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Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic…

On the subject in the title: The headache that turns out to be dehydration — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about headache, deliberately narrow, because the broad…

Fluid intake, sodium, potassium and magnesium, and the very ordinary causes of week-two malaise. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded…

Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Trying to work out what would count…

On the subject in the title: PCOS and metabolic overlap: what is and is not studied Working notes rather than a conclusion. PCOS and metabolic overlap, from the point of view of someone who has read the…

Dizziness on standing: the ordinary explanation first — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A hydration and intake question, with the figures, since this one is…

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: symptom endpoints — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Heart failure with preserved ejection keeps being re-asked here and I…

On the subject in the title: Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Collecting what is known about Osteoarthritis and mechanical…

On the subject in the title: Electrolyte supplements: which ones do anything Working notes rather than a conclusion. A hydration and intake question, with the figures, since this one is unanswerable without…

The question in the title: Gastro-oesophageal reflux: improving or worsening? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Collecting what is known about gastro-oesophageal reflux in…

The question in the title: How much fluid is actually needed, and how you would know I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Reporting what I changed and what happened, with the…

Cardiovascular risk: reading the outcome trials as a set Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reading back through what has been written here about cardiovascular…

The headache that turns out to be dehydration Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reporting what I changed and what happened, with the caveat that I changed two…

On the subject in the title: Hepatic steatosis: what the MASH trial evidence supports — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading back through what has been written here about Hepatic…

On the subject in the title: Sodium, potassium and magnesium when intake drops Working notes rather than a conclusion. A hydration and intake question, with the figures, since this one is unanswerable without…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Cardiovascular risk: reading the outcome trials as a set Everything below is what sits behind that. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Cardiovascular risk down…

On the subject in the title: Sodium, potassium and magnesium when intake drops Working notes rather than a conclusion. A hydration and intake question, with the figures, since this one is unanswerable without…

Hepatic steatosis: what the MASH trial evidence supports — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on hepatic steatosis, before…

On the subject in the title: Obstructive sleep apnoea and a hard endpoint in this class Working notes rather than a conclusion. I was wrong about obstructive sleep apnoea in a thread last spring and I would…

Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Gastro-oesophageal reflux: improving or worsening? Gastro-oesophageal reflux — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation of it,…

How much fluid is actually needed, and how you would know — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Reporting what I changed and what happened, with the caveat…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Dizziness on standing: the ordinary explanation first Everything below is what sits behind that. A hydration and intake question, with the figures, since this one…

Electrolyte supplements: which ones do anything — a second dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on Electrolyte supplements. It is…

On the subject in the title: Revisiting: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: symptom endpoints Working notes rather than a conclusion. Working notes on Heart failure with preserved ejection rather…

Chronic kidney disease and the FLOW result — a second dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on Chronic kidney disease. It is mine,…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Hypertension improvement and when medication needs revisiting — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on Hypertension…

Second pass at: Sodium, potassium and magnesium when intake drops Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A hydration and intake question, with the figures, since…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Chronic kidney disease and the FLOW result Everything below is what sits behind that. Chronic kidney disease: setting out the arithmetic in full, because I have had…