Maria Feychting

Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it? The US president calls the widely used painkiller, also known as paracetamol, ‘a very big factor’ in autism, but scientists say that strong evidence is lacking.

I provided some comments on the #paracetamol and #autism debacle in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Mats Caldeborg – Att ha och att inte ha hund - Tankar för dagen – I ateljén sysselsatte jag mig under de mörka vintermånaderna med att i svart vax modellera ett självporträtt som hund – ett slags sorgearbete.

Alla som har eller haft hund kommer att älska denna. Så mycket igenkänning!

www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/mats...

>> Fortfarande bara observationsstudie förvisso, men jag kan inte se hur man skulle kunna ha en annan design.

>> I Sverige har vi goda möjligheter att kontrollera ev. orsaker till att man planerar kejsarsnitt, men trots detta fann vi högre förekomst av barneukemi, framförallt inom 5 år efter födseln (statistiskt signifikant om man tycker detta är viktigt), vilket var vad tidigare studier också observerat.

Förslag: läs studien istället. Det finns ett flertal tidigare studier som funnit högre förekomst av barneukemi bland barn som förlösts med planerat kejsarsnitt. Vi var övertygade om att det kunde förklaras av confounding från orsaken till att kejsarsnitt planerades. >>

Yes, it was really a pity, I had to head home early. Hopefully there will be some future meeting we both will attend.

Åsa Wikforss: Mediernas uppgift är inte att vara neutrala, utan objektiva Det må vara vara en effektiv politisk strategi att utmåla faktagranskning som partisk, men det hotar fundamentet för demokratin: kunskapen, skriver Åsa

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Jessica Signell: Ikea, varför har ni stulit mitt drinkbord? Ikea har lanserat en möbel som är slående lik mitt 20 år gamla drinkbord ”Eve” och sänder budskapet – det är okej att stjäla.

Detta 👇

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My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’ (Gift Article) For eight years running, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report — but what exactly does it measure?

Man blir illa till mods när man hör att våra finska grannar är världens lyckligaste folk. Vad vet de som vi inte har begripit? Tack och lov sände @nytimes.com en reporter för att avslöja sanningen bakom "lyckan". www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/m...

Martin Röösli - BIOEM Congratulations!

Congratulations @martinroosli.bsky.social 🎉

bioem.org/martin-roosli/

Sverker Sörlin: Trump hatar forskningen för att den hindrar hans korståg Det enda goda med Trumps angrepp på Harvard är att vi inte längre tänker ”sånt händer inte här”. Ytterst gäller striden hur vi kan förstå världen.

Mycket bra av Sverker Sörlin. www.dn.se/kultur/sverk...

Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right.

The pseudoscientific spirit of MAHA is in plain sight:

Mikael Delin: Får man sörja ett barn som lever? När Sasha är tre månader drabbas han av en mystisk sjukdom. ”Nu kommer tårarna när han har bra stunder”, skriver hans pappa, DN-journalisten Mikael Delin.

En text som går rakt in. Läs @mikaeldelin.bsky.social
www.dn.se/kultur/mikae...

Never seen that happen. Great editor!

Response to the letter from members of the ICBE-EMF

La ICBE-EMF son un grupo de, me permito decirlo, pseudocientíficos empeñados en retorcer la evidencia más relevante para sus propios intereses de seguir alimentando el miedo... He aquí un "zas en toda la boca" científico:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Professor in Environmental Epidemiology - with focus on research   Do you want to contribute to improving human health? The Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) is a department at Karolinska Institutet and an interdisciplinary researc

Opportunity!
We are recruiting: Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet

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Children with congenital heart defects have poorer survival following cancer diagnosis For children battling both congenital heart defects (CHD) and cancer, the road to recovery is far more precarious than previously understood, according to a new study published in the Journal of the N...

First publication 2025 🎉

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The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: A systematic review of human observational studies – Part II: Less researched outcomes In the framework of the World Health Organization assessment of health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF), we have …

🔥Part II of our systematic review for the @WHO is out:
Less researched neoplasms (e.g. thyroid, oral cavity/pharynx cancer) in relation to wireless phone use or occupational radiofrequency exposure.
✅ Also no indication for risk increase. 1/2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ETC HE Report 2024/10: Evaluation of the benefits of green space on noise-related effects: a health impact assessment on annoyance This report assesses the potential health benefits of reducing noise annoyance from road traffic and railway noise by increasing green space exposure in European agglomerations. Using data from the En...

Green🌳🌱 in urban areas is beneficial for health, possibly owed to stress reduction, heat reduction in summer, motivating for physical activity, social interaction etc. Here we calculated the benefit for 🇪🇺 due to reduction in 🚗 noise annoyance. 🔊
www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-he/...

Samma fenomen som för universiteten, där en stor del av forskningsanslagen äts upp av höga hyror.

Opinion | What I Saw on Jan. 6 Still Haunts Me (Gift Article) Donald Trump is promising to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. But we can’t let him rewrite history.

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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job.”

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Hur mellandagar och nyårshelgen har varit? Tackar som frågar. Tillsammans med dotter med familj har vi förbrukat sex storpack med pappersnäsdukar - and still counting

Nyårsmiddan har vi skjutit upp...

Gör som Ulf och läs en debattartikel för att fira in det nya året!

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Battling misinformation and disinformation

naccurate information about diseases, treatments and vaccines undermines trust in science and public health. It threatens global health by distorting public perception and eroding confidence in evidence-based policies. During emergencies and conflicts, misinformation exacerbates health crises by fostering confusion and fear and diverting resources from a coordinated response. This erosion of public trust is leaving populations vulnerable to preventable diseases and fueling inequities.

WHO continues to fight against misinformation and disinformation—a great challenge to global health. Governments, health agencies, and partners need to safeguard public trust by responding to misinformation and disinformation directly and effectively.

Finland Publication Forum will downgrade hundreds of Frontiers and MDPI journals A committee of scholars in Finland has decided to downgrade 271 journals from Frontiers and MDPI in their quality rating system, in a move that may discourage researchers from submitting manuscript…

"A committee of scholars in Finland has decided to downgrade 271 journals from Frontiers and MDPI in their quality rating system, in a move that may discourage researchers from submitting manuscripts to the outlets." retractionwatch.com/2024/12/24/f...

Thanks, Maria. Very useful. Just reminds me about this useful source:
ncrp-qa.v-studios.com/science/

And here “get the facts"
ncrp-qa.v-studios.com/get-the-facts/

Scientific Evidence for Cell Phone Safety The scientific evidence does not show consistent or credible evidence of health problems caused by the exposure to radio frequency energy emitted by cell phones

Here is another useful link:
www.fda.gov/radiation-em...

Upgrade your #causalinference arsenal.

A revision of our book "Causal Inference: What If" is available at miguelhernan.org/whatifbook

Thanks to everyone who suggested improvements, reported typos, and proposed new citations and material.

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