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Second pass at: Reading a trial's population section before its results Replied, post #5 · Evidence › Trials · 27 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Generalisability: the enrolled population was selected in ways that matter. Entry criteria, run-in periods, and the simple fact that people who agree to a multi-year…
Journal club: what we got wrong in an earlier session Replied, post #125 · Evidence › Journal club · 27 Jul 2026 · 19 likes Critical appraisal template: (1) What did the trial set out to estimate? (2) Could the design answer that question? (3) Was the population sufficiently similar to your…
Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind — one year on Replied, post #81 · Research Methods › N-of-1 designs · 26 Jul 2026 · 4 likes Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly rather than quietly editing. The correction was fair and I had…
Private prescribing in the UK: what is actually involved Replied, post #72 · Regional › UK & Ireland · 22 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Picking up post #69: that is the part I would want checked first. NHS access has been restricted by commissioning criteria, not by licensing. Specialist…
Transit times by route, from a logged dataset Replied, post #19 · Sourcing › Logistics · 19 Jul 2026 · 24 likes post #18 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Tracking stops updating: tracking last updated days ago usually means the package is in…
Muscle cramps: the ordinary causes before the exotic ones — a second dataset Replied, post #58 · Practice › Side effects · 18 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Fatigue: commonly reported, frequently multifactorial. It is worth asking whether other factors have changed (sleep, training volume, diet adequacy, hydration) before…
Revisiting: The best-written scientific paper you have read Replied, post #93 · Lounge › Off topic · 15 Jul 2026 · 2 likes On post #89 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Science communication: if you come across an interesting science paper or article about peptides or…
Tracking a shortage from primary sources rather than rumour Replied, post #103 · Access › Shortages · 15 Jul 2026 · 7 likes Patient advocacy during shortages: some advocacy groups advocate for patients during shortages. Knowing who they are and following their communication is useful.
Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment Replied, post #23 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 11 Jul 2026 · 19 likes Coming back to post #21, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer. Eating anything at all: on substantial appetite suppression, eating enough total…
What a certificate commits its issuer to — one year on Replied, post #107 · Analytics › COA interpretation · 11 Jul 2026 · 2 likes Purity and content are different measurements: purity tells you what proportion of the detected material is the intended species. Content tells you how much of the…
Pooling trials with different estimands Replied, post #87 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 10 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Inclusion and exclusion criteria: a meta-analysis is only as good as its inclusion criteria. If the criteria are too broad, apples and oranges get pooled. If they are…
Follow-up: Reading an interaction checker output critically Replied, post #22 · Practice › Interactions · 28 Jun 2026 · 23 likes SGLT2 inhibitors: frequently co-administered and relevant to renal and cardiovascular discussion, not to interactions. There is no pharmacokinetic interaction of concern.