S. Rudd
@theruddreport.bsky.social
Hormones, health, identity. Research Coordinator. Values + preferences, methodology.
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I have just left a lengthy Pubpeer comment on the autism/Tylenol study being cited by the Trump administration. There appear to be a number of fairly straightforward errors in the paper.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodev...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology (2025)
pubpeer.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have just left a lengthy Pubpeer comment on the autism/Tylenol study being cited by the Trump administration. There appear to be a number of fairly straightforward errors in the paper.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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This is a fantastic resource for students applying to clinical/counseling programs this cycle: A list of PIs, organized by areas of research, accepting students!
Please share widely!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share widely!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
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September 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is a fantastic resource for students applying to clinical/counseling programs this cycle: A list of PIs, organized by areas of research, accepting students!
Please share widely!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share widely!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I don't doubt that professors disliked the negative attention, but the attacks on Guyatt are absurd. He is a true moderate.
I'm reading Jesse Singal's analysis of the whole Guyatt/SEGM thing and it's fascinating to see. Much of it completely misunderstands Guyatt's argument, but also some of it is really bizarre.
August 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I don't doubt that professors disliked the negative attention, but the attacks on Guyatt are absurd. He is a true moderate.
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Guyatt actually denied being scared. Frankly, it makes sense - he's one of the top 100 scientists in the world, he can pretty much do whatever he wants. In his own words, "I feel completely invulnerable".
August 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Guyatt actually denied being scared. Frankly, it makes sense - he's one of the top 100 scientists in the world, he can pretty much do whatever he wants. In his own words, "I feel completely invulnerable".
The godfather of EBM has published an interesting letter with colleagues from university
This is significant. The authors of the systematic reviews from McMasters say SEGM is misusing their work and make clear their review does not justify banning gender affirming medical care for minors.
hei.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/systematic-r...
hei.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/systematic-r...
hei.healthsci.mcmaster.ca
August 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The godfather of EBM has published an interesting letter with colleagues from university
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![4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with ponytail flanked by person with short hair and another person speaking into microphone at podium] PERSON 1: In the early 2010s, researchers found that many major scientific results couldn’t be reproduced. (2) PERSON 1: Over a decade into the replication crisis, we wanted to see if today’s studies have become more robust. (3) PERSON 1: Unfortunately, our replication analysis has found exactly the same problems that those 2010s researchers did. (4) [newspaper with image of speakers from previous panels] Headline: Replication Crisis Solved](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibwuu57ullc7vacjyno6c5z3gtyakkg2qub6cn3dbbjdpn2kaowmi@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Increasingly practiced despite no credible evidence of benefits, I analyze the evidence and contemporary practice of "Gender Exploratory Therapy" practiced by anti-LGBT activists outside of clinical trials.
Follow my Substack.
theruddreport.substack.com/p/experiment...
Follow my Substack.
theruddreport.substack.com/p/experiment...
Experimental Gender Psychotherapy for Trans/Gender Dysphoric Patients: What’s The Harm?
Increasingly practiced despite no credible evidence of benefits, I analyze the evidence and contemporary practice of "Gender Exploratory Therapy" practiced by anti-LGBT activists outside of trials.
theruddreport.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Increasingly practiced despite no credible evidence of benefits, I analyze the evidence and contemporary practice of "Gender Exploratory Therapy" practiced by anti-LGBT activists outside of clinical trials.
Follow my Substack.
theruddreport.substack.com/p/experiment...
Follow my Substack.
theruddreport.substack.com/p/experiment...
'Will Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Give Me Deep Vein Thrombosis?'
A Swedish study is being weaponized in Britain to justify restricting hormone therapy for transgender women due to DVT risks, but the evidence is less persuasive.
I cover the science: theruddreport.substack.com/p/will-gende...
A Swedish study is being weaponized in Britain to justify restricting hormone therapy for transgender women due to DVT risks, but the evidence is less persuasive.
I cover the science: theruddreport.substack.com/p/will-gende...
'Will Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Give Me Deep Vein Thrombosis?'
A Swedish study is being weaponized in Britain to justify restricting hormone therapy for transgender women due to DVT risks, the evidence is less persuasive.
theruddreport.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
'Will Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Give Me Deep Vein Thrombosis?'
A Swedish study is being weaponized in Britain to justify restricting hormone therapy for transgender women due to DVT risks, but the evidence is less persuasive.
I cover the science: theruddreport.substack.com/p/will-gende...
A Swedish study is being weaponized in Britain to justify restricting hormone therapy for transgender women due to DVT risks, but the evidence is less persuasive.
I cover the science: theruddreport.substack.com/p/will-gende...
Why did you guys ignore my request for correction on your recent article on the Trump HHS Review about gender dysphoria? Your article negligently failed even to mention the severe risk of bias that not using GRADE introduced to the subject. Not including this information misleads readers.
June 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Why did you guys ignore my request for correction on your recent article on the Trump HHS Review about gender dysphoria? Your article negligently failed even to mention the severe risk of bias that not using GRADE introduced to the subject. Not including this information misleads readers.
The lack of following GRADE is discrediting. As well as narrativizing and selective interpretation of evidence. As Gordon Guyatt wisely pointed out in mother Jones. Much of the opining in the "review" is basically spitballing to fit a convenient narrative.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
May 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The lack of following GRADE is discrediting. As well as narrativizing and selective interpretation of evidence. As Gordon Guyatt wisely pointed out in mother Jones. Much of the opining in the "review" is basically spitballing to fit a convenient narrative.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Guyatt consistently gives the most even handed quotations regarding GAC in all recent publications I've seen which interview him.
Gordon Guyatt, a professor of medicine and expert in research methods at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, said the discussion of ethical issues was “unbalanced" and "raised questions" about the influence of the administration on the report.
May 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Guyatt consistently gives the most even handed quotations regarding GAC in all recent publications I've seen which interview him.
Looking for someone experienced with systematic review/ GRADE to join a project. Anyone with experience please tag/DM me.
May 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Looking for someone experienced with systematic review/ GRADE to join a project. Anyone with experience please tag/DM me.
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Retraction of RCTs (because they were at best flawed & at worst fraudulent) leads to substantial changes in evidence syntheses (systematic reviews and meta-analyses). How many more crap RCTs are lurking? Time to stop hero-worshipping this design. GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Investigating the impact of trial retractions on the healthcare evidence ecosystem (VITALITY Study I): retrospective cohort study
Objective To investigate the impact of retracted trials on the production and use of healthcare evidence in the evidence ecosystem.
Design Retrospective cohort study based on forward citation searchi...
www.bmj.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Retraction of RCTs (because they were at best flawed & at worst fraudulent) leads to substantial changes in evidence syntheses (systematic reviews and meta-analyses). How many more crap RCTs are lurking? Time to stop hero-worshipping this design. GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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A nice Costa Rican warbler similar to our North American Common Yellowthroat, this is an Olive-crowned Yellowthroat at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
#birds #nature
#birds #nature
May 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A nice Costa Rican warbler similar to our North American Common Yellowthroat, this is an Olive-crowned Yellowthroat at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
#birds #nature
#birds #nature
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My prim, proper, and completely angelic self cannot possibly be guilty of attacking mama’s power cables.
#cats #BlueskyCats #CatsofBluesky #monday
#cats #BlueskyCats #CatsofBluesky #monday
April 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My prim, proper, and completely angelic self cannot possibly be guilty of attacking mama’s power cables.
#cats #BlueskyCats #CatsofBluesky #monday
#cats #BlueskyCats #CatsofBluesky #monday
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📜 We examine a March 2023 legal order from Santiago de Compostela that authorized ECT use in an emergency situation, exploring the complex intersection of #neurotechnology, patient rights, and clinical decision-making
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March 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📜 We examine a March 2023 legal order from Santiago de Compostela that authorized ECT use in an emergency situation, exploring the complex intersection of #neurotechnology, patient rights, and clinical decision-making
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Jia Tolentino is a very great journalist whom I've admired for many years and this is maybe the best and most vitally important thing she's ever written, an interview with 'Warren Hern, America's Abortion Doctor'
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Warren Hern, America’s Abortion Doctor
Hern, one of the few physicians who openly perform late abortions, has been receiving death threats since 1973. He thinks women are worse off today than they were back then.
www.newyorker.com
September 29, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Jia Tolentino is a very great journalist whom I've admired for many years and this is maybe the best and most vitally important thing she's ever written, an interview with 'Warren Hern, America's Abortion Doctor'
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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Get out of my city ICE thugs. You are NOT welcome here
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Get out of my city ICE thugs. You are NOT welcome here
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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I genuinely appreciate peer reviewers of grants and papers. So many have made my studies vastly better. But please please can we ban "why do you need a control group?" as feedback for an RCT? It will help me to maintain my tenuous hold on sanity in these difficult times.
March 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I genuinely appreciate peer reviewers of grants and papers. So many have made my studies vastly better. But please please can we ban "why do you need a control group?" as feedback for an RCT? It will help me to maintain my tenuous hold on sanity in these difficult times.
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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IF YOU BELIEVE THE MANY SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER THE FEW, this is your time.
As a decentralized platform, @bsky.app is probably the last, best chance for this to happen
This has nothing to do with me. I'm just stating the obvious.
It has everything to do with what the 1.2m @bsky.app users do.
As a decentralized platform, @bsky.app is probably the last, best chance for this to happen
This has nothing to do with me. I'm just stating the obvious.
It has everything to do with what the 1.2m @bsky.app users do.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM