How we research and write
Health information is only worth reading if you can tell where it came from. This page sets out exactly how the library is put together, what we will and will not claim, and how to tell us when we have got something wrong.
We start from named health bodies, not from search results
Every guide and article is built from published guidance issued by organizations that put their name to it: the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, the USDA and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, MedlinePlus, the American Heart Association and the World Health Organization among them. Where a claim comes from one of those bodies, we say which one and link to the page.
If we cannot source it, we do not publish it
A claim that we cannot trace back to a named, published source is cut rather than softened. Where the evidence is genuinely unsettled, we say so in plain words instead of picking the more quotable side, and we avoid quoting a precise figure when only a direction of travel is well established.
Pages carry a real, automatic updated date
The "updated" date on a guide is written by the database the moment the text changes. It is not a badge we set by hand, so it cannot drift away from the content it describes. Guidance moves, and when it does we come back and change the page rather than leaving it and publishing a new one.
Corrections are made in place, and you can ask for one
If something here is wrong, out of date, or reads as more certain than the evidence supports, tell us and we will check it against the source. Where a correction changes the meaning of a page, we fix the page itself so nobody reads the old version, rather than burying a note at the bottom.
What we do not claim
Articles here are written and published by HealthPathCore as an organization. They are not signed by a named individual, and we do not describe them as medically reviewed, clinically approved, or checked by a doctor, because no clinician reviews them. Saying otherwise would be a claim you could check and find false, and in a health library that is the fastest way to lose your trust.
What we do claim is narrower and true: this material is drawn from published research and guidance issued by named health bodies, written in plain language, dated so you can judge how current it is, and corrected when the evidence moves. If a real, named professional ever reviews a piece here, their name and qualification will appear on it, and not before.
Nothing on this site is personal medical advice, and it cannot account for your history, medication or circumstances. For anything specific to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. In an emergency, call 911. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Report an error
If you spot something inaccurate, outdated, or missing an important caveat, email us with the page address and what you think is wrong. Pointing at the guidance you think we have misread helps most of all.
corrections@healthpathcore.com