Do you know someone who should be taking a statin but has a misperception of the risks? Data from more than 120,000 participants in 19 double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trials show its time to revisit the risks listed on drug packaging. #sciencesky #hearthealth

Start your day with the mantra of Olympic snowboarder Maddie Mastro: I CAN DO IT Sometimes we need some #FridayMotivation #milanocortina2026

Bobcats, otters, wild boar and more captured on trail cams in Corkscrew Swamp. #wildlife www.audubon.org/florida/news...

Data from more than 100,000 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study show an association between drinking 2-3 cups of coffee (not decaf) a day and a lower risk for dementia. #sciencesky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Science communication is so important to medical education. Now more than ever. Thanks to @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

“Science communication is not a ‘soft’ skill, but rather how the public comes to understand, trust, and act on scientific and medical knowledge.” #scisomm Science Communication Should Be a Core Competency in Medical Training www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Here’s a meditative nonfiction entry for #BlueBrewBooks for all the animal and nature lovers. Chloe Dalton rescues and nurses a leveret—a baby hare—and succeeds against the odds. Through the hare, Dalton learns to notice and study the natural world around her.

A short history of the book and a reader’s favorite pastime in the form of a booklist. I added a book about the bookshelf (the bookish user interface) to my TBR. Books about books! #booksky open.substack.com/pub/millersb...

After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post. substack.com/home/post/p-...

A free tool to consider using when choosing a journal for submission. #scipub #medicalwriting phys.org/news/2026-02...

On making health care affordable and accessible: If Trader Joe's Ran Your Hospital www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/cala...

Because who doesn't want to know the 50 most used emojis in electronic health record notes? My favorite: 382 uses of the maple leaf. 🍁 The study used data from the Michigan Medicine system. #medsky Emoji Use in the Electronic Health Record url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Having a Monday? Manatees help! When the temperature of the St. Johns River drops, hundreds of manatees enter the 72-degree spring at Blue Spring State Park (my favorite Florida State Park)! Explore.org has an Underwater Manatee-cam at Blue Spring www.youtube.com/live/h2GA3zr... #stressrelief

ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country. Find it here: www.icemap.dev. Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

In THE KISSING BUG, Daisy Hernández tells the story of Chagas disease through the lens of memoir. One of the strongest aspects of the book are the patient stories, which center and humanize the people affected by the lack of attention on Chagas disease in the US. #mededitreads #booksky

I always want the window seat. #blueskyartshow #clouds

Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the study forecasts the prevalence of obesity to increase to 46.9% by 2035. #sciencesky #obesity Trends and Disparities of US Adult Obesity Prevalence url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

📣📣📣 Calling all #DataRescuers! The #SaveOurSigns crew needs our help capturing interpretative panels at key National Parks, including the Grand Canyon, before they are erased, removed, silenced. Learn more and get involved: www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help/

Yes, please (I’m an anxious dental patient): Dogs might be the secret to getting some anxious patients in the dentist’s chair #sciencesky www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/d... via @statnews.com

An association, not correlation, but still an interesting finding. Do you have a loved one who needs a nudge to consider hearing aids? #sciencesky www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The AAP immunization schedule—“rooted in science”—upholds the recommendations of the 2025 schedule, in contrast to the CDC. #sciencesky #publichealth

"Take frequent breaks, especially if you have a broken heart." #TodaysPoem #poetry Shoveling Snow by Vicki L. Wilson (2017 @rattlepoetry.bsky.social) rattle.com/shoveling-sn...

As we near chocolate month, heads up on a recall of Spring & Mulberry chocolate bars. #foodsafety www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...

I needed some books this morning, so I bought them from @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social in Minneapolis. You could too! Just pick them as your bookstore at bookshop.org.

The branching legacies of America’s past | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #booksky

“It’s so easy to get people to hate one another. That’s what makes love so impossible to understand.” US AGAINST YOU, by Fredrik Backman #SundaySentence #audiobooks

Remembering a fun canyon hike in Ogden, Utah, for #ForestFriday. It feels like this today in North Florida.

Keeping this link handy for hurricane season #scicomm science.feedback.org/myths-about-...

Scientists push back on climate myths yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/scie... #sciencesky #climate

I love her work. More here: www.maxinehelfman.com

Interesting read at our friends from @emboreports.org: An evaluation system for scientific journals link.springer.com/article/10.1... see also their related editorial by @berndpulverer.bsky.social on Equitable Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“For the first time in my life, I have had cause to study animals rather than people, and to see that we are not diminished by making way for them.” —RAISING HARE, by Chloe Dalton #SundaySentence

Which books would bookseller Annie B. Jones handsell to Jane Austen? What a fun thought exercise, and I’ve added a few to my tbr. #booksky #podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

A great discussion with 2 scientists that had me laughing and learning. #sciencesky #podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

U.S. Unveils New Dietary Guidelines www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...

The 2026 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been released. The document is slightly shorter (10 pages) and stresses eating more whole foods and less highly processed foods. The page linked here will take you to both the 2026 and previous editions. www.dietaryguidelines.gov #nutrition #sciencesky

My first #mededitreads of 2026 is THE KISSING BUG, a read-along with the Science Friday Book Club. Join here: #booksky www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/the...

Tips here for #freelance #editors and other creatives on doing a year-end review. If you need a little help getting started on this important aspect of running a business, grab a pen and journal and give it a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I second the recommendation for the Currently Reading podcast. 📚🎧 #booksky www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...

“But she had become a mother and had thus learned the possible length of a day, how it could stretch out forever and ever, swallowing multitudes.” — MAYA AND NATASHA by Elyse Durham #SundaySentence

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

Ending the year with positive science stories: #sciencesky www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A clear, easy-to-read graphical abstract (from a proof-of-mechanism trial of an asthma medication called lunsekimig). A nice template for #medcomms professionals. #medicalwriting #allergysky publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...

If you are also confused about the latest peanut introduction guidelines, here’s a well written article that both explains the study and describes why early peanut introduction is recommended. #allergysky #sciencesky medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...

A #booksky stocking stuffer

Inspiration here for all scientific authors to push back against misguided language censorship that harms the rigor of the scientific record #scipub #journals #publications #science criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2025/03...

I hope the journal allows the study authors to respond to the Editorial. #scipub #publications www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/s...

Yay for more research on menopause 🙌 #sciencesky www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Using over 20 years of weekly case, climate and serotype data, we found that risk of dengue was highest during El Niño conditions and in the first few years following a change in the dengue serotype circulating in the population.

Can you tell your cats apart by their purring? This research study found that cats’ purrs are more distinct than their meows. #caturday science phys.org/news/2025-12...