Editorial policy

Health information changes what people do about their bodies and minds. We hold our content to a standard that reflects that responsibility. This policy describes how we write, source, review, and correct everything on HealthSurvey.

Sourcing

Clinical claims are grounded in primary sources — peer-reviewed research, and guidance from bodies such as the WHO, CDC, NHS, NICE, FDA, and PubMed-indexed literature. We cite those sources on the page. We do not treat other content sites as authorities.

Medical review

Our standard is that every screening tool and condition page is reviewed by a licensed clinician and re-reviewed on a recurring schedule. When a tool has been reviewed, the reviewer's name, credentials, and review date appear on the page. Where review is still in progress, we say so plainly rather than implying an endorsement that doesn't exist yet.

Independence

Our screening tools and their interpretations are never influenced by advertisers, supplement sellers, or any commercial partner. Reviewers are independent clinicians with no financial stake in the results a reader gets. If we ever run advertising or affiliate links, they will be clearly labeled and kept out of clinical content.

Plain language, honest framing

We write for a person, often an anxious one, reading on a phone. We avoid jargon, we don't catastrophize, and we don't falsely reassure. A screen is always framed as a screen, never a diagnosis.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it and note what changed. To report an error, email our team. Substantive corrections to clinical content are logged with a date.