My recent blood test suggests that I will develop chronic kidney disease sometime in my 90s. The standard measure of kidney function is the estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR). Mine was calculated as 86 - which the current classification says is Stage 2 of so-called "chronic kidney disease" (CKD). Kidney Health Australia tells me that … Continue reading When will my kidneys fail? Try this handy chart
Month: August 2022
Addressing the scandal of poor medical research
"Huge sums of money are spent annually on research that is seriously flawed through the use of inappropriate designs, unrepresentative samples, small samples, incorrect methods of analysis, and faulty interpretation." - Doug Altman, BMJ 1994 Doug Altman was a statistician in Oxford who spent much of his career trying to improve the quality of research. His … Continue reading Addressing the scandal of poor medical research
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