Michelle Preston
@prestonpanacea.bsky.social
Medical writer, keen sports watcher and dog lover
Reposted by Michelle Preston
I had to transcribe a translated version of this meme.
April 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I had to transcribe a translated version of this meme.
A bit worrying
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A bit worrying
Reposted by Michelle Preston
A large (2.5M+) sibling control analysis that found "no evidence of increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability associated with acetaminophen use" seems to be the kind of data that requires serious consideration before declaring mission accomplished.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A large (2.5M+) sibling control analysis that found "no evidence of increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability associated with acetaminophen use" seems to be the kind of data that requires serious consideration before declaring mission accomplished.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Michelle Preston
It is egregious that RFK Jr requested @annalsofim.bsky.social retraction of this paper because he didn't like the data www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
August 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It is egregious that RFK Jr requested @annalsofim.bsky.social retraction of this paper because he didn't like the data www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Reposted by Michelle Preston
Reposted by Michelle Preston
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
July 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
This is brilliant, can't wait for the publication
Dispelling RFK, Jr.'s disinformation, crowd-sourced database includes hundreds of randomized controlled trials of vaccines boingboing.net/2025/06/19/d...
Dispelling RFK, Jr.'s disinformation, crowd-sourced database includes hundreds of randomized controlled trials of vaccines
Dispelling RFK, Jr.'s disinformation, crowd-sourced database includes hundreds of randomized controlled trials of vaccines.
boingboing.net
June 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is brilliant, can't wait for the publication
Heartbreaking and shocking. The future of science and medicine looks bleak
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Heartbreaking and shocking. The future of science and medicine looks bleak
Who would have thought it...
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
May 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Who would have thought it...
Brilliant
We have this flyer in a full sheet size AND with 4 to a page. Print and send, dorks!
May 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Brilliant
Reposted by Michelle Preston
A reminder - at NetworkPharma.tv we are currently on a simple mission, to find 1,000 relevant videos to share with everyone across our industry. We're at 861 and counting! Feedback, comments and more contributions are welcomed.
May 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A reminder - at NetworkPharma.tv we are currently on a simple mission, to find 1,000 relevant videos to share with everyone across our industry. We're at 861 and counting! Feedback, comments and more contributions are welcomed.
Reposted by Michelle Preston
Could be interesting... #medcomms
Germany's central medical library, ZBMed, is building an alternative to PubMed. It will be open source, based on MeSH & associated data standards, built to be sustainable in case PubMed becomes unreliable - with APIs & MeSH maintenance. Open meeting called! 1/2 www.heise.de/news/Wegen-T... #MedLibs
Wegen Trump: Zentralbibliothek Medizin baut Alternative zu US-Datenbank auf
Ein deutsches Informationszentrum will eine Alternative zur PubMed-Datenbank in den USA entwickeln, um die Informationsversorgung in der Biomedizin zu sichern.
www.heise.de
May 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Could be interesting... #medcomms
Reposted by Michelle Preston
"The CONSORT (CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials) Statement is an evidence-based, minimum set of recommendations for reporting the results of randomised trials. The recommendations are outlined in a 30-item checklist and a flow diagram." www.consort-spirit.org
#MedPubs #MedComms
#MedPubs #MedComms
CONSORT 2025 statement: Updated guideline for reporting randomised trials
Author summary To interpret a randomised trial accurately, readers need complete and transparent information on its methods and findings. The CONSORT 2025 statement provides updated guidance for…
buff.ly
May 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Michelle Preston
Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
Anyone else in #medcomms been asked to cite preprints as references?
I was really nervous about posting this piece in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social last week.
But honestly, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to everyone who reached out to continue the conversation and for adding their thoughts.
A 🧵 of some of the initial reactions.
But honestly, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to everyone who reached out to continue the conversation and for adding their thoughts.
A 🧵 of some of the initial reactions.
Guest Post: Preprints Serve the Anti-science Agenda – This Is Why We Need Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen
Science is built on a foundation of rigor and credibility. Preprints are adding to the crumbling of that foundation, which is already under attack by anti-science political agendas.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Anyone else in #medcomms been asked to cite preprints as references?
Reposted by Michelle Preston
Who’s with me? #PeerReview ensures the integrity of scientific knowledge.
Science isn’t social media, and it’s dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields.
Check out my editorial in @ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social.
🧪 #SciPub
Science isn’t social media, and it’s dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields.
Check out my editorial in @ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social.
🧪 #SciPub
Guest Post: Preprints Serve the Anti-science Agenda – This Is Why We Need Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen
Science is built on a foundation of rigor and credibility. Preprints are adding to the crumbling of that foundation, which is already under attack by anti-science political agendas.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Who’s with me? #PeerReview ensures the integrity of scientific knowledge.
Science isn’t social media, and it’s dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields.
Check out my editorial in @ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social.
🧪 #SciPub
Science isn’t social media, and it’s dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields.
Check out my editorial in @ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social.
🧪 #SciPub
Reposted by Michelle Preston
I'm sorry, but rich, privileged women going on a space fieldtrip is not inspiring. The people are who ARE inspiring are the hardworking women working in STEM. You know, the ones who are at risk of losing their jobs and grants. #SaveOurScience
April 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm sorry, but rich, privileged women going on a space fieldtrip is not inspiring. The people are who ARE inspiring are the hardworking women working in STEM. You know, the ones who are at risk of losing their jobs and grants. #SaveOurScience
Reposted by Michelle Preston
We've just added the recording from yesterday's webinar from ISMPP (International Society for Medical Publication Professionals) and EMIG - Ethical Medicines Industry Group >> Unlocking Launch Success: Integrated Evidence and Publication Planning featuring Richard White, Suzann Schiller and Eric Low
April 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We've just added the recording from yesterday's webinar from ISMPP (International Society for Medical Publication Professionals) and EMIG - Ethical Medicines Industry Group >> Unlocking Launch Success: Integrated Evidence and Publication Planning featuring Richard White, Suzann Schiller and Eric Low
Reposted by Michelle Preston
Vaccines do not cause autism:
As detailed in my book (written from my year-long discussions with RFK Jr in 2017), 2 converging threads show vaccines don’t cause autism: 1) Direct epidemiological/lab investigations, and 2) lack of plausibility given how autism genes operate in early fetal brain development
April 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Vaccines do not cause autism:
Reposted by Michelle Preston
We've just added the recording from last week's webinar from Phraktion >> Next-Gen AI in Pharma by Neetu Sangari
April 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We've just added the recording from last week's webinar from Phraktion >> Next-Gen AI in Pharma by Neetu Sangari
Do you think Trump has given his allies a bingo card?
On health economist Jay Bhattacharya’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four of the 27 institutes and centres that make up his agency were removed from their posts.
https://go.nature.com/3QZ8GGT
https://go.nature.com/3QZ8GGT
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
go.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Do you think Trump has given his allies a bingo card?
New EMA guidelines include psychedelics. Progress!
EMA has published the third revision of its guideline on depression trials, effective Sept 2025, including a dedicated section on psychedelics. PAREA contributed to the public consultation.
Read our full News Release: tinyurl.com/nr-EMA-dep-gl
Read our full News Release: tinyurl.com/nr-EMA-dep-gl
March 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New EMA guidelines include psychedelics. Progress!
What to do if PubMed goes down the drain
Information specialist Siw Waffenschmidt asks @hildabast.bsky.social, author of the blog 'Absolutely Maybe' and former NIH employee, for an assessment of the situation regarding #PubMed and #ClinicalTrials.gov.
youtu.be/fn2paCE6Zco?...
Information specialist Siw Waffenschmidt asks @hildabast.bsky.social, author of the blog 'Absolutely Maybe' and former NIH employee, for an assessment of the situation regarding #PubMed and #ClinicalTrials.gov.
youtu.be/fn2paCE6Zco?...
What to do if PubMed goes down the drain
YouTube video by IQWiG
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM