After 2 years of work, our special issue in @contraceptionjl.bsky.social on "Emergency of FemTech in the SRH Landscape" is out!
It includes 14 papers on fertility tracking, contraception, and abortion in the digital age, plus our summary Editorial.
A 🧵on what we found; please help us share!
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You know that annoying NSF form "List every coauthor/co-PI from the last 4y" ?
At @cevianlabs.io we built a free tool that drafts the COI form from your PDF CV in minutes. Check it out 👇
📣 Calling: Alle Eltern
Wir planen psychotherapeutische Gruppen für Eltern von Säuglingen mit Regulationsschwierigkeiten, um zu entlasten & stärken.
Sagt uns, was ihr euch wünschen würdet:
www.soscisurvey.de/saeuglingsgr...
Danke fürs Mitmachen & Teilen! 🙏✨
@tudresden.bsky.social
Schwangerschaft schützt vor MS-Schüben: Gehirn-Immun-Achse unterdrückt Entzündungen
Während der Schwangerschaft verringert sich die Häufigkeit von Schüben bei Patientinnen mit Multipler Sklerose (MS) um bis zu 80 Prozent. Forschende des ...
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I’m recruiting a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology to join the MenstruLife project - using longitudinal data from multiple cohort studies to understand the prevalence, risk factors, and mental health impacts of heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhea across the life course.
lnkd.in/ebQFYxd5
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
When partnership gets under your skin: How oxytocin and tenderness promote wound healing
Tenderness can literally get under your skin: An international research group led by Heidelberg University's Medical Faculty and Heidelberg University Hospi...
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❗️Professorship in medical psychology❗️The health and medical university HMU Erfurt is hiring. Please apply, especially if you are interested in #psychogynecology #psychoneuroendocrinology #sexuality #placebo #pain
More Information: tinyurl.com/4cwae8t7
‘A fragmented field: Construct and measure proliferation in psychology.’ (2025)
From ‘Language models accurately infer correlations between psychological items and scales from text alone.’ (2025)
From ‘Not within spitting distance: salivary immunoassays of estradiol have subpar validity for predicting cycle phase.’ (2023)
Work in progress with cycle tracking data from the app Clue
Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke.
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
Kontrolle über Schmerz kann Wahrnehmung beeinflussen
Eine Studie von Wissenschaftler:innen des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) hat gezeigt, dass die Fähigkeit, ein intensives unangenehmes Erlebnis wie Schmerz zu kontrollieren, d...
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Schmerz-Studie: Negative Annahmen sind hartnäckiger als Placebo-Effekte
Was wir erwarten, beeinflusst, wie wir Schmerz empfinden – und zwar stärker, als viele denken. Eine aktuelle Studie der Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE), kürzlich ver?...
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How do placebo and nocebo effects differ in strength and duration in pain studies? Check out this study from Kunkel et al. in @elife.bsky.social in last week’s edition of #PapersoftheWeek bit.ly/4hKNxfZ #PRF
Title slide with text: A guide to writing good code for the busy scientist Black text over stripey pale brown-green background
If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
❤️ Bluesky fMRI people! 3-day #fMRI course live online Jan 7-9, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
New paper on fatigue, hair cortisol and stress during COVID-19 lockdowns. 💡📜
We found signs of hypocortisolism during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the general population.
Risk factors for fatigue were young age, chronic stress, low income, and loneliness.
Full paper: doi.org/10.1097/psy....
Thrilled to share our (with @monikaeckstein.bsky.social) first #EMA findings! ✨ Social support isn’t always helpful in #pain - operant conditioning may alter relationship dynamics, increasing pain likelihood. Partner trainings needed! #Endometriosis #Stress #Relationships doi.org/10.1007/s125...
"Simplistic stories about the dangers of polygyny can be compelling but they risk misleading the public, reinforcing notions of Western cultural superiority & disrupting global health policy by sidelining pertinent initiatives. Building healthier societies necessitates paying attention to evidence"
Der Bundeskanzler legt noch einmal nach. Er entschuldigt sich nicht für seine Äußerung mit dem Stadtbild. Dann nutzt er eine rhetorische Figur, die tatsächlich unter Rechtspopulisten/extremisten sehr beliebt ist. Er stellt eine Gegenfrage und macht aus dem allgemeinen ,Stadtbild‘ etwas, was 1/7
Infographic titled, "RCT: Open-Label Placebos as Adjunct for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine" shows study population was 17 men and 103 women. Findings show no significant decrease in MHD in the OLP group, compared to the TAU group.
RCT: Open-label placebo treatment for #migraine was not associated with fewer #headache or migraine days, but was associated with improved pain-related disability, quality of life, and global patient-reported improvement compared to usual care. ja.ma/4709BhU
"Für Jüdinnen und Juden kann es aus der Geschichte nur eine Lehre geben: Die Einteilung in jene, die aus dem #Stadtbild entfernt gehören, und in jene, die in das Stadtbild passen und deshalb verschont bleiben, ist nicht hinnehmbar"
~ Sasha Marianna Salzmann @taz.de
Pain Reports Fibromyalgia Special Issue
#PainReports and guest editor Anne-Priscille Trouvin are proud to present a new special issue discussing the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia and approaches to treating it. Read the entire issue for free: t.co/SE72OZVrHj t.co/Q0WaMB2eOC
New podcast where @ulrikebingel.bsky.social talks about the power of the placebo effect! 🤯
What happens when not only active ingredients, but also expectations, rituals and trust have an effect? Why can colour, price and even the doctor's attitude determine the effect of a medicine?
Partnerschaft steigert messbar die Lebenszufriedenheit
Im Übergang vom Alleinleben in eine Lebenspartnerschaft steigt die Lebenszufriedenheit deutlich an. Das belegt eine neue Studie der Universitäten Bielefeld und Greifswald sowie der britisc...
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Virginity in older age is linked to a complex mix of psychological, social, and genetic factors. - Copyright (MPI for Empirical Aesthetics / F. Bernoully)
When Sex Never Happens: Large-Scale Study Identifies Factors Associated with Virginity in Older Adults
Why do some people never have sex, even later in life? An international research team involving the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthet...
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Sophie Bauer forscht zu Menstruation. Hier erklärt sie, warum sie lieber von Menstrualität spricht und wie sich der Mythos vom giftigen Blut weiter hält.
Good Morning from the #dgmp #dgms Congress at beautiful #jena! Currently: interesting discussion on whether #politics and #science are in resonance or more and more alienating from each other
Beautiful example of how AI kind of gets it right, but not really - and how convincing it appears if you bring little prior knowledge. (as is often the case when talking about #menstruation, #reproductiveHealth or #sexuality)
Der Titel der taz von Donnerstag, 21. August 2025: Wenn die Spirale bricht. Zu sehen ist eine Spirale, die in einer Hand gehalten wird. Dazu der Text: Kein Einzelfall: Welches Leid defekte Verhütungsmittel verursacht haben und wie eine Frau jetzt um ihr Recht kämpft
In der Gebärmutter einer jungen Frau zerbricht eine Kupferspirale. Ein Teil davon verschwindet spurlos. Jetzt zieht sie vor Gericht. Das tun bislang nur die wenigsten Betroffenen.
👉 taz.de/!6105159/
The #icbm2025 is over and you‘re still in #vienna? I highly recommend the #MUVS: museum of #contraception and #abortion. It was a pleasure visting it yesterday!
If you enjoyed #ICBM2025 and use Ambulatory Assessment/ Ecological Momentary Assessment methods, consider planning another trip to Vienna next year: @ambulatory-assessment.org will meet here on 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026. More info soon on univie.eventsair.com/saa2026/
