Editorial policy

What we publish

We write from health sources a reader can open and check (NHS, ACOG, MedlinePlus, The Menopause Society, NICE, CDC and peer-reviewed studies), link them where each fact is used, give no treatment advice, and correct what we get wrong.

A page answers its question in its first lines, then goes into detail. We say what we know, what we do not, and how we know it, and when sources disagree we show both sides.

What we do not publish

We do not invent people, quotes, numbers or experiences. We do not give medical advice: we describe symptoms and what published guidance says about them, and we give no treatment advice on hormone therapy, doses or supplements. That decision belongs to you and your doctor. We do not publish paid content.

How we check health facts

Every health fact links the page it came from, and we open that page before we cite it: the NHS, ACOG, NICE, MedlinePlus and the NIH, the CDC, The Menopause Society, or a study on PubMed. Where sources differ, we say which says what. Symptom severity is described as mild, moderate or severe, the scale most symptom guidance uses.

Sources

We prefer the primary source: the official guidance or the study itself, and for an app, its maker's own site. When we quote public discussions we say they are people's opinions, not facts we verified.

Updates

Pages that depend on prices, rules or official guidance show the date we last checked them, and we revisit them when the facts change.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix the page and say what changed. Send us the correction with its source.