Medical disclaimer
We report on health research. We do not practise medicine, and no article should be mistaken for a clinician who knows you.
Chest pain, trouble breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, a severe allergic reaction, thoughts of harming yourself: stop reading and call your local emergency number or go to an emergency department. Nothing on this site is a substitute for urgent care, and no article is worth the delay.
We report on health research for a general audience. We describe what studies found, how strong the evidence is, and what remains unknown. What we cannot do is examine you, know your history, see your medication list, or take responsibility for your decisions.
1. What this site is, and isn’t
| What we do | What we don’t do |
|---|---|
| Explain what a study measured and in whom | Tell you what to take, or at what dose |
| Grade how strong the underlying evidence is | Diagnose a symptom you describe to us |
| Report clinical guidelines and how they changed | Replace the guideline your clinician follows |
| Suggest questions worth raising at an appointment | Recommend starting or stopping a medication |
2. No clinician-patient relationship
Reading an article or sending us an email does not create a clinician-patient relationship with HealthJournalHub or anyone who writes or edits for us. We publish health information for a general audience. We are not your doctor and cannot advise you individually.
We can’t answer personal medical questions by email, and we won’t pretend to. Those messages get a polite redirection to a qualified professional.
Population averages are not instructions. A treatment that helps most people in a trial can still be wrong for you, and the only way to know is a clinician who has your full picture.
3. Medication, supplements, and dosing
Never start, stop, or change the dose of a prescribed medication because of something you read here. Stopping some drugs abruptly is more dangerous than the condition being treated.
Supplements are not automatically safe because they’re sold without a prescription. They interact with prescription drugs, they’re inconsistently regulated, and dose matters. When we report on a supplement trial we report the exact form and dose that was studied, which is often nothing like what’s on a shelf.
4. Evidence has a shelf life
Every article carries its publication date and, where relevant, an update date. Guidance changes as trials report. An article that was accurate in 2025 may not reflect 2027 practice, and we would rather show you the date than pretend otherwise.
5. What “medically reviewed” means here
When an article on this site states that it was medically reviewed, it means a credentialed clinician in the relevant specialty read the article before publication and checked that the claims match the cited evidence, the risks are described fairly, and nothing reads as personal advice. It does not mean the reviewer endorses any product, nor that the article applies to your situation. Articles that carry no such statement have been edited and fact-checked by our newsroom only.
6. Limits of liability
We publish carefully and correct errors openly. Even so, you use this information at your own risk, and to the extent permitted by law we accept no liability for loss or harm arising from decisions made on the basis of our content. This section works alongside the terms and conditions.
7. Getting actual help
A clinician who knows your history beats any website. If access is the barrier, community health services, pharmacist consultations, and national health information lines are all cheaper and closer than most people assume.
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