Judith Orvos, ELS

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...

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Voters in South Carolina: Please support Dr. Andrews in her campaign for US Senate.

🚨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-...

My pleasure! Thanks for all you are doing.

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!

Organic food doesn't cause
autism. Neither do vaccines. Spread the word! www.standupforscience.net/s/Microflyer...

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...

Update on Vaginal Laser Therapy for Menopause It still doesn't work!

Update on vaginal laser therapy for menopause...still not recommended! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

A critical point.

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.

Purple background with a white heart containing black text that reads “Roses are red, sunflowers are bright, reproductive health is a fundamental right.” 

Let’s raise our voices in support of reproductive rights! 💪💖 
 
#HealthPolicyValentine @kffhealthnews.org

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.

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...

It boggles the mind that these people would actively work against their own self-interests. Are they that clueless? (Rhetorical question)

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

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/...

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?

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.

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...

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.”

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...

In this Viewpoint, Lawrence Gostin, Benjamin Meier, and Loyce Pace explore concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from
@who.int and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.

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#MedSky

Newbie here to introduce myself. #Freelance #BELS-certified #medicalwriter/editor with 40+ years experience. Polishing prose is my specialty -- particularly #ob/gyn, #womenshealth, #oncology. Learn more at orvoscommunications.com and/or DM so we can connect about your #medical/science project.

Spotlight on Primary Ovarian Insufficiency When Ovulation Stops Before Age 40

Spotlight on Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. When ovulation stops before age 40. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Glioblastoma: Workshop Advances Focused Ultrasound Treatment Attendees addressed 10 burning questions related to the field, including the potential roles of drug delivery and liquid biopsy.

Grateful to the Focused Ultrasound Foundation for acknowledging the medical writing support my company, Orvos Communications, provided for this #glioblastoma meeting report. #focusedultrasound