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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it Documentation › Doc review citation check review date promoted to docs wiki post On the subject in the title: Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it Working notes rather than a conclusion. I was wrong about evidence digest in a thread last spring and I would…	+13	17	15k	2d
Revisiting: Theoretical plates: useful number or ritual? Analytics › HPLC & UHPLC system suitability UV & DAD detection gradient method data table Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Revisiting: Theoretical plates: useful number or ritual? Asking about Theoretical plates directly, because I have read four threads on it and each…	+16	21	1.2k	1d
[2026 update] Documenting an adverse event properly Safety › Adverse events pancreatitis vomiting gallbladder Documenting an adverse event properly Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about Documenting an adverse event on behalf of the question I keep seeing asked…	+18	22	4.3k	1d
Talking to a therapist about this specifically Wellbeing › Mental health disordered eating beginner friendly mood Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Talking to a therapist about this specifically Everything below is what sits behind that. Something that has come up for me and that I suspect is more common than…	+20	24	855	14h
Journal club: STEP 8 and the fairness of the comparator dose — a second dataset Evidence › Journal club risk of bias journal club effect size estimand Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: STEP 8 and the fairness of the comparator dose — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on STEP 8. It is…	+18	22	656	13h
GIP receptor agonism and the argument about direction — does this still hold? Pharmacology › Receptor biology long read amylin analogues retatrutide Solved GIP receptor agonism and the argument about direction — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A question about GIP receptor agonism…	+10	14	15k	16h
Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base — does this still hold? Clinical › Comorbidities type 2 diabetes chronic kidney disease PCOS blood pressure Solved 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…	+17	22	4.5k	1d
Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary — what changed since Start Here › How to Ask site feedback onboarding beginner friendly worked example Posting this under the heading it deserves: Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. I want to check my reasoning rather…	+15	19	12k	13h
Where to report an adverse event officially, by region Safety › Adverse events pancreatitis gallbladder vomiting hypoglycaemia Solved Where to report an adverse event officially, by region Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reporting an event with the dates and the sequence, because…		2	27k	1h
Why 99.2% and 97.8% on the same lot can both be correct Analytics › HPLC & UHPLC system suitability peak integration gradient method data table Solved Why 99.2% and 97.8% on the same lot can both be correct I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to understand what this number means before I…	+16	20	3.1k	11h
Revisiting: Hepatic effects of glucagon receptor agonism: the mechanistic worry Compounds › Retatrutide retatrutide randomised trial effect size preprint Solved Revisiting: Hepatic effects of glucagon receptor agonism: the mechanistic worry Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A methods question rather than a substantive…	+10	14	8.4k	16h
Cleaning a self-reported dataset and what you throw away Data & Tools › Datasets confounding site feedback data table observational data Cleaning a self-reported dataset and what you throw away — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Collecting what is known about cleaning a self-reported dataset in one place,…		2	28k	1d
Deletion sequences: expected mass shifts by residue — the long version Analytics › Impurities & related substances water content endotoxin testing data table forced degradation On the subject in the title: Deletion sequences: expected mass shifts by residue — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. Deletion sequences keeps being re-asked here and I think that is…	+21	25	6.9k	10h
About the Mass spectrometry category Analytics › Mass spectrometry LC-MS high-resolution MS mass error (ppm) Pinned Wiki LC-MS and high-resolution MS, charge states, mass accuracy in ppm, and what identity confirmation does and does not establish. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it,…	+5	9	19k	6h
Coming back to: Batch date after test date, and other internal inconsistencies Analytics › COA interpretation reference standards amino acid analysis documentation quality certificate of analysis On the subject in the title: Batch date after test date, and other internal inconsistencies Working notes rather than a conclusion. Batch date — I have the observation and I do not trust my interpretation of…	+21	27	420	3h
HbA1c lag and what it can and cannot tell you at eight weeks — one year on Clinical › Bloodwork liver enzymes lipase & amylase lipid panel thyroid function Posting this under the heading it deserves: HbA1c lag and what it can and cannot tell you at eight weeks — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. A methods question rather than a substantive…	+18	22	655	13h
Semaglutide and alcohol: what is actually documented Compounds › Semaglutide STEP programme randomised trial type 2 diabetes SELECT trial Posting this under the heading it deserves: Semaglutide and alcohol: what is actually documented Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to know what people here actually do about semaglutide…	+14	18	10k	2d
Tracking semaglutide's approved indications across jurisdictions, dated Compounds › Semaglutide semaglutide effect size SELECT trial Tracking semaglutide's approved indications across jurisdictions, dated Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Putting the numbers in the first post, because a…	+15	19	2.8k	1d
When a network meta-analysis is defensible and when it is not Evidence › Meta-analyses effect size heterogeneity publication bias Solved When a network meta-analysis is defensible and when it is not I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Network meta-analysis, from the point of view of someone…		2	27k	4h
Why the cheapest option is often not the cheapest Access › Pricing compounding formulary cost per milligram data table Solved Wiki Why the cheapest option is often not the cheapest I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Cheapest option: setting out the arithmetic in full, because I have…	+19	23	1.2k	12h
Language barriers in accessing a prescription abroad Access › International personal import telehealth EMA Solved Language barriers in accessing a prescription abroad Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I was wrong about language barriers in accessing in a thread last spring…		2	22k	1h
The five documentation pages worth reading before you post anything — a second dataset Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly trust levels guidelines onboarding Solved On the subject in the title: The five documentation pages worth reading before you post anything — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on five documentation pages.…		2	24k	1d
Reading a syringe in poor light, and how to avoid needing to Devices › Syringes & needles syringe units dead volume needle gauge & length worked example Solved Reading a syringe in poor light, and how to avoid needing to Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. The question about reading a syringe that I actually want…		2	22k	just now
What other technical communities get right that we do not Lounge › Off topic beginner friendly long read Wiki What other technical communities get right that we do not — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A digression I have been saving for the right category. It is…	+2	6	23k	5h
Coming back to: Why our vendor pages link the storefront and mark it sponsored Sourcing › Vendor reports third-party testing batch & lot numbers certificate of analysis documentation quality Why our vendor pages link the storefront and mark it sponsored I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Reading back through what has been written here about…		2	22k	8h
Fibre intake when total intake falls, and the constipation link — one year on Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Posting this under the heading it deserves: Fibre intake when total intake falls, and the constipation link — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. An honest uncertainty about Fibre intake…	+9	13	16k	16h
Subgroup analyses: pre-specified versus discovered Evidence › Trials randomised trial intention to treat surrogate endpoints estimand Subgroup analyses: pre-specified versus discovered — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on subgroup analyses, and I…		2	27k	1d
Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags — does this still hold? Clinical › Bloodwork thyroid function liver enzymes lipid panel HbA1c Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags — does this still hold? A methods question rather than a substantive one,…	+18	22	281	2h
About the N-of-1 designs category Research Methods › N-of-1 designs worked example confounding effect size Pinned Wiki Designing a personal experiment that could actually change your mind, including washouts and blinding. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is…		4	22k	14h
What to include when your question involves a laboratory result Start Here › How to Ask beginner friendly site feedback guidelines Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What to include when your question involves a laboratory result Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people…	+8	12	14k	2d