Case Study · 2024–2025
WikiRemedy
A community health platform combining clinical evidence with lived experience — built by one founder using AI-assisted development.
UI Design
Three core screens
Home page discovery, condition exploration and remedy detail — designed to feel like a trusted wellness product, not a clinical database.
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What it feels like
Throbbing pain on one side of the head
Nausea or vomiting during attack
Sensitivity to light and sound
Visual aura before headache starts
⚠ When to get help
See a doctor for sudden severe "thunderclap" headache or headache with fever and stiff neck.
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Natural
Lifestyle
Pharma
Magnesium Glycinate
Natural · Moderate evidence
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Triptans
Pharma · Strong evidence
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Regular Sleep Schedule
Lifestyle · Moderate evidence
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Acupuncture
Therapy · Moderate evidence
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Condition
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How it works
Magnesium acts as a natural calcium channel blocker in brain vessels and may reduce cortical spreading depression that triggers migraines.
What to watch for
High doses may cause loose stools — glycinate form is gentler than oxide. Takes consistent use over months to show full benefit.
Community experience
★★★★★
"After 3 months my migraines went from weekly to maybe once a month. Life changing honestly."
Anonymous · 3 months
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WikiRemedy surfaces community experience, not medical advice. Always consult a qualified health professional.
Remedy
Design System
Dual scoring system
Every remedy shows two independent signals — what the research says alongside what real people experienced. The tension between them is often the most useful information.
Research Score
Based on published clinical evidence
Strong Evidence
Multiple RCTs or Cochrane reviews
Moderate Evidence
At least one well-designed RCT
Limited Evidence
Preliminary or observational data
No Evidence
Not formally studied — community signal primary
Community Score
From real people who tried the remedy
The interesting cases
When Research says Limited but Community says 4.5★ — that's a signal worth paying attention to. WikiRemedy makes this tension visible rather than hiding it.
Design System
Category colour language
Each remedy category has a distinct vibrant colour that persists across the entire experience — from condition page cards through to remedy detail pages.
Natural
Herbs, supplements, botanicals
Pharma
Medications, prescriptions
Lifestyle
Exercise, sleep, habits
Therapy
CBT, physio, acupuncture
Alternative
Homeopathy, energy work
Dietary
Food, nutrition, diet plans
Topical
Creams, oils, patches
Technical Architecture
Canonical remedy system
Each remedy exists once. Multiple conditions link to it, each with their own evidence level and community ratings. This enables cross-condition queries impossible in a traditional one-to-many structure.
Database architecture — many-to-many
conditions
165 conditions
symptoms, description
condition_remedies
1,352 links
evidence_level, caveats
clinical_grade
canonical_remedies
1,005 remedies
name, mechanism
traditions
remedy_attempts
Community ratings attached to the condition-remedy relationship — not the remedy in isolation
Cross-condition queries
"Which conditions respond best to magnesium?" — now a simple SQL join
Condition-specific ratings
Omega-3 for migraines and Omega-3 for dementia have independent community scores
No duplication
1,352 condition-remedy links from 1,005 canonical records — 347 duplicates collapsed