Medgadget

Medgadget
Web address medgadget.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
Medical technology news
Registration Optional
Available in English, Spanish
Created by Sean Duffy, Shiv Gaglani, Nicholas Genes, Gene Ostrovsky, Wouter Stomp
Editor Gene Ostrovsky, Nicholas Genes
Launched 2004
Alexa rank
95,010 (August 2012)[1]
Current status Online

Medgadget is a weblog about medical technologies. The website was founded in 2004 and is known for its up-to-date coverage of the international medical technology news, health care trends, and medical research. Medgadget was launched by Gene Ostrovsky, Nicholas Genes M.D., Ph.D., and Michael Ostrovsky, M.D. in December 2004.

With a reported 750+ thousand monthly pageviews,[2]Medgadget ranks as one of the world's most trafficked and linked to medical blogs in the world. Fox News noted Medgadget as one of the 10 best health blogs in 2010,[3] and the site has been described by Silicon Valley Business Journal as "a popular Web site that focuses on emerging medical devices and technologies."[4] As of October 2012, it has over 7,000 Twitter followers and more than 5,000 fans on Facebook.[2]

References

  1. "Medgadget.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Self-reported from the Medgadget homepage
  3. Alvarez, Manny (December 23, 2010). "Best Health Blogs of 2010". Fox News. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. Solovitch, Sara (November 4, 2007). "Docs try Med 2.0". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

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