How we work.
Our editorial standards, in plain English. Every piece on this site goes through the process below. We publish this page so you can hold us to it — and so the version your search engine sees is the same version you do.
Sourcing standards
Every clinical claim on HerClarity is sourced to one of three things: a peer-reviewed primary study, a clinical practice guideline from a recognised body (NAMS, ACOG, NICE, USPSTF, ESHRE), or a textbook from a major medical-school publisher within the last five years.
When we summarise a study, we link to the study itself, not the press release. When the press release contradicts the study, we say so. We do not source from preprints unless we say we are, and we do not source from supplement-industry-funded research without disclosing it inline.
Medical review
Every article on this site is reviewed by a board-certified physician with relevant subspecialty experience before it goes live, and again every six months. Reviewers are paid; they are not given equity in the publication; and they have the right to refuse to attach their name to a piece. When a reviewer declines, we either revise or remove.
- MRDr. R. Chen, MD
- OMDr. Maya Okonkwo
- MPDr. Priya Shah, MD
What we mean by “evidence-based”
That phrase has been used to mean almost anything. Here, it means: a claim is graded the same way a clinician would grade it. We tier our evidence as strong (multiple replicated RCTs), moderate (one large RCT or several consistent cohort studies), limited (small studies, observational data, or expert consensus), or unsettled (genuinely conflicting evidence in the field).
When the evidence is unsettled, we say so. When the evidence is limited, we say so. We do not promote a single study to the level of a clinical conclusion.
Corrections & updates
Every article shows the date it was last updated and the date it was originally published. When we revise a piece materially — not punctuation, but content — we add a dated note at the top. When we are wrong, we say so in the same place we said the wrong thing, not on a separate page.
You can report a correction at corrections@herclarity.health. Median response time over the last twelve months: 22 hours.
Funding & affiliates
HerClarity is funded by reader subscriptions to the paid tier of the Friday Briefing and by ad-free editorial sponsorships of the free newsletter, which are disclosed at the top of every issue.
We do not run programmatic display advertising. We do not run affiliate links to supplements, period. We accept affiliate links to evidence-based clinical services (e.g. NAMS-certified menopause specialists, validated home-test kits) and we disclose them inline, on the article, every time.
The team
HerClarity is built by a small editorial team: two physicians, three writers, and an editor-in-chief. Every piece is written by a named person, edited by a named person, and reviewed by a named physician. There is no anonymous content on this site, and no AI-generated content beyond rough drafts that are then rewritten and reviewed.
Contact
For corrections: corrections@herclarity.health. For pitches: pitches@herclarity.health. For everything else: hello@herclarity.health. We read every email; we cannot reply to every email, but we try.