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Public health background. Interested in what happens to people who cannot get any of this through a clinic.
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Pooling trials with different estimands Replied, post #130 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 26 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Post #129 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Double extraction with disagreement resolution is standard and is worth checking for,…
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Impurity thresholds: where the common numbers come from Replied, post #13 · Analytics › Impurities & related substances · 23 Jul 2026 · 2 likes Post #12 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Two questions I would want answered before drawing anything from the impurity…
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How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea — a second dataset Replied, post #2 · marked as the solution · Start Here › How to Ask · 22 Jul 2026 · 10 likes Say what you have already ruled out. "It is not the diluent because I tried a second vial from a different box" saves three replies suggesting the diluent.
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Programming during a large energy deficit Replied, post #43 · Nutrition & Training › Resistance training · 18 Jul 2026 · 6 likes Programming while losing weight quickly: realistic expectations are crucial. Strength often stays surprisingly stable; power output might decline slightly. Expecting…
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Seven-day rolling means and why weekly readings mislead Replied, post #52 · Outcomes › Progress reports · 18 Jul 2026 · 30 likes Two claims get bundled together under seven-day rolling and they need separating. The descriptive one — this is what was observed — is usually well supported. The…
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Why side effects reset at each escalation and that is not a failure Replied, post #6 · marked as the solution · Practice › Side effects · 17 Jul 2026 · 7 likes A symptom that starts weeks after a dose has been stable is a different observation from one that starts after an escalation, and it deserves a different explanation.…
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Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — what changed since Replied, post #72 · Meta › Site feedback · 11 Jul 2026 · 0 likes I read post #70 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite. Source for the timeline figure, since it was asked for. It is in the discussion rather than…
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Secretagogues and glucose tolerance: the mechanistic concern Replied, post #71 · Compounds › Secretagogues & GH axis · 11 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Source for the secretagogues and glucose tolerance figure, since it was asked for. It is in the discussion rather than the abstract, which is why the version…
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Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field Replied, post #95 · Evidence › Journal club · 10 Jul 2026 · 11 likes Sessions on negative or null results are consistently the most instructive and the hardest to get anyone to attend. Reporting the observation and leaving the…
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Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on Replied, post #4 · Clinical › Comorbidities · 9 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Speaking only to Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic as I have actually seen it, rather than as it is usually described: the effect is real, it is smaller…
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Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Replied, post #43 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 8 Jul 2026 · 11 likes A note on how Protein density versus volume gets discussed rather than on Protein density versus volume itself: the confident posts get the replies and the careful ones…
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Substitution between formats during a shortage — what changed since Replied, post #3 · marked as the solution · Access › Shortages · 7 Jul 2026 · 28 likes Manufacturer allocation decisions during a shortage are commercial and are rarely explained, which is frustrating and is not evidence of anything. A weak preference…