Medical writing is a specialist type of writing that includes reporting on current scientific research, creating educational content, producing clinical guidelines, interviewing specialists and generating promotional material for pharmaceutical companies.
Health writing, on the other hand, is aimed at the general public and involves diet, exercise, weight control and both physical and mental wellbeing.
Good medical writing and health writing is evidence-based, which means the content is based on scientific evidence. It is this evidence that forms the basis for decision-making in medical practice.
Medical literature is generated continuously, through papers and journals, and medical writers source this literature, along with any associated research, and translate its complex concepts into any easy-to-ready format for the general public, or other medical practitioners.