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SPECIAL FEATURE: The Cultural and Political Moment for Toxins Research
Republished with permission by Undark
Nov 7
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Should a Tetanus-Toxoid Booster Be Administered After a Tick Bite?
A Rationalist’s Policy Check on Pathogenic Priming, Spirochetes, and Meat-Allergy Etiology. Clinicians Pay Heed: No Evidence Means Ignorance, Not…
Nov 4
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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No, This Study Does Not Prove That Lack of COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Causes Autism
In spite of claims that Kennedy has been proven wrong on COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, the study in question merely reminds us of how far…
Nov 3
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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October 2025
You Think You Know the Placebo Effect, But You Don’t
Most people have heard of the placebo effect. What about nocebo? Lessebo? Drucebo? and I offer a new one, critical to understanding improved health as…
Oct 30
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Support a Landmark Vaccine Injury Academic Fellowship That May Change the Outcome of NVICP Autoimmune Cases
Updating Federal Vaccine Policy Through Evidence
Oct 29
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Wayne A Rohde
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NIH Shakes Up Environmental Health, Turns to Autism on Point: Physician-Scientist Kyle Walsh, MD, PhD, Steps In at NIEHS
Autism is clearly at the forefront of this key appointment to the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences
Oct 28
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Reverse the Sociopathology: Restoring EBT, Accountability, and a Working Government
As the shutdown drags on, EBT card reloads are scheduled to stop on November 1 unless appropriations resume.
Oct 27
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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How to Bias a Study On COVID-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy
JAMA provides an expert example. They nearly got away with it. But then we read it.
Oct 16
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Making Science Honest Again: How Institutions, Platforms, and Journals Weaponized Science—And How to Bring Them to the MAHA Standard
An investigative exposé on how science became a weapon, how the truth was collateral damage, and how to restore integrity by deweaponizing retraction…
Oct 15
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Save the Hudson: How to Stop a 45,000‑Gallon Radioactive Discharge by Forcing Procedural Integrity
A PREVENTABLE DISASTER IS PENDING OUR APATHY AND INACTION.
Oct 14
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Self-Congratulatory CDC-Contracted NASEM Report Misses the Signals We Had to Publish – At Risk
There is little point in polishing pig iron. But NASEM tries.
Oct 10
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Critique of Gabrielsen et al. (2022): “Infralow Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
This is a textbook case of misinterpretation of Type II error due to heterogeneity and endpoint misalignment as rejection of the null hypothesis. It…
Oct 10
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James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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