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JF Mulvaney PhD. Chief Scientific Editor and reporter at Medical News Bulletin. We are an online medical, health and wellness research news magazine in Canada. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55010183400

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · Feb 6

Hey Bluesky people if you want to criticize our coverage contact me directly and explain the issue and if we got the facts wrong I’ll fix it! Better yet, if you have a background in medical research, healthcare or science, write an article for us explaining why we are wrong! I LOVE learning! 🧪

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Stephanie Grach M.D. M.S. @grachstephanie.bsky.social · 1d

Truly honored to have lead the inaugural chapter on #MECFS management in the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social textbook Scientific Basis of Fatigue, "Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A New Narrative." The greatest honor of all was co-authoring with my role models--

Dr. Stephanie Grach, a Caucasian woman with brown eyes and (currently) shoulder-length brown hair, holding a textbook open to the mentioned chapter's first page. Wearing a blue suit jacket, red/blue shirt, and blue KN95 mask, against a purple-gray background.

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 1h

The way google and Facebook have advertising sewn up I have no ill will will towards any publication that can find a way to make even a pittance through affiliate sales. We can’t pay for journalism without any income! What do readers expect us to do when google disincentivizes people visiting?

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3h

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 2h

Now this was a fascinating read! Heavy periods could be making your kid anxious- literally! Learn why iron supplements for teens are important even if they aren’t anaemic! medicalnewsbulletin.com/iron-menstru... 🧪 🧠 #CogPsyc #EduSky 🩸🧪 medsky 🩺 ⚕️ #psychiatry 🧠👀 #Neuroskyence 🍎📃 🥪📃 #pedspsych

Get girls more iron to beat anxiety | Medical News Bulletin

Periods are a source of anxiety for girls-literally! Learn why iron deficiency without anemia could be behind rising rates of anxiety

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 2d

But still read the article even though Darth Satoris has “spoiled” it! There’s other useful information there too and we tell you the numbers!

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for sharing! Let’s get more boys protected!

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 2d

Misinformation about gender affirming care is spreading again. Yes kids are getting top surgery, but you might be surprised who they are. Come over to MNB to see the numbers for yourself medicalnewsbulletin.com/are-transgen... 🧪 #EduSky #healthpolicy medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #pediatricpsychology PedSky 🌈🎓

Are transgender kids really getting gender affirming surgery? | Medical News Bulletin

Heard rumours that doctors are rushing transgender kids into surgery? Find out what the numbers really say with MNB.

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 2d

Did you mean girls only? I think this is an ignorance thing rather than deliberate. Many parents don’t know that HPV causes cancer in men, maybe help change that by reading our article and sharing the information with people around you?

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 5d

Men who have sex with men don’t benefit from a girls only HPV vaccination program! 🧪 #m4m #BL medicalnewsbulletin.com/five-reasons...

Get your boys the HPV vaccine | Medical News Bulletin

Check out our top 5 reasons your boy should get the HPV vaccine yesterday. Penile cancer? No thanks!

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 5d

Cervical cancer rates are in the news again! We're celebrating the fact that HPV infections are down in women across the board... but what about the boys? Help your kid minimize his chances of penile and anal/rectal cancer by getting him vaccinated! medicalnewsbulletin.com/five-reasons... 🧪

Get your boys the HPV vaccine | Medical News Bulletin

Check out our top 5 reasons your boy should get the HPV vaccine yesterday. Penile cancer? No thanks!

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 6d

Before you make that snarky comment about ivermectin, make sure you have your fact straight! Counter misinformation the RIGHT way- with facts. medicalnewsbulletin.com/whats-the-de... CanSky #EduSky OncoSky #healthpolicy medsky 🩺⚕️ Medskies #SciComm #SciPol SciNews 🧪 Science public health

Why your cancer doc won't offer you ivermectin | Medical News Bulletin

Ivermectin has been popping up on cancer related social media, but how would that even work? What's the deal with ivermectin and cancer?

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 7d

Alzheimer’s docs announced some encouraging news at the 2025 AAIC in Toronto… monoclonals are performing better than skeptics predicted. So what are monoclonals and why were people cautious? Neuroscientist Dr Georg Hafner explains medicalnewsbulletin.com/lecanemab-do... #EndAlz, #alzsky 🩺,⚕️🧪 🧠

What's The Deal With Monoclonal Antibody Therapies for Alzheimer's?- UPDATED | Medical News Bulletin

Monoclonal antibody-based therapies, such as Donanemab, and Lecanumab, have been heralded as a huge step forward in the fight against dementia, but are the results too good to be true?

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

yeah we’ve already covered that ground extensively. How about reading the article and engaging with the interesting research instead .

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

it’s not relevant to my readers that you in particular have to pay for it. If you want to complain about your access to healthcare do it in an appropriate venue not in my replies. This applies to everyone. If you want to engage it’s ok, but make sure it is productive and relevant to the article.

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

I am going to assume that this is an honest question. There is a technique in writing and rhetoric called a “rhetorical question”. It is a question for people to ask themselves, it does not need an answer. I’m not sure what you thought you would achieve by giving what sounds like a hostile answer.

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

OK is that a reason why people who aren’t in the US can’t know about it?

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

It’s coming up for vaccine season, and if you are over 50 why not opt for a shingles vax at the same time? It does more than what it says on the tin! medicalnewsbulletin.com/shingles-vac... #dementia 🩺📊 #immunosky medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #Neuroskyence #virology 🧪

Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia | Medical News Bulletin

Getting a shingles vaccine to protect you from this painful condition should be a no-brainer, but what if we told you it could reduce your risk of dementia too?

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

We are trying to solve this! medicalnewsbulletin.com

Medical News Bulletin - Health News and Medical Research

Daily medical news, health news, clinical trials and clinical research, medical technology, fitness, and nutrition news–in one place.

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

My job is to get hold of those paywalled articles and translate them into a story non experts can understand! We go to a lot of trouble to go deeper into methods and implications than a normal news story! medicalnewsbulletin.com

Medical News Bulletin - Health News and Medical Research

Daily medical news, health news, clinical trials and clinical research, medical technology, fitness, and nutrition news–in one place.

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

PS it’s an editorial policy of mine that we don’t use AI!

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

It makes me sad, use there are publications like ours-Medical News Bulletin- that go out of their way to get hold of the paywalled articles and write them up for non experts, but we find it so difficult to please google so nobody can find us!

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 8d

This is an old article I came across while tidying the website… While I’d say some parts a little outdated, it does explain why pinning down the genetic causes of autism has been taking so long medicalnewsbulletin.com/genes-father... 🧪 🧬

Dad's deregulated DNA implicated in autism inheritance | Medical News Bulletin

Do dad's genes contribute to autism? A new study pins a significant component of a kid's risk of autism on mutations in their father's DNA.

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, I agree, well meaning people in general are very quick to try to solve ‘problems’ but we need to step back and check whether it’s actually a problem first.

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 12d

Re your deleted reply: I’m not sure there was dual messaging, the evidence is pointing towards autistic traits arising from the physical structure of the brain and how it developed. I’m not sure there is anyway you could “cure” that. It’s also not necessarily disabling. Do we need to cure it?

Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 12d

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Unmasking Autism with Jamie McCleary | Medical News Bulletin

In a fascinating interview, McCleary opens a window into life with autistic kids, self-discovery and the challenges of a world fixated on easy answers.

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 12d

Further to your comment, the word “disability” was used once in the article to describe the experience for a subset of people whose autism is disabling.