that says: “rate this doctor.”
31. Vitals, “where doctors are examined.” Free doctor profiles and reviews.
32. ZocDoc is a beta site where you can find doctors, read reviews and make appointments online instantly.

Hospitals

33. CiteHealth is a place to check for reviews of hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers and home care agencies. Data comes from government and commercial data sources, direct verification, and consumers.
34. Find a Hospital provides choices by area and within a certain mileage range.
35. Hospital Cornerstone has sections on hospital reviews, which they define as overviews of patient satisfaction.
36. Hospital Soup enables you to search hospitals in the US and in other countries.
37. Hospitals Worldwide contains over 15,000 entries of hospitals and health clinics throughout the world. Search by combination of country, alphabetical letter or keyword.
38. Medicare Hospital Compare is provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Make a general search or search for medical conditions or surgical procedures.
39. NetDoc Hospital Rankings is a search by zip code to get hospitals arranged and compared with color coding on a map of a given area.
40. The LeapFrog Group allows users to search and compare hospitals on overall patient safety ratings and safety of selected procedures.
41. U.S. News Best Hospitals 2010-11 evaluated 5000 hospitals to find the best in 16 adult specialties. 14 hospitals are on an Honor Roll.

The following list is categorized and listed in no particular order within those categories.

Slideshows

1. Basic Thyroid Ultrasound Technology: Abel Alfonso, DO and endrocinologist, share a slide show about thyroid ultrasound technology at SlideWorld.
2. Ultrasound Imaging of Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis: This comprehensive slideshow includes a study as well as one show that focuses on Rheumatoid arthritis and another show that focuses on exercises for individuals who suffer from Rheumatoid arthritis.
3. Definition of Doppler ultrasound: MedicineNet.com offers a comprehensive overview of Doppler ultrasound in print as well as through tools such as three slideshows, including a heart disease slideshow, 15 tips on how to avoid heart disease slideshow and a heart-healthy foods slideshow.
4. Routine Ultrasound in Acute Retention of Urine: This slideshow was prepared by individuals at the Urology Unit, Surgical Department of the Salmaniya Medical Complix.
5. Abdominal Ultrasound: This YouTube video is a slideshow about abdominal ultrasound, based upon a lecture and geared toward students (no sound).
6. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Hypovolemia and Volume Responsiveness: Dr. S. Patrick Bender and the University of Vermont offer this YouTube slideshow lecture (no sound).
7. 3D Ultrasound Scan Photos Slide Show: Take your pick of at least ten slide shows that profile various fetal, trimester and other reproductive elements offered by Dr. Najeeb Layyous in Jordan.
8. Slide show: Fetal ultrasound: The Mayo Clinic offers a slideshow marketed to women who are newly pregnant. This show features real fetal ultrasound images as well as tips for understanding the images.
9. Fetal Development Pictures Slideshow: Month by Month: MedicineNet.com provides a slideshow that shows fetal development month by month in 14 slides.
10. Just the Facts: This site contains several slide shows and video clips geared toward the newly-pregnant mother and for teachers. Topics range from normal pregnancies to fetal surgery and other topics. The information is available in seven languages and includes ultrasound images.

Studies

11. Ultrasound Technology and Second Language Acquisition Research [PDF]: Ian Wilson and Bryan Gick from the University of Aizu and University of British Columbia, respectively, review ultrasound imaging as a method of direct visual feedback for learners and researchers interested in observing differences in articulation of sounds within and across languages.
12. The Dangers of Prenatal Ultrasound: This article is offered by Judie C. Snelson and The Center for Unhindered Living, and argues that no studies have been done which prove the safety of ultrasound devices, and that the American Medical Association recommends against unnecessary exposure.
13. Ultrasound Imaging More Portable, Affordable with USB-Based Probes [PDF]: Dr. William D. Richard and David Zar provide information about how to reach remote and poor regions of the world with new ultrasound technologies that run on laptops and small PCs.
14. Fruits of a Creative Mind: A Clearer Picture: This article explores the contributions made by Dr. James Greenleaf, Mayo Clinic scientist and director of the Ultrasound Research Laboratory, including his novel ultrasound treatments, and biotechnology that produces clear images, some in 3D, of tiny structures deep within the body.
15. New Technology Promises Compact High-Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound: Basic ultrasound transducer hardware has not changed much in the past 50 years. Learn how this third-year PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University changed that history.
16. Research Continues on Automated Breast Ultrasound Technology: A clinical research study is now in progress that will help determine if the use of 3D Automated Breast Ultrasound technology (ABUS), if used in combination with routine mammograms, can detect breast cancer more accurately in women with dense breast tissue than routine mammograms alone.
17. How to Scan the Shoulder with Ultrasound: Dr. Levon Nazarian at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia performs a musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound exam of a patient’s rotator cuff in this video.
18. Teaching Veterinary Radiology and Diagnostic Ultrasound at a Distance: Using a QTVR Image Database [PDF]: This study shows an innovative use of Quicktime Virtual Reality (QTVR) for display and manipulation of veterinary radiographs and ultrasound images, within a database developed for use in the Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging unit of the Master of Veterinary Studies at Murdoch University in Australia.
19. 3D Ultrasound Tracking of the Left Ventricles Using One-Step Forward Prediction and Data Fusion of Collaborative Trackers [PDF]: This paper proposes a novel one-step forward prediction to generate the motion prior using motion manifold learning, and introduce two collaborative trackers to achieve both temporal consistency and failure recovery with 3D Echocardiography.
20. Indirect Low-Intensity Ultrasonic Stimulation for Tissue Engineering: According to this study, LIUS (Low Intensity UltraSound) has been used to enhance bone healing, repair of damaged muscle, and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts or chondrocytes.

Infographics

Few infographics focus on ultrasound. That said, the following choices focus on health education and technologies in general.

21. EMR by the Numbers – A Video Infographic: This video infographic explains changes in healthcare records and GE’s solution for an integrated system for medical records.
22. Where are the Top Colleges in the World Located? This infographic defines the best colleges by degrees. Depending upon your focus, ultrasound technology would fit under either engineering/IT or life sciences/biomedicine.
23. Education And The Future of Technology: This video infographic focuses on a wide range of technology and explains what the future holds for students who are interested in studying technologies.
24. Graduate Level Degrees: Prestigious, International and Online: This infographic looks at how traditional brick-and-mortar universities now make a credible graduate-level education available online. Learn more about what type of degree you might want for an ultrasound technology career.
25. Medical Career Salaries: A look at various medical fields and what they offer to professionals today. While ultrasound technicians are not included here, salary levels for that career, depending upon degree and location, fall between the bachelor and doctorate degrees for any one of the top three professions shown here.

Fertility Issues

Learn more about fertility, and address infertility issues with help from these fertility experts.

1. @fertilityauthor: Claire understands fertility, and offers interesting information getting pregnant.
2. @fertilitychick: An interesting look at fertility issues, and the effort to get pregnant.
3. @SherInstitute:Information from a network of fertility clinics and experts.
4. @conceive: Learn more about how to conceive, some of the issues related to conception and tips to help you.
5. @mnt_fertility: This center offers news and information on fertility, including male infertility issues.
6. @fertilityyoga: This yoga expert is also an expert on how yoga can enhance fertility.
7. @MyFertilityPlan: Learn more about fertility, how to increase your chances of getting pregnant, and more.
8. @fertilityearth: A look at fertility news, tips and more.
9. @pregnancy_hopes: Meant for those trying to get pregnant and interested in fertility issues.

Healthy Pregnancy

Learn more about having a healthy pregnancy, and get tips on keeping your growing baby healthy.

10. @fitpregnancy: The experts at Fit Pregnancy magazine share insights on a health pregnancy.
11. @HeidiMurkoff: Author of What to Expect When You’re Expecting offers insights into health pregnancy.
12. @What_To_Expect: Learn more about pregnancy and learn more about how to be healthy.
13. @ExpectantMother: A good look at having a health pregnancy, and targeted information for your location.
14. @PregAwareness: Be aware of how your choices can affect your pregnancy.
15. @pregnancyorg: Experts discuss pregnancy and better health throughout.
16. @PregnancyWeekly: Learn more about better pregnancy habits and how you can improve your health.
17. @TheCradle: Excellent information from pregnancy and childbirth experts.
18. @PregCompanion: Expert advice and tips on pregnancy, and how to remain healthy during this time.
19. @babybumpfitness: Learn more about fitness during pregnancy.
20. @Alisa_Pregnancy: Shares information on pregnancy and fit pregnancy.

High Risk/Difficult Pregnancy

Get tools, tips and information from experts on how to handle difficult pregnancies, as well as high risk pregnancies. Includes some great insights on multiples pregnancies.

21. @PregnancyIssues: Focuses on issues related to pregnancy, difficulties during pregnancy and more.
22. @micropreemies: About preemies. Learn about pregnancies that end early.
23. @TheTwinners: Learn about having a twin pregnancy and other aspects of high risk pregnancies.
24. @Lyrehca: This expert can help you learn to balance pregnancy with diabetes.
25. @Jennandtonica: This mom knows about multiples and the difficulties that type of pregnancy can present.
26. @idoiagkikas: A good look at twin pregnancy and other multiples issues.
27. @speedglenn: Learn more about coping with a difficult pregnancy. These tweets are protected, though.
28. @chamberlynmarks: Learn about bed rest and find tips for getting through a tough pregnancy.
29. @achronicdose: Information on chronic disease, including coping during pregnancy.

Labor and Delivery

Learn what you need to know about labor and delivery. Includes insights from L & D nurses.

30. @nursemidwife: Learn more about pregnancy, labor, delivery and more from this nurse midwife.
31. @SarahStewart: This nurse educator is also very knowledgeable about midwifery and childbirth.
32. @NFP_nursefamily: A look at mothers’ health and children. Includes information on pregnancy and childbirth from a nurse practitioner perspective.
33. @macobyn: This MD knows about pregnancy and childbirth, and provides valuable insight.
34. @academicobgyn: More information on childbirth and pregnancy issues from a physician.
35. @Contemporaryob: Focusing on women’s health care, this pregnancy expert knows about childbirth, and is dedicated to providing information on all your options.

Natural Childbirth

Find out more about natural childbirth, homebirth and related issues. Includes some insights from midwives and doulas.

36. @BirthwaysDoulas: Learn more about natural childbirth from Jeanette McCulloch, a pregnancy and early parenting expert and doula.
37. @midwifeamy: This midwife knows about birth, and about using variety natural methods. Writes for Lamaze International.
38. @obgynrebel: This Ob/Gyn sees room for change in the current situation. A great look at natural options.
39. @birthispowerful: More on how you can be empowered through giving birth.
40. @tranquildoula: This birth doula shares information about natural childbirth and more.
41. @greenmidwife: More about natural birth and green birthing from this midwife.
42. @BornDoula: Learn more about natural childbirth options and information that can help you have a better experience.
43. @PUSHds: A look at natural childbirth, tips for having a natural pregnancy and more information about natural health.
44. @BirthingWithin: More on natural childbirth options, holistic pregnancy and more. Helpful information and education on natural pregnancy.

Breastfeeding

Get the skinny on breastfeeding. Learn more about this, and learn how you can keep yourself healthy in order to help provide nutrition for your new baby.

45. @HygeiaKate: Breastfeeding expert shares insight and more on the benefits of breastfeeding.
46. @BreastfeedingM: The magazine on breastfeeding offers helpful information and tips for breastfeeding.
47. @TheBFCenter: Experts from the Breastfeeding Center offer advice, tips and more, as well as news on mother and baby health.
48. @Breastfeeding_:Learn to be comfortable with breastfeeding, and learn tips for better breastfeeding.
49. @BreastfeedBaby: Information, tools, tips and insights on breastfeeding, women’s health and baby health.
50. @_breastfeeding: International expert on breastfeeding shares insights, news, research and more related to pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Educational Blogs

1. Below the Waist: This blog focuses on reproductive health freedom and focuses on birth control and sexual education as well.
2. Birthcontrol: This blog is a place to discuss birth control issues and options such as hormonal methods, condoms, IUDs, FAM, and more.
3. Contraception Blog: Dawn is a published author and a former family planning specialist, health educator, and pregnancy options counselor for Planned Parenthood.
4. Everyday Health Sexual Health: This section of Everyday Health talks about sexual health issues, including birth control.
5. Gurl Sex Ed: The gURL sex ed blog is about educating young women on issues pertaining to sex and sexuality.
6. Institute for Women’s Health Blog: The mission of the Institute for Women’s Health Research is to accelerate the rate of discovery in the sciences that impact women’s health and well-being.
7. Kinsey Confidential: This site offers a number of resources, including blogs and podcasts focused on relationships, birth control, pregnancy and more.
8. Our Bodies Ourselves: OBOS, also known as the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC), is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization.
9. Scarleteen: Founded in 1998, this site is visited by around three-quarters of a million diverse people each month worldwide, most between the ages of 15 and 25.
10. Sex, etc.: This blog is by teens and for teens and focuses on teen health, love and relationships, sexual decisions and rational talk about birth control.
11. Sexual Health Buzz: “Enjoying safer sex one condom at a time…” is the motto for this blog.
12. The complete sexual health blog for men and women: This blog discusses common issues related to sexual health for both sexes.
13. Unzipped: This sexual health blog focuses on diseases and safe sex.
14. Well Woman Blog: Topics covered by this blog include menstruation, menopause, birth control and pregnancy.
15. Women’s Health: Learn more about your body, including menstruation and birth control, with this blog by Tracee Cornforth.

Birth Control Methods

16. Birth Control Buzz: This is an up-to-date and informative company blog that offers various forms of birth control for sale and uses their blog to talk about each product.
17. Fertili-Talk: This blog talks about fertility and natural family planning, along with various birth control methods.
18. Healthy Women Birth Control Center: This section of the Healthy Women blog offers information on all types of birth control methods.
19. Natural Family Planning: This blog’s main focus, written by the former Family Planning Coordinator for the Catholic Diocese of Madison in Southwest Wisconsin, is to “lift up the beauty of NFP, fertility, children and family life.”
20. The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog: This is a non-profit international educational organization.
21. The Ruth Institute: This site is all about abstinence and marriage as the proper context for sex, with college students as a focus for this pro-life, pro-family, anti-gay and anti-divorce message.
22. The Well-Timed Period: This blog covers about every known birth control in existence.
23. Undercover Condoms: This blog, brought to you by Undercover Condoms, is a place to learn more about safe sex, product information, new sales and specials.

Population Issues

24. Optimum Population Trust News Watch: This blog talks about birth control along with other issues about overpopulation.
25. Population Action International: This blog focuses on the ability for couples to determine the size of their families globally.
26. Population Media Center Blog: PMC was founded in 1998 by William Ryerson, with the intention of using the extensive experience of experts in entertainment-education to spread the application of the Sabido methodology in addressing population and reproductive health issues.
27. Population Research Institute: The Population Research Institute, founded by Fr. Paul Marx, O.S.B., is a non-profit research group whose goals are to “expose the myth of overpopulation.”
28. Runaway Human Population: This blog is focused on a dialogue about human population and its impacts with a variety of topics, including reproductive health and procreation.

Reproductive Rights

29. Abortionclinicdays: Abortion providers tell stories about their work and the people they help, and most stories focus on individual rights and a pro-choice stance.
30. ACLU Reproductive Freedom: This project protects everyone’s right to make informed decisions free from government interference about whether and when to become a parent.
31. Advocates for Youth: Established in 1980 as the Center for Population Options, Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
32. Center for Reproductive Rights: Get daily news here, along with reports from around the world regarding contraception and reproductive rights issues.
33. Naral Blog for Choice: Reproductive rights are the main issue in this blog, supported by NARAL Pro-Choice America.
34. Raising Women’s Voices: This blog focuses on comprehensive reproductive health care, pre-natal care, maternity care, primary and preventive services, acute care, dental and mental health care as well as chronic care for women.
35. Repossess Reproductive Justice: RepoRepro is the blog of Law Students for Reproductive Justice.
36. Reproductive Rights Prof Blog: This blog provides resources, news, and information of particular interest to law school professors who teach and write in the area of reproductive rights.
37. RH Reality Check: This is an online community and publication serving individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.
38. Say It, Sister! This is the National Organization for Women’s blog for equality, focusing on reproductive rights and other issues.
39. Women’s Law Project Blog: The Women’s Law Project has a stellar record of achievement protecting reproductive freedom in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the United States.
40. Womenstake Blog: This is the blog of the National Women’s Law Center, which focuses on reproductive rights and advocacy.

Religious, Ethnic and Localized Blogs

41. Catholics for Choice: CFC was founded in 1973 to serve as a voice for Catholics who believe that the Catholic tradition supports a woman’s moral and legal right to follow her conscience in matters of sexuality and reproductive health.
42. Choice 2.0: This is the Planned Parenthood blog for central North Carolina.
43. Lutherans and Procreation: This blog is addressed to the “negative issue of contraception and the positive issue of procreation.”
44. National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: This blog provides news and information about women’s health in Asian-American communities.
45. National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health: NLIRH works to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health and justice for Latinas.
46. Planned Parenthood Advocate Blog: This blog is focused on pro-choice rights for individuals who live in Minnesota and in North and South Dakota.
47. Planned Parenthood Illinois Action: This is the Planned Parenthood blog for the state of Illinois.
48. Teen Source: Another sex education blog, developed by the California Family Health Council, geared toward California teens.
49. Tell Them: This blog is all about reducing the incidence rates of underage pregnancies, HIV and STIs in South Carolina.
50. The Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center: This is a Native American Community Board project focused on reproductive rights issues.

Pre-Pregnancy

1. Developing and evaluating a pre-pregnancy DVD for diabetes: Dr. Valerie Holmes talks about developing and evaluating a pre-pregnancy DVD for diabetes.
2. Healthy Women Healthy Families: Planning for Your Pregnancy: Diet, exercise, weight, behavior and Folic Acid are discussed in this video, along with the importance of every woman having a pre-conception health check-up.
3. How Can I Get Pregnant Quicker: This video, which runs about 10 minutes, provides insight into how to overcome some obstacles for pregnancy.
4. Hypertension Part 1: Pre-Pregnancy Hypertension: Learn more about high blood pressure prior to pregnancy.
5. Pre-Pregnancy Check Ups: In this video, Dr. Manny talks about the kinds of exams your doctor will perform to make sure you’ll have a healthy pregnancy.
6. Pre-Pregnancy Fitness: Preparing Your Body for Pregnancy: Join Parents Ask fitness experts, Robert Reames, Holly Perkins and Ron Matthews for information and great exercises to get you started on the path to a fit pregnancy.
7. Pre-Pregnancy from Dr. Weil: Dr. Andrew Weil talks about pre-pregnancy health for women, especially stress and dietary matters.
8. Preparing for Pregnancy: The Health/Science Channel offers a video about how one woman prepares for a second baby.
9. Trying To Get Pregnant | How To Get Pregnant Fast: Learn about fertilization and ovulation from this short video.
10. Unplanned Pregnancy: A short list of health issues to think about and to plan for during an unplanned pregnancy.

Pre-Natal Fitness

11. Baby Body Shape-Up, Part II — Upper Body: Learn safe and effective moves you can do during pregnancy from perinatal Fitness Expert Dara Zall Kelly.
12. Baby Body Shape-Up, Part III — Core Workout: Perinatal Fitness Expert Dara Zall Kelly takes you through a core training workout that is safe for pregnant women.
13. Pregnancy Stretching: Great stretches you can do to ease the tension and stress that come with pregnancy, demonstrated by Lawson Harris from Brooklyn’s The Fitness Guru.
14. Pregnant Exercise – How to strengthen your lower back & abdominals: During pregnancy it is important to strengthen your core. Although your cannot perform crunches, you still can do a lot of static work shown in this video.
15. Pregnancy Exercise – Warm Up: This warm-up can safely be performed throughout your entire pregnancy.
16. Pregnancy-Safe Workouts: Ready to strap on your bowling shoes or your pregnancy bathing suit? Your baby-to-be will thank you for (safely) exercising.
17. Prenatal Fitness: Exercising while pregnant can have long-lasting health benefits. A health expert has some great workout moves for moms-to-be.
18. Prenatal Workout Video: Part I — Lower Body: Perinatal Fitness Expert Dara Zall Kelly takes you through a lower body workout that you can do during pregnancy.
19. Prenatal Yoga Pregnancy Exercise #1: Follow Emily Canibano, an ERYT, GFI and Personal Trainer in this Prenatal Flow Yoga Sequence.
20. Yoga for Pregnancy: Prepare the body for labor! Learn about a series of sitting poses ideal for preparing the body for labor.

Pregnancy Month-by-Month

21. Pregnancy: Weeks 1-4 (Month #1): Here’s what to expect during weeks one through four of your pregnancy.
22. Pregnancy: Weeks 5-8 (Month #2): This video shows you what to expect during month two of your pregnancy, including morning sickness.
23. Pregnancy: Weeks 9-12 (Month #3): During month three, the embryo transitions to a fetus. Learn more about what’s happening to “Mom’s” body during this month.
24. Pregnancy Weeks 13-16 (Month #4): Your baby is about the size of an orange this month, and growing! See what’s happening during weeks 13 to 16.
25. Pregnancy: Weeks 17-20 (Month #5): Your truck-driver’s appetite is a normal, healthy pregnancy symptom during month five. What else is “normal” this month?
26. Pregnancy: Weeks 21-24 (Month #6): Your baby probably will reach the 1 lb mark by week 25. Learn what else is going on in this video.
27. Pregnancy: Weeks 25-28 (Month #7): Your baby is probably able to hear and recognize your voice by month seven.
28. Pregnancy: Weeks 29-32 (Month #8): Morning sickness and other first trimester symptoms may re-appear during month eight.
29. Pregnancy: Weeks 33-36 (Month #9): Learn more about the physical and emotional issues that are part of the last month of pregnancy.

Pregnancy and Labor Issues

30. Alcohol and Pregnancy: An unborn baby and booze are one combination that doesn’t mix well, yet 10 percent of moms-to-be drink anyway.
31. Avoid Premature Labor, UTIs and B.V. in Pregnancy: Learn how to help urinary tract infections and bacteria vaginosis during pregnancy.
32. Eating Seafood While Pregnant: There’s a lot more to consider when it comes seafood during pregnancy than just concerns about mercury.
33. Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby: Prenatal Care: The March of Dimes offers an educational video about prenatal care.
34. Hypertension Part 2: Gestational Hypertension: This video covers high blood pressure during pregnancy.
35. Inducing Labor: If you’re considering inducing labor, learn how it’s done first.
36. Pregnancy and Prescription Drugs: What prescription drugs can you safely take during pregnancy? Which drugs should you avoid?
37. Prenatal Testing: Nuchal Test: The Nuchal Test can help mothers determine if their babies are likely to have Downs Syndrome.
38. Problems with Delivery: Learn about possible problems that can arise from a seemingly normal labor and delivery.
39. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss — Miscarriage: Dr. Mark Perloe, Medical Director at Georgia Reproductive Specialists in Atlanta, explores recurrent miscarriages.
40. Wendy Ryan pregnancy Test: Wendy Ryan, an ABC Action News anchor, is six months pregnant — and she’s testing out a new baby gender test that claims it can predict your baby’s gender as early as eight weeks.

Pregnancy Imaging

41. 3D/4D Gender Ultrasound at 18 Weeks: One couple’s experience with discovering the gender of their baby at 18 weeks.
42. 3rd Trimester Sonograms: During your third trimester, your pregnancy check-ups will probably include a sonogram.
43. 4D Sonograms: Ultrasounds in 4d is the new frontier for your baby. Learn more about them from this video.
44. First Trimester Sonograms: Here’s what to expect while lying next to that sonogram machine in the early weeks.
45. First Trimester Ultrasound: A first trimester ultrasound is important for women who might incur high-risk pregnancies.
46. Is Your Baby a Boy or a Girl? Learn how you can find out in this video about second trimester sonograms.
47. IUGR Ultrasound: Ultrasound in a pregnancy case study of a 25-year-old woman who could not remember her last menstrual period.
48. My first baby sonogram in HD: This is one woman’s first baby sonogram during second-third trimester. You can see backbone, hands, legs and posture.
49. Third Trimester Ultrasound: This is the ultrasound of a third trimester healthy baby.
50. Ultrasounds, What You Can Expect to Learn at Your Appointment: This video shows women what ultrasounds can do to help a woman with her pregnancy.

Pregnancy Trackers and Calendars

Use these pregnancy calendars and trackers to record the progress of your pregnancy. You can share updates with your friends and family simply through Facebook.

1. My Pregnancy: Keep track of all that is happening in your pregnancy. Includes the ability to create a pregnancy album, and to update your Facebook friends with the latest pregnancy news. A fun way to keep a record of this joyful time.
2. Pregnancy Calendar: Keep track of your pregnancy, get alerts, including information on what to expect at each point in the pregnancy. A helpful and educational Facebook app that keeps you informed, and helps you make better decisions throughout your pregnancy.
3. Pregnancy Due Date Calculator: Use this calculator to help figure out your due date, and get ready for the happy day. A helpful way to start your baby calendar.
4. Pregnancy.org Pregnancy Calendar: Keep track of your pregnancy, and personalize it to fit your personality. Also helps you find other pregnant women to talk to. A fun way to track your progress, and get support from women who know what you are going through.
5. Growing Baby: BabyZone offers a fun pregnancy tracker that helps you see your baby’s growth, as well as helping you receive helpful information for each stage of your pregnancy. Get updates, learn helpful information, and share with your Facebook friends.
6. Baby Bloom: Share your baby’s progress and track your pregnancy with the help of this fun and informative app from MSN Health.
7. DivineCaroline’s My Pregnancy: This pregnancy calendar is meant to make it easy for you to share information with your friends and family via Facebook. You and your baby’s progress is shown each week. Personal and fun, and a way to make your pregnancy more “real”, as you track the development of your baby.
8. Little One Pregnancy Calendar: This calendar and journal can help you record all of the highlights of your pregnancy. You can also follow your baby’s development, and share updates with your family and friends. A great way to learn about fetal development.
9. Birth Announcement: Helps you create a customized birth announcement page for when your baby is born. The perfect end to a joyful and interesting pregnancy. Even those not on Facebook can access the birth announcement.

Pregnancy Tickers

Pregnancy tickers are fun ways to show how much time is left in your pregnancy, and how things are progressing. Get your pregnancy countdown going!

10. Lilypie Baby, Pregnancy and Birthday Ticker: Keep track of your baby’s due date with this countdown. And once your baby is born, countdown to his or her birthday! A great ticker that transitions from pregnancy ticker to birthday ticker for your kids.
11. Pregnancy Countdown: You can enjoy a number of different backgrounds as you countdown your pregnancy. Customize your ticker to reflect your individuality — and your baby’s.
12. BirthWatch: Graphical ticker that shows your pregnancy, and typical development. Default settings do not share information about your pregnancy during the first trimester, so you do not have to worry about word getting out before you want it to.
13. Baby & Pregnancy Countdown Ticker: Cool ticker features an animated 3D image of baby’s development, showing from all angles.
14. Baby Ticker: Fun ticker showing a visual representation of fetal development, and sharing countdown updates with your friends and family on Facebook. Keep up with what is happening inside of you.
15. Baby & Pregnancy Countdown Ticker 2.1: Another great pregnancy ticker that offers customization and 3D images of fetal development, including some that are animated.
16. Baby Age Ticker: Counts down your weeks and days of pregnancy. Also helps you keep track of your baby’s age. A fun way to see your baby’s development and get ready for the big day.
17. Baby Cam: This fun ticker from bellyHood.com offers you a customized ticker. It shows growth of the fetus from a zygote all the way to be ready to come out. Choose your own colors, including how your baby will look as it develops.

Pregnancy Health

There are also pregnancy apps aimed at helping your health during pregnancy, with emphasis on fitness and good diet.

18. Pregnancy Test: Use this application to determine whether or not you are pregnant. A fun way to figure out whether or not you are pregnant.
19. Getting Pregnant: This helpful forum in the Mommyhood Facebook application offers health advice and hints on getting pregnant the healthy way. Learn about different fertility methods, and learn about pregnancy in general.
20. Fit Pregnancy Calendar: This pregnancy calendar is from Fit Pregnancy, and offers information on staying healthy each week that you are pregnant. Full of useful tips and educational information that can help you give your baby the best possible start.
21. Stages of Pregnancy: Learn about the different stages of pregnancy, and what to expect at each point.
22. 5 Amazing Pregnancy Facts: Cool application that offers interesting facts about your pregnancy.
23. Pregnant Belly!: Learn more about pregnancy, and see beautiful pregnant bellies from others. Embrace your pregnancy, and share your own experiences with your big, pregnant belly.
24. PregNet: This “virtual pregnancy health centre” is designed to help you learn more about pregnancy, health and your options. Includes work out and diet tips, as well as other suggestions for a healthy pregnancy.
25. Pregnant Mama Gifts: Do you know someone who is pregnant? This app is designed to help you pick out the best gifts for those who are pregnant. And if you are pregnant, there is no reason that you can’t get a special gift for yourself using this app!

Only a handful of hospital sites are listed below, only to provide you with an idea of what to look for in hospital medical imaging jobs.

Specific Job Searches

1. AIUM Career Center: AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) Career Center is the premier electronic recruitment resource for the industry.
2. Cardiac Ultrasound Tech Jobs: One place to search specifically for openings in this career option.
3. Echo Cardiographer: Echocardiographer.net has assembled a complete and up-to-date look at the Echocardiographer job market, salary trends, training requirements, licensing, and certification information.
4. Get Diagnostic Medical Sonography Jobs: A site that focuses entirely on medical sonography jobs and networking.
5. Health Imaging Hub: This link leads to a page where jobs in radiography, PACS and more are listed and updated daily.
6. Hot Radiology Jobs: Post your resume and browse through jobs that cover just about every field within the ultrasound profession.
7. iHire Radiology: Search thousands of Radiology Jobs from this site’s exclusive job postings, internet job boards, newspapers, and classified ads.
8. Radiology Technologist Jobs: Learn about ultrasound jobs at radRounds Web site. Look to the left menu to see more choices.
9. RadiologyWorkers: This site carries a directory that allows users to dig down for jobs by state.
10. Radworking: All jobs posted at this site are renewed or purged every 60 days.
11. RSG Australia: This company specializes in the recruitment and placement of Sonographers throughout Australia both as locum and permanent staff.
12. RT Students Radiology Job Board: While jobs listed here are not numerous, they are appropriate for students who have just acquired a degree.
13. RT Jobs: Seek jobs in radiology, imaging and radiation oncology at this site.
14. Soliant Health’s Ultrasound Technologist Jobs: Soliant Health can help you leverage the growing need for ultrasound technologists with a great job, virtually anywhere in the country.
15. SVU Online Job Center: The Society for Vascular Ultrasound offers technicians job opportunities on this page.
16. Ultrasound Jobs: This site is the official ARDMS partner career site.
17. Ultrasound Tech Career Search: Search for jobs and network with other medical professionals at this site.
18. Ultrasound Technician Jobs: This site provides a simple search engine to find jobs by city, state or zip and by job title.
19. Ultrasound Technologist Jobs: Search for an ultrasound job and upload your resume.

Other Job Searches

20. Banner Health: This medical system has a job search board that allows you to seek a job as a medical imaging technologist at any one of their locations in seven states.
21. Faulkner Hospital Jobs: This Washington Post search provides a way to search through nationwide requests for jobs throughout this hospital system. Plenty of tech jobs available, including ultrasound.
22. Imaging Technology Jobs at MemorialCare Health System: Located in California, this health care system actively recruits imaging techs.
23. Tenet Healthcare Corporation: Look to this company to find jobs with them in the ultrasound field.
24. Massachusetts General Hospital Job Descriptions: This hospital regularly recruits imaging specialists for their multiple locations.
25. New York County Jobs: This link leads to ultrasound technician jobs in New York County, New York (you can search for other jobs, such as sonographer, etc.). It is one example of a site that focuses on a given area within the country.

Medical Job Searches and Recruiters

26. 4AliedHealth Jobs: This page in this health care job search site focuses specifically on ultrasound jobs.
27. Advance for Healthcare Careers: This search engine allows users to look for radiology jobs by location.
28. All Healthcare Jobs: This site provides job opportunities in ultrasound as well as in other health imaging jobs.
29. Allied Health Employment: This site offers job searches in New Zealand, Australia, the Middle East and in the UK. Not all jobs are centered on medical imaging, but they are all medical positions.
30. Aureus Medical Group: Turn to Aureus for the best local contract, national contract (travel) and direct hire opportunities nationwide.
31. CoreMedical Group: CoreMedical Group is a national healthcare staffing company specializing in travel and permanent placement of medical personnel positions in hospitals and healthcare facilities across the U.S.
32. Health Career Web: Use this medical job search site to find jobs in sonography and ultrasound.
33. Health Direction: This site carries medical jobs and lists ultrasound technician jobs. You can search by state or by specific job.
34. HealthStaff Recruitment: HealthStaff Recruitment in Australia is seeking expressions of interest from Radiographers with skills in a variety of specialties.
35. Med Travelers: This company is an AMN Healthcare company that matches qualified allied healthcare professionals to temporary assignments and permanent positions.
36. MedHunters: This link leads directly to ultrasound and sonography jobs within this medical job search site.
37. Medical Workers: This link leads to ultrasound jobs, but you can search for other radiology positions through their search engine.
38. PhysiciansJobsPlus: Don’t let the name of the site turn you away — this site carries a number of radiology jobs for those who search for them (this link takes you to a list).
39. SA International: SA International finds medical jobs in Saudi Arabia for medical professionals, including Allied Health Professionals.
40. Stat Group Medical Jobs: If you want to travel with your job as an ultrasound tech, a radiologist or as an X-ray tech, visit this site to learn more.

Pregnancy Social Networks

Track your baby’s development, and share stories with other women. Find good advice and support, and develop friendships.

1. My Pregnancy: This social network is designed to help you show off your growing belly, and share your concerns. Offer advice, share pictures and find support. All provides support for those who are trying to conceive, and those who have had multiple pregnancies. A great place for women to interact.
2. Pregnancy Social Pages: Watch pregnancy and birth videos, ask questions, provide your own insight, and share with others. This is a great place to learn about pregnancy, as well as interact with others via forums or chat. You can post your own photos and videos, and even find great music.
3. Wepreggo: This fun and sassy pregnancy social network is all about you and your online friends. Discuss pregnancy challenges and joys, ask questions, and share your story. Pregnancy is a uniquely female experience, and sometimes it is beneficial to share your thoughts and feelings with those who can truly understand you.
4. Baby Gaga: While there are some tips about parenting and newborns, this social network is mainly aimed at pregnant women. Share ultrasound pictures and videos, get good information, and join discussions. You can also get a free pregnancy tickers to help keep everyone updated on your baby’s development.
5. What To Expect: This social network features forums, information on conception and pregnancy help. This site is based on the popular book What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and provides a wealth of great information. Get what you need when it comes to knowing what to expect during your pregnancy.
6. Baby Chums: Interact with other pregnant women, learning about baby products, getting solid advice, and sharing your own insights. Be part of a supportive group of women. Also includes information and helpful hints on carrying for infants and raising children.
7. My Twin Pregnancy and Beyond: Are you experiencing a multiples birth? If you are going to be the mom of twins — or more! — this site is for you. Geared toward the special challenges faced by mothers of twins, this social networking site can give you some great insight and much needed support.
8. BabyCenter: Share photos and videos, and interact on the forums. Ask questions and get answers. You can also make use of baby calendars and other fun products and services for your pregnancy. Connect with others and read enlightening articles related to pregnancy and parenting.
9. Pregnancy Planet: Connect with others on this pregnancy social networking sites. Forum posts include how to talk to your children about your pregnancy, and other interesting topics. Ask and answer questions, read interesting articles, and share photos. Learn about pregnancy around the world.
10. MothersClick: This social network is meant for new moms and expecting mothers. Get interesting insights on motherhood, becoming a mom, and what to expect. Share your challenges and triumphs, and talk with other pregnant and new moms about the latest pop culture trends. A fun place to enjoy the water cooler with other expecting and new moms.

Parenting/Being a Mom Social Networks

Get helpful parenting advice and interact with other moms. A great way to recharge and find the support you need from great women all over the world.

11. CafeMom: This is a great place to go to meet moms from all over the world. You can learn about pregnancy, infant care, and raising children through their teens. Vent, play games and get the latest news in the world of mom. Weigh in with your opinion on controversies and the challenges facing moms today.
12. Super Parenting Social Network: Get parenting news and tips. You can share your insights and frustrations related to parenting and being a mom. Includes helpful advice from other parents striving to be super parents. A great resource for those looking to connect with other parents from around the world.
13. MomJunction: The place where you can meet with other moms. This is a fun place to share your stories, and find answers to pressing questions. Learn about being a mom, get parenting advice, and share your own thoughts. Forums and groups can be lively and interesting.
14. Moxie Moms: This web site is a Canadian site offering a fun place to chat with other mothers, and learn about parenting. Also includes awesome deals that can help you save money and find quality products and services. Get to know other moms, and show your own moxie.
15. Everything Mom: Keep up with what’s going on in the world of mom. A great place to go when you need to escape for a few minutes. Get parenting advice, vent, interact and find great recipes. Also features fun contests and giveaways. You can also get paid for your opinion when you test different products and services.
16. Mom Logic: This mom community is all about what moms are talking about right now. Discuss controversy, learn tips for smart shopping and staying safe. Talk about issues that are affecting moms and kids right now, and get solid parenting advice, including information for working moms. A great place to go for information, conversation and more.
17. Posh Mama: Are you a hip mom? If so, this social network is for you. Features fun and fashionable talk, information about celebrities and pop culture happenings. It’s a positive place for women to congregate online, and a fun place to meet and interact with other moms, working moms and stay at home moms alike.
18. Twitter Moms: If you are interested in connecting with moms via Twitter, this is a good place to go. You don’t even have to be on Twitter to join in on this great social networking site. Get parenting tips, find good deals and chat with other moms. You can also look for meetups and get to know some fantastic new friends in person.

Social Networking for Dads

No reason to leave the dads out. Here are two great social networks for dads to connect. Plus, if you are a mom, you can check these sites out for some good insight.

19. Brand New Dad: This is a solid social networking site for expecting dads who want to know what to expect, get good parenting advice, and share their stories. You can shop, get advice from the forums, and share your own insight. A great place to go if you are a man who wants to be an active parent.
20. Odadeo: This social networking site seeks to help you answer this question: “How am I going to be a great dad?” Find tips, make pledges and ask questions. A great place to find support from other dads, and get good parenting advice that can help you be a better husband and father.

Fetal Development

This might be the most interesting thing about pregnancy. Learning about how your baby develops, and tracking development on an ultrasound, can be exciting.

1. Fetal development: Learn about your baby at each stage of fetal development with this interactive infographic from Just the Facts. It’s an interesting project that looks at facts about pregnancy and reproduction, and offers helpful information and images related to fetal development throughout pregnancy. You can gain an understanding of how the fetus develops over time, while observing exactly when certain body parts form.
2. Movement: At about eight weeks, your baby can begin moving — you might even feel it. If you are interested in seeing what your baby looks like at this stage (when he or she can move), you can see this great image from the Mayo Clinic. Also includes interesting information about when the eyelids begin to close. A great resource for helping you track fetal development.
3. Development and viability: An interesting time line describing major milestones of fetal development and viability during pregnancy. Includes information about formation of different body systems, hair development on the head and includes information on premature survival rates. A great overview of what happens, in terms of a baby’s growth and development, during pregnancy.
4. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: What happens when you consume alcohol while pregnant? Well, there is the change that your baby could develop Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This can affect your child’s development and even appearance. This infographic from the University of New South Wales offers an interesting summary of the physical changes that can result when a mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy.
5. Smoking during pregnancy: When you smoke during pregnancy, that can actually affect fetal development as well. This infographic from the March of Dimes points out that there could be a reduction in stillbirths and newborn deaths if women didn’t smoke during pregnancy. Additionally, smoking increases the chance of low birth weight, as well as pre-term delivery. There are other health issues that can affect fetal development as a result of a woman smoking during pregnancy. Even secondhand smoke can have an effect on fetal development.

Pregnancy Facts and Statistics

Learn a little bit more about pregnancy and get the facts about what happens. Also, find interesting information about home births and birth choices.

6. Rise in home births: As people have become more interested in home birth, there has been an increase in the number of home births taking place. This infographic shows the different places where people have births outside the hospital. Home births are more common, but people also give birth in clinics and doctor’s offices, birthing centers and in other places (such as emergency births in cars).
7. Home birth safety: There has been an interest in home births over the last few years, and the debate over how safe they are has been rather rampant. If you are interested in learning more about home birth, The Compleat Mother offers a comparison of different birth injuries that take place in home births as opposed to in hospitals. Of course, this information doesn’t take into account the fact that many high risk births are, by necessity, hospital births.
8. Where’s the baby? Get an idea of where the baby is in terms of placement in your body. This interesting infographic from Elledge Chiropractic Blog looks at where the baby is in terms of the spine, as well as marking how much it has grown in you, and the space it is taking up. Also includes information on where your stomach sits after the baby has dropped. A fascinating look at how pregnancy looks inside your own body.
9. Getting bigger: This infographic offers a look at the development of a pregnant woman on the outside. At 14 weeks, this woman barely looks pregnancy at all. However, by 38 week, she’s really starting to look big. A great visual look at how the body changes on the outside during pregnancy. You can also see the different places where weight gain takes place on the body, and how it affects your outward appearance. A great way to prepare yourself for the changes that will occur during pregnancy.
10. Teen pregnancy: Many people are interested in statistics and facts on teen pregnancy. If you want to know a little bit more about teen pregnancy, this infographic published on Medicine. Technology. Web. is a great one. It shows pregnancy rates, and illustrates the states with the highest teen pregnancy rates. It also includes interesting information about abortion, as well as attitudes regarding sexual education in schools, and other related issues.

Reproductive Facts

Learn about reproduction, and how you get pregnant in the first place. Find out how it all works out.

11. Female reproductive system: Learn about the parts to the female reproductive system from Web MD. Also includes an explanation of the functions of each part, and the role each part plays in pregnancy. It’s an interesting look at what happens during pregnancy — and where it all takes pace.
12. Menstrual cycle: Use this colorful infographic to help you learn about the menstrual cycle. Menstruation is an important part of the reproductive process, making the whole process of pregnancy possible. It follows the course of an egg through the female reproductive system, and provides you with the chance to see how pregnancy begins — or how the egg remains unfertilized, leaving you without a developing fetus in your body.
13. Breasts: Your breasts are affected by your pregnancy. They begin to grow larger as your baby develops within you. Then, when the baby is born, they become a natural source for food. This interesting infographic offers a number of interesting things you should know about breasts — information that is helpful and fascinating. Read these 15 important facts, and learn something more about yourself, and your own reproductive system.
14. Semen: Pregnancy isn’t just about women; men often have to do something, too. And, while it is possible to use semen from a sperm bank to have a baby, a majority of women get pregnant directly. But, whether you use artificial insemination or some more natural method of getting pregnant, semen is involved. Here is an infographic will all sorts of information about semen.

Population, Fertility and Mortality

Part of pregnancy is how it ends. There are a number of facts about population growth, fertility and birth rates.

15. Birth and fertility: This infographic illustrates birth rates and fertility rates for all the states in the U.S. This is an interesting comparison of birth rates, depending on state. Offers a look at fertility in the U.S., and provides information on average births during a year. Find your state, and see how you stack up in terms of fertility rates.
16. Mortality: How many babies die each year shortly after birth? This interesting infographic from Gapminder offers a look at infant mortality from a number of countries around the world. It is very easy pick out which countries have the highest rates of infant mortality. On top of noting deaths of infants, this image also includes general health in the countries, as well as the per capita income of the countries. An interesting look at how money and health can affect infant mortality rates around the world.
17. U.S. population growth: This is an interesting infographic that helps you see the possibilities of U.S. population growth trends up to 2050. The birth trends of major races in the U.S. show that whites are likely to see a declining population. Other ethnic groups, especially Hispanics, are expected to make gains on whites, due to their higher birth rates. If you are interested in birth trends, this can shed some light on pregnancy in different races in the U.S.

Basic Sports Medicine

These blogs provide an overview of sports medicine, and include discussions on a number of topics related to sports medicine:

1. Sports Medicine: Learn about proper injury prevention and more from this blog featured on Suite 101.
2. Sports Injury Info: Get the basics of sports injury news, and information on what you can do to prevent the sorts of injuries that sideline professional athletes.
3. The Disabled List: A helpful blog that includes a number of common sports injuries, along with how to treat them.
4. Sports Injury Clinic: Read about how to avoid sports injuries, and what to do with them if you are injured.
5. Natural Sports Medicine Blog: Learn about issues in sports medicine and how to stay healthy in a natural way.
6. Doc for Jocks: This sports medicine professional shares insight and information on remaining healthy while playing sports.
7. Sports Medicine Blog: This About.com blog covers the essentials of sports medicine.
8. Spine & Sports Medicine Blog: Get insight into how to prevent spinal injury while engaging in sporting activities.
9. Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Blog: Dr. Howard Luks offers a look at how to protect yourself from sports injuries.
10. Basics Sports Medicine: Get an overview of sports medicine and the basics of avoiding sports related injuries.

Procedures and Rehabilitation

Get helpful information on procedures in sports medicine, as well as rehabilitation information.

11. Rehab and Sports Medicine Blog: This blog features information on rehabilitation from sports injuries.
12. Movement Science: This blog and podcast includes helpful information on how the body works through movement, and offers insight into sports medicine.
13. MikeReinold.com: Learn about different injuries and rehab for those injuries.
14. Physical Therapy: About.com offers this great blog on physical therapy and how you can rehab from injuries.
15. SMARTT: This blog looks at sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation, therapy and technology. Learn the latest advancements in science when it comes to sports medicine rehab procedures.
16. Manual Therapy and Physical Medicine: Learn about physical medicine and manual therapy, and how it can help with sports injuries.
17. Physical Therapy Exercises: Interesting exercises that can help with sports injury rehabilitation.
18. 98.6: Dr. Pribut’s Blog: This doctor looks at rehab, and concentrates especially on running injuries.
19. Commonwealth Sports Medicine: This is an interesting blog from an athlete point of view, helping each other treat sports injuries.
20. Brent Atwater’s Alternative Sports Medicine: This blog looks at alternative diagnostics and treatments for sports injury rehabilitation.

Sports Training

Learn about proper conditioning so that you train your body to perform well.

21. Sports Training Blog: Information about techniques and products that can help you improve your sports performance.
22. Functional Path Training: Learn how to train yourself for better sports performance by following the “functional path.”
23. Powering Through: This blog is about strength training and conditioning.
24. Melinda’s Fitness Blog: Get tips on physical conditioning and fitness aimed specifically at women.
25. Military Fitness Blog: This cool blog helps you train your body the military way.
26. Fitness Rocks: Train your body for better performance by staying in good shape the health way.
27. Turbulence Training: Learn how to improve your body’s fitness and conditioning through proper training.
28. Fitness Trainer Blog: A personal training blog aimed at women, but with great tips for staying in good shape.

Health and Nutrition

Part of avoiding sports injuries and performing at a peak level is to live a healthy lifestyle. These blogs can help you with nutrition and health matters for improved sports performance.

29. Vitamin Stuff Blog: Learn more about supplements and making sure you get the right nutrients.
30. Fitness & Health: Dr. Gabe Mirkin offers insight into proper health and fitness.
31. Sports Nutrition: This blog looks at how you can improve your health and sports performance with proper nutrition.
32. Advanced Diet and Sports Nutrition Blog: Learn about how an advanced diet can help you improve how you do in sports.
33. Brad Pilon’s Blog: This is a nutrition blog aimed at helping you improve your health.
34. Armstrong Podiatry & Sports Health’s Blog: This blog looks at sport health from the perspective of a podiatrist.
35. Zen to Fitness: Create overall wellness in fitness with this blog aimed at helping you create holistic health.
36. Fit Buff: Different articles and posts about living a healthy lifestyle and improving your athletic performance.
37. Lift: Learn about lifestyle choices that can lead to a healthier you.

Specific Sports

Learn about injuries and staying healthy when you play certain sports.

38. A Trail Runner’s Blog: Stay healthy and avoid injury as a trail runner.
39. A Passion for Running: This blog looks at how you can get back into it, even if you have been injured.
40. Yoga Blog: Learn about the benefits of yoga, and how it can help you avoid injury in a number of sports.
41. Triathlon Training Blog: Get the inside scoop on training for a triathlon and avoiding injury while you do so.
42. Golf Sports Medicine: Keep injury free while playing golf.
43. Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: These two orthopaedic trained docs talk about sports injuries related to soccer and basketball.
44. Sports Injury Surgery: This blog looks at surgery related to sports injuries.

Anatomy and Physiology

Knowing how the body works and is put together is an essential part of sports medicine. These blogs can help give you an understanding of issues related to how the body works.

45. Science-Based Medicine: Look at the practice of medicine, and the basics of evidenced based treatments.
46. Musings of a Distractible Mind: Get an idea of how the body works, and insights into health and wellness, from this primary practice physician.
47. An Anatomy and Physiology Blog: Learn about the basics of how the human body is put together, how it moves, and how it works.
48. physiologynews: Get the latest information in physiology and human development.
49. BooneThink: This blog is devoted to exercise physiology, looking at the way exercise impacts the body.
50. Anatomy and Physiology Blog: This blog from Sacramento State looks at how the body works, and includes posts on the effects of sports injuries on the body.