Editorial Guidelines

Our standard

Every page on Symptom Advisory has to pass one test before it goes live: could a reader act on this and be safer, better informed, or better off financially than before they read it? If the answer is no, we do not publish it.

Sourcing rules

• Health claims are sourced to primary literature and official guidance: CDC, NIH/NLM, FDA, USPSTF, AHA/ACC, ACOG, NICE, Cochrane and peer-reviewed journals.
• Every article carries a numbered source list with working links, so you can check us.
• We prefer guidelines and systematic reviews over single studies, and we say when the evidence base is thin.
• Prices are taken from published payer schedules, provider price-transparency data and manufacturer list prices, with the year stated. Prices are ranges, not quotes.

Human review

Drafts are researched and written with AI-assisted tools, then reviewed line by line by a human editor who checks each factual claim against the cited source, removes unsupported statements, and confirms the safety guidance (when to seek care, red-flag symptoms, emergency numbers) is correct and prominent. See our AI & Editorial Policy.

Safety guidance

Every symptom guide states explicitly when a reader should contact a clinician and when they should call 911. We never suggest delaying care to try a home remedy, and we do not publish dosing instructions that replace a prescriber's directions.

Independence

• No paid placements, no sponsored articles, no pay-for-review.
• We do not accept free products in exchange for coverage.
• The site is supported by advertising. Advertising is clearly separated from editorial content and advertisers have no input on what we write.

Updates and corrections

Pages carry a visible "last updated" date. When a guideline, price or product changes materially, we revise the page. If we get something wrong, we correct it and say what changed. Report an error via the contact page.