Writing and Editing Resources

National Institutes of Health

• Writing Resources
• Editing Resources

Style Guides

• AMA Manual of Style
• Associated Press Stylebook
• Chicago Manual of Style
• American Psychological Association Style
• Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers
• GPO Style Guide

Books about Medical Writing and Research

• The Accidental Medical Writer by Brian G. Bass and Cynthia L. Kryder
• Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers by Mimi Zeiger
• Health Literacy from A-Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message by Helen Osborne
• How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Barbara Gastel and Robert Day
• The Mighty Marketer by Lori De Mitto
• Targeted Regulatory Writing Techniques: Clinical Documents for Drugs and Biologics by Linda Fossati Wood and Mary Ann Foot
• Medical English Usage and Abusage by Edith Schwager
• Writing Science in Plain English by Anne E. Green
• How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers by Thomas A. Lang
• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

Books for Word Nerds

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White
• The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists by Arthur Platnik
• On Writing Well by Robert J. Bank
• Working with Words: A Handbook for Media Writers and Editors
• Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King 
• Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White
• The Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Amy Einsohn
• Editors on Editing
• The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark
• East, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
• Write Right by Jan Venolia
• Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies by June Casagrande
• The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
• Woe is I by Patricia T. O’Conner
• You Are What You Speak by Robert Lane Greene
• Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer
• A Writer’s Guide to Powerful Paragraphs by John Walsh
• The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch, PhD
• Words that Work by Dr. Frank Luntz

Recommended Magazines

• New Scientist, Annual Fee
• Stanford Medicine Magazine, Free
• Hopkins Medicine Magazine, Free
• NIH Medical Plus, Free
• Scientific American, Annual Fee
• Harvard Medicine Magazine, Free

Associations and Societies

• American Medical Writers Association
• Association of Health Care Journalists
• Board of Editors in the Life Sciences
• Council of Science Editors
• Drug Information Association
• Editorial Freelance Association
• International Society for Medical Publication Professionals
• National Association of Science Writers
• Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society
• Society for Technical Communication
• Disease–Specific Associations (E.g., American Heart Association)

United States Government Health Departments

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Food and Drug Administration
• National Institutes for Health
• Pub Med (a searchable database of medical journal articles)
• U.S. National Library of Medicine 

Continuing Education Opportunities

• Johns Hopkins University—Master of Arts, Science and Medical Writing
• Tufts University School of Medicine—Master of Science in Health Communication
• University of Minnesota—Professional Master of Arts in Health Communication
• Georgetown University—Master’s in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
• Northwestern University—Master of Science in Health Communication

Blogs and Newsletters

• Health Writer Hub (Career-oriented Blog)
• Essentials for Medical Writers (Career-oriented Blog)
• Becker’s Hospital Review (Industry Newsletter)
• Becker’s Health IT and CIO Report (Health Technology, Niche Newsletter)
• Becker’s Clinical Leadership and Infection Control (Laboratory, Industry Newsletter)
• Becker’s CFO Report (Finance, Niche Newsletter)
• FierceMedTech (Health Technology, Niche Newsletter)
• FierceLifeSci (General, Industry Newsletter)
• FierceHealthcare (Healthcare, Industry News)
• Modern Healthcare (Healthcare, Industry Newsletter)
• The Skimm (General World News, Newsletter)
• Daily Finance, Modern Healthcare (Finance, Niche Newsletter)
• The Pathologist (Pathology, Niche Newsletter)
• Mayo Clinic Housecall (Healthcare, Lay Industry Newsletter)
• Mayo Clinic News Network (Healthcare, Research Newsletter)
• National Institutes of Healthcare (Healthcare Government, News Release Delivery)
• G2 Intelligence (Laboratory, Industry Newsletter)
• The New York Times, Science Times (General, Industry Newsletter)