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Coming back to: Lateral-flow and colorimetric approaches: the specificity problem Replied, post #89 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 27 Jul 2026 · 0 likes The most useful reply I ever got about Lateral-flow and colorimetric approaches was a request to state my units. It sounds like pedantry and it has saved me twice.
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Immortal time bias in a claims-database study — one year on Replied, post #45 · Evidence › Study critique · 26 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Post #44 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Defending a design that is being criticised unfairly is as useful as criticising one…
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Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — one year on Replied, post #48 · Documentation › Doc review · 20 Jul 2026 · 5 likes Reading rather than contributing, but this is the most useful thread I have found on it.
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About the Shortages category Replied, post #7 · Access › Shortages · 19 Jul 2026 · 0 likes That matches what I have seen, for whatever a single anecdote is worth.
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What to include when your question involves a chromatogram — one year on Replied, post #75 · Start Here › How to Ask · 13 Jul 2026 · 19 likes The specific question in the title is more useful than you might think. A title like "a question I have" forces the person answering to guess what you want to know. A…
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Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on Replied, post #14 · Clinical › Comorbidities · 10 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Picking up post #11: that is the part I would want checked first. The practical value of this subcategory is helping somebody frame the question they take to an…
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Coming back to: Why I now write the concentration on the vial in marker Replied, post #11 · Practice › Reconstitution · 5 Jul 2026 · 26 likes Why "add 2 mL" is not an instruction: the powder in the vial takes up space. "Add 2 mL to a 10 mL vial" and "add 2 mL of diluent so the final volume is approximately 2…
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Sleep apnoea improving and the equipment implications Replied, post #8 · Wellbeing › Sleep · 23 Jun 2026 · 3 likes Picking up post #5: that is the part I would want checked first. Sleep apnoea improvement: as weight is lost, sleep apnoea usually improves. The timeframe is weeks to…
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Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Started this topic · Evidence › Preprints · 12 Jun 2026 · 0 likes Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reading an…
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Preservatives: function, testing, and limits — one year on Replied, post #23 · Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry · 11 Jun 2026 · 3 likes Taking Preservatives seriously for a moment rather than deflecting: the honest position is that the community has observations and no controlled comparison, and those…
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Tracking a shortage from primary sources rather than rumour Replied, post #40 · Access › Shortages · 7 Jun 2026 · 20 likes On post #36 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Reports that a pharmacy has stock are the least durable information on the site and are still worth…
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Conditions that change the calculus rather than forbidding it Replied, post #19 · Safety › Contraindications · 1 Jun 2026 · 10 likes Post #18 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. I have been on both sides of the conditions argument in this category within eighteen…