Judith Orvos, ELS
@jorvos.bsky.social
Award-winning medical writer/editor w/team making sense of science for medical professionals and patients | BELS and AMWA member | Entrepreneur | SHU Alum | Jersey girl | Learn more about my company and me at https://www.orvoscommunications.com
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Judith Orvos, ELS
@jorvos.bsky.social
· Aug 8
High intensity focused ultrasound periosteal ablation in an animal model: potential for palliation of bone metastases
Radiotherapy is standard-of-care for painful bone metastases yet has limitations and associated side effects. Ablation of sensory nerves endings along the periosteum with magnetic resonance imaging...
www.tandfonline.com
Polishing medical manuscripts and preparing them for submission is one of the services Orvos Communications, LLC provides. So gratifying when a paper we've shepherded makes it over the finish line. Kudos to #FUSMobile for ongoing studies of their #NeurolyserXR. #focusedultrasound
Polishing medical manuscripts and preparing them for submission is one of the services Orvos Communications, LLC provides. So gratifying when a paper we've shepherded makes it over the finish line. Kudos to #FUSMobile for ongoing studies of their #NeurolyserXR. #focusedultrasound
High intensity focused ultrasound periosteal ablation in an animal model: potential for palliation of bone metastases
Radiotherapy is standard-of-care for painful bone metastases yet has limitations and associated side effects. Ablation of sensory nerves endings along the periosteum with magnetic resonance imaging...
www.tandfonline.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Polishing medical manuscripts and preparing them for submission is one of the services Orvos Communications, LLC provides. So gratifying when a paper we've shepherded makes it over the finish line. Kudos to #FUSMobile for ongoing studies of their #NeurolyserXR. #focusedultrasound
NURSES' HEALTH STUDY AT RISK: Samples the #NursesHealthStudy collected from nearly 300,000 women are caught in the crossfire between Harvard and Trump. One of those women is my late mother, who participated for decades. I'm beyond incensed. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...
These women dedicated almost 50 years to science. Their efforts may soon be trashed | CNN
Nurses in the US provided biological samples for decades to help study women’s health. Here’s what they think of President Trump’s actions that may end its funding.
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NURSES' HEALTH STUDY AT RISK: Samples the #NursesHealthStudy collected from nearly 300,000 women are caught in the crossfire between Harvard and Trump. One of those women is my late mother, who participated for decades. I'm beyond incensed. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...
Time to #StandUpforScience again. Add your name to a letter supporting EPA employees who are fighting back against Administrator Zeldin's plans for deregulation of #asbestos and #mercury and other actions damaging to the environment and public health. act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of EPA Staff
Join the courageous and committed EPA public servants by adding your name now.
act.standupforscience.net
June 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Time to #StandUpforScience again. Add your name to a letter supporting EPA employees who are fighting back against Administrator Zeldin's plans for deregulation of #asbestos and #mercury and other actions damaging to the environment and public health. act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...
American Medical Writers Association has just issued a call to scholars and journalists to help preserve key health data that have been removed or compromised in the current anti-DEI climate. blog.amwa.org/navigating-t...
Navigating the Disappearance of DEI in Health Data
The loss of DEI-related health data impacts medical writers’ ability to create inclusive, accurate content. Learn about the challenges and solutions.
blog.amwa.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
American Medical Writers Association has just issued a call to scholars and journalists to help preserve key health data that have been removed or compromised in the current anti-DEI climate. blog.amwa.org/navigating-t...
It's time to #StandUpForScience. Please read and sign this letter if you're concerned about what's happening to NIH: www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
June 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's time to #StandUpForScience. Please read and sign this letter if you're concerned about what's happening to NIH: www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Voters in South Carolina: Please support Dr. Andrews in her campaign for US Senate.
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Voters in South Carolina: Please support Dr. Andrews in her campaign for US Senate.
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🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
If you'd like to know about the state of science in the United States right now, check out this report from the Senate Health Committee. In a nutshell, "Trump’s war on science is not making America healthy again. It is making Americans and people throughout the world sicker."
Democratic members of the Senate Health Committee have issued an important report on the "war on science": sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
sanders.senate.gov
May 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you'd like to know about the state of science in the United States right now, check out this report from the Senate Health Committee. In a nutshell, "Trump’s war on science is not making America healthy again. It is making Americans and people throughout the world sicker."
Join me this summer in fighting against budget cuts that will devastate science in the USA for years to come. Attend rallies, call Congress, post flyers, and if you can, donate to Stand Up for Science if you can. Lots of printable resources on their website -- and merch!
☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
🫵 WHO: You + all our friends
🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.
🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community
🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th
🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.
May 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Join me this summer in fighting against budget cuts that will devastate science in the USA for years to come. Attend rallies, call Congress, post flyers, and if you can, donate to Stand Up for Science if you can. Lots of printable resources on their website -- and merch!
Organic food doesn't cause
autism. Neither do vaccines. Spread the word! www.standupforscience.net/s/Microflyer...
autism. Neither do vaccines. Spread the word! www.standupforscience.net/s/Microflyer...
www.standupforscience.net
May 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Organic food doesn't cause
autism. Neither do vaccines. Spread the word! www.standupforscience.net/s/Microflyer...
autism. Neither do vaccines. Spread the word! www.standupforscience.net/s/Microflyer...
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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Update on vaginal laser therapy for menopause...still not recommended! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Update on Vaginal Laser Therapy for Menopause
It still doesn't work!
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Update on vaginal laser therapy for menopause...still not recommended! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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A critical point.
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A critical point.
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Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
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Let’s raise our voices in support of reproductive rights! 💪💖
#HealthPolicyValentine @kffhealthnews.org
#HealthPolicyValentine @kffhealthnews.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Let’s raise our voices in support of reproductive rights! 💪💖
#HealthPolicyValentine @kffhealthnews.org
#HealthPolicyValentine @kffhealthnews.org
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NASW joined @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social @uprootproject.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social in objection to data removal: "This newly censored information has been used every day by journalists and communicators to inform the U.S. public."
SHARE THE LETTER: www.nasw.org/article...
SHARE THE LETTER: www.nasw.org/article...
Journalism organizations call for restoration of public data
Leaders of five journalism organizations, including the National Association of Science Writers and representing more than 7,000 members in the United States and abroad, sent the following letter to the heads of eight U.S. federal agencies that have recently removed public datasets and databases funded by Americans’ tax dollars.
www.nasw.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NASW joined @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social @uprootproject.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social in objection to data removal: "This newly censored information has been used every day by journalists and communicators to inform the U.S. public."
SHARE THE LETTER: www.nasw.org/article...
SHARE THE LETTER: www.nasw.org/article...
It boggles the mind that these people would actively work against their own self-interests. Are they that clueless? (Rhetorical question)
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It boggles the mind that these people would actively work against their own self-interests. Are they that clueless? (Rhetorical question)
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February 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Medical communicators: Great new tool to screen for medical misinformation on this platform.
Medical Communicators: Mark your calendars and join me at a Stand Up for Science rally on March 7, 2025. DC-area event is noon to 4 p.m. on the National Mall. Rallies also being planned for other state capitals. #standupforscience
Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 - DC and NATIONWIDE
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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February 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Medical Communicators: Mark your calendars and join me at a Stand Up for Science rally on March 7, 2025. DC-area event is noon to 4 p.m. on the National Mall. Rallies also being planned for other state capitals. #standupforscience
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Trump's freeze on all US foreign aid has halted numerous #USAID funded research studies.
This puts many thousands of people globally at risk of violations of their fundamental rights as research participants, write @bachynski.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This puts many thousands of people globally at risk of violations of their fundamental rights as research participants, write @bachynski.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Trump's freeze on all US foreign aid has halted numerous #USAID funded research studies.
This puts many thousands of people globally at risk of violations of their fundamental rights as research participants, write @bachynski.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This puts many thousands of people globally at risk of violations of their fundamental rights as research participants, write @bachynski.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
In an eloquent editorial today, @martinmckee.bsky.social and @bachynski.bsky.social, encourage scientists around the world to unite in fighting what Trump has done to eviscerate clinical research. Colleagues in medical writing and editing, what's OUR plan for engaging in the battle?
🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal
In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...
www.bmj.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In an eloquent editorial today, @martinmckee.bsky.social and @bachynski.bsky.social, encourage scientists around the world to unite in fighting what Trump has done to eviscerate clinical research. Colleagues in medical writing and editing, what's OUR plan for engaging in the battle?
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Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
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Our major academic journals may not want to be in this fight right now…but like all of us are in this fight
#MedSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
#MedSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Our major academic journals may not want to be in this fight right now…but like all of us are in this fight
#MedSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
#MedSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...