Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a confusing teaching technique because the picture on the right is also a True Positive = the test (boy) detected the wolf that was really there 130 3
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Some of mine dump the AI slop into the title of the email. All 4 paragraphs of it 111 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 31/07/2026You mean Horse Apples (see Shawshank Redemption) 030 3
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 25/06/2026As if a University would have funded barnacle boy in the first place 000 0
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Randomised controlled trials because there is a pyramid of evidence @statsepi.bsky.social 020 2
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 05/03/2026In Australia Step 5 is outsource the solution to a consulting company for many millions of dollars staffed by people who got middling marks in the classes of the academics who already work for you. The report is actually written by AI. 010 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 17/02/2026 doi.org/10.1111/jsr.... Acute dosing effects of cannabinol (CBN) on the sleeping EEG in patients with insomniadoi.org<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online LibraryInsomnia disorder is harmful and requires novel treatments. Cannabinol, an oxidative by-product of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is claimed to be a hypnotic, but its effects on objective sleep and insomni.... 030 3
Reposted by Nat MarshallAndrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The Onion finally gets around to sleep studies. 0105 10
Reposted by Nat MarshallAndrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 23/01/20264 year post doc post at Maynooth in Human Sleep and Respiratory Physiology. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...universityvacancies.comPost-Doctoral Researcher in Human Physiology, Full time, Specified Purpose Contract, 4 Years, Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, Maynooth University | University Vacancies Ireland 0510 10
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Bonus sleep nerd for writing the label on micropore tape 210 2
Reposted by Nat MarshallSLEEP and SLEEP Advances @sleepjournals.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Join us for #AskMeAnything with Editors in Chief Drs. Allan Pack (SLEEP) and Sean Drummond (SLEEPAdvances). Send us your questions by adding a comment below. The Editors in Chief will be responding to all your questions on January 5th! 141 4
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 27/11/2025It would help if I could spell #SleepPeeps correctly... 010 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Hi. I study sleep and sleep disorders using epidemiology and clinical trials 010 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Does Sleep Apnea cause cancer and if so what kind/s? One of the ways we can check this is to look at the adverse event tables in the big CPAP randomised trials and see if anything changes. Frustrating answer = still not clear onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.com<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online LibraryObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been hypothesised to promote cancer via intermittent hypoxia, and assessing what happens when OSA is controlled by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may pro... 020 2
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The map all Americans should see www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...reddit.comFrom the Damnthatsinteresting community on Reddit: A view of the earth with the Pacific Ocean as the center point.Explore this post and more from the Damnthatsinteresting community 010 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Definately my weirdest scientific idea yet: Can humans sleep one half of their brains at a time when they sleep in water, like dolphins do? Certainly no proof of that yet - but we have a method to maybe catch it. And, Yes, a human can fall asleep floating in a fluid. lnkd.in/gUHSRjuglnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 131 3
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Cannabinoid products may reduce total sleep time in adults with insomnia: new study theconversation.com/cannabinoid-...theconversation.comCannabinoid products may reduce total sleep time in adults with insomnia: new studyAny reduction in sleep time for people with clinical insomnia could be concerning. 010 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 23/06/2025There’s definately something different between bedroom temp and outdoor temperature that still has me completely scoobied pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26521276/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govCompletely scoobied: the confusing world of temperature and pollution effects on sleep apnoea - PubMedCompletely scoobied: the confusing world of temperature and pollution effects on sleep apnoea 000 0
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Fantastic analysis @bastien-lechat.bsky.social but then I'm thinking back to this pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22467989/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govAmbient temperature and obstructive sleep apnea: effects on sleep, sleep apnea, and morning alertness - PubMedThis study is registered in ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00544752. 110 1
Reposted by Nat MarshallDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Venn (1866) described the problem with the "sharpshooter fallacy": 🎯 painting the bullseye on the spot where a bullet hits a door. In psychology, we call this "HARKing" — Hypothesizing After Results Are Known. 35812 58
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Are you assuming your audience is highly educated in the right way? 000 0
Reposted by Nat MarshallNEJM.org @nejm.org · 14/05/2025In the TAK-861-2001 trial involving 112 participants with narcolepsy type 1, oveporexton significantly improved measures of wakefulness, sleepiness, and cataplexy over a period of 8 weeks. Full trial results: nej.md/3ZdlKNi #MedSky #NeuroSky 042 4
Reposted by Nat MarshallSwapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 12/05/2025There you have it: BEDMED published in @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... h/t @drjmluther.bsky.social No difference in bedtime versus morning BP meds - as expected #NephSky #Hypertension 1/ 25628 56
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 05/05/2025The new SPIRIT statement 2025 for how to write your clinical trial protocol www.bmj.com/content/389/...bmj.comSPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for protocols of randomised trialsHigh quality protocols facilitate proper planning, conduct, reporting, and external review of randomised trials, yet their completeness varies and key elements are often not considered. To strengthen ... 010 1
Reposted by Nat MarshallJournal of Clinical Epidemiology @jclinepi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Improving the completeness and transparency of protocols and reports of randomized trials: SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...jclinepi.comImproving the completeness and transparency of protocols and reports of randomized trials: SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025We developed SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 together and in a similar manner. To ascertain new evidence to inform both updates we completed two scoping reviews. The results of the scoping reviews helped... 0125 12
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 17/04/2025www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNew treatments to put insomnia to bedDrugs that eliminate wakefulness, molecules in cannabis and wearable devices that modulate brain activity could help those with the condition. 000 0
Reposted by Nat MarshallJAMA @jama.com · 14/04/2025Authors, editors, reviewers, and other potential users should use CONSORT 2025 when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent. Learn more in this Special Communication. ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh 02620 26
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Hardly anybody has been trained to read the methods section 000 0
Reposted by Nat MarshallThe BMJ @bmj.com · 25/03/2025Risk of bias assessment of randomised controlled trials has become an essential step in the systematic review process. A new tool allows users to assess risk of bias of RCTs included in systematic reviews in a user friendly way www.bmj.com/content/388/... 0269 26
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 10/03/2025What role for wakefulness promotors? How well do they really work and what are the side-effects? Julia Chapman and I's latest editorial discussing the latest trial evidence authors.elsevier.com/c/1kkb52p-lG...authors.elsevier.com 000 0
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Because you don't need a license or any training to publish 'epidemiology'? 010 1
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Do modern post-industrialised society members sleep more than hunter-gatherers? Somewhat accurately partially quoted in New Scientist. Big sample sizes don't fix the non-representative sampling problem. www.newscientist.com/article/2469...newscientist.comPeople in industrial societies get more sleep than hunter-gatherersIndividuals in industrialised societies seem to sleep for longer than people in non-industrialised ones, but their circadian rhythms are more out of sync 210 2
Nat Marshall @natsleep.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Not historic enough. Need to upgrade to the Antonine Plague or cholera reactivated from handling John Snow's lab equipment. 010 1