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Journal club: STEP 1 and the treatment-policy estimand — does this still hold? Replied, post #77 · Evidence › Journal club · 27 Jul 2026 · 4 likes On post #73 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly…
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Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Replied, post #55 · Clinical › Prescriber conversations · 26 Jul 2026 · 20 likes Picking up post #52: that is the part I would want checked first. What to bring: copies of relevant lab results, pharmacy records (to confirm doses actually taken), and…
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Pooling trials with different estimands Replied, post #129 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 26 Jul 2026 · 1 like Publication bias: what did not get published? Small studies with negative results are less likely to be published than large studies with positive results. A forest…
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Impurity thresholds: where the common numbers come from Replied, post #14 · Analytics › Impurities & related substances · 24 Jul 2026 · 8 likes On post #10 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what…
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Revisiting: What pooling buys you and what it destroys Replied, post #87 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 11 Jul 2026 · 25 likes post #86 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Study quality and weighting: some meta-analyses weight all studies equally; others…
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Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Replied, post #42 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 8 Jul 2026 · 31 likes Picking up post #39: that is the part I would want checked first. Eating anything at all: on substantial appetite suppression, eating enough total calories to maintain…
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Substitution between formats during a shortage — what changed since Replied, post #2 · Access › Shortages · 7 Jul 2026 · 0 likes This follows the opening post rather than contradicting it. Resuming after a gap: after a gap of days or a few weeks, most people resume at the dose they were on when…
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Sleep quality changes during weight loss Replied, post #9 · Wellbeing › Sleep · 4 Jul 2026 · 28 likes Picking up post #6: that is the part I would want checked first. Gastrointestinal effects overnight: nausea or reflux or constipation at night can disrupt sleep. Dosing…
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Follow-up: External review after an internal denial Replied, post #7 · Access › Insurance & coverage · 30 Jun 2026 · 0 likes Denial letters: the stated reason tells you exactly what to submit next. A denial is not final; it is a specification for an appeal. Reading the reason carefully and…
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Follow-up: Sleep quality changes during weight loss Replied, post #55 · Wellbeing › Sleep · 27 Jun 2026 · 14 likes Sleep apnoea improvement: as weight is lost, sleep apnoea usually improves. The timeframe is weeks to months, not immediate. Improvement often is gradual rather than…
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Request: a per-category review queue Replied, post #49 · Meta › Feature requests · 20 Jun 2026 · 0 likes I read post #47 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite. Tracking: staff will update the status of feature requests (under consideration, planned,…
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An appeal that succeeded, with the letter structure — the long version Replied, post #76 · Access › Insurance & coverage · 10 Jun 2026 · 3 likes Worth separating two things that post #72 runs together. Appeals process: unemotional prose, the criterion quoted verbatim, evidence mapped to it point by point, dates,…