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When constipation stops being a nuisance and starts being worth a call

The printed threshold you can hold your own pattern against, why smaller meals move a bowel habit when nothing else has changed, and the two lists of symptoms — one that means call your provider this week, one that means be seen today.

Sep 8, 2026

Eating

Eating enough when you are not hungry at all

A way to check one day of eating on paper instead of guessing at it, the question at the table that separates not wanting food from not being able to eat, and the two things that turn a quiet appetite into a call rather than another week.

Sep 8, 2026

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Irregular periods for years, and whether to settle it before you start

The three diagnostic features and how many of them you need, the blood tests that rule other conditions out first, and the one thing to settle at the same appointment whatever the result turns out to be.

Sep 8, 2026

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The family questions the intake form asks, and how to answer them

The thyroid question on an intake form names two conditions most people cannot, and a yes to either one closes off a whole class of medicine. What to ask a relative, where to look when nobody living knows, and what to write if you still cannot find out.

Sep 8, 2026

Care model

A history with food the form does not ask about well

What a physician actually does with a declared history of an eating disorder, what a blank box leaves them deciding on, and how to get the history itself evaluated — a route that starts with a primary care provider and does not run through weight care at all.

Sep 8, 2026

Care model

Snoring, stopped breathing, and asking for a sleep study

The three night-time signs of sleep apnea and who has to observe them for you, the daytime half you can check alone, and what to say to a clinician so a sleep study gets ordered.

Sep 8, 2026

Eating

More on eating

Eating

When constipation stops being a nuisance and starts being worth a call

The printed threshold you can hold your own pattern against, why smaller meals move a bowel habit when nothing else has changed, and the two lists of symptoms — one that means call your provider this week, one that means be seen today.

Sep 8, 2026

Eating

Eating enough when you are not hungry at all

A way to check one day of eating on paper instead of guessing at it, the question at the table that separates not wanting food from not being able to eat, and the two things that turn a quiet appetite into a call rather than another week.

Sep 8, 2026

Eating

A drink when your stomach empties differently

The arithmetic behind a poured glass: why the meal beforehand does more work than the size of the glass, how to convert what someone hands you into standard drinks, and the one call to make first if a blood-sugar medicine is already on your list.

Sep 8, 2026

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Fresh from the Journal

When constipation stops being a nuisance and starts being worth a call

Eating enough when you are not hungry at all

Irregular periods for years, and whether to settle it before you start

More on how care works

The family questions the intake form asks, and how to answer them

A history with food the form does not ask about well

Snoring, stopped breathing, and asking for a sleep study

More on eating

When constipation stops being a nuisance and starts being worth a call

Eating enough when you are not hungry at all

A drink when your stomach empties differently

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