Tooting my own horn -- one of 50 top blogs!

Allow me a moment of self-indulgence.

This blog has been rated in the Top 50 Medical Ethics Blogs in the world by the web site Uspharmd.com -- 23rd overall and Number One internationally. Or, at least, first on the international list.

Congratulations to me.

Uspharmd.com targets pharmacists, pharmacology students and consumers, rating schools, giving industry news and offering consumer information -- and has its own blog.

Here's what they say about this blog:

International Medical Ethics Blogs.

As the world grows more connected, medicine cannot be isolated to ethics in just one country. The following bioethics blogs offer an international perspective.

Medical Ethics blog. This blog at the Toronto Star, written by a long-time ethics journalist, gives a Canadian perspective on North American medical ethics.

The top blog in the world is blog.bioethics.net. "Written by the editors of American Bioethics Journal, this blog includes information the editors receive and share with readers," according to Uspharmd.com.

That's a tough act to beat, and it's certainly on honour to be on the same list.