Editorial policy

Who writes and who reviews

Every guide is written or reviewed by Dr. Jannat Ilyas, MBBS, a registered medical practitioner with 5+ years of clinical experience and current responsibility for occupational health in an industrial setting. Where a draft is prepared with research assistance, it is not published until she has reviewed it line by line and put her name to it. No guide appears here anonymously.

Where the evidence comes from

We prioritise, in this order:

1. National and international clinical guidelines, WHO, NICE, CDC, NIH, AHA, ADA, ILO and equivalents.
2. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses, including Cochrane.
3. Large, well-designed primary trials and cohort studies.
4. Established clinical reference material and specialist consensus.

Single small studies, press releases and preprints are not used as the basis for a recommendation. Where guidelines disagree between countries, and on blood pressure, cholesterol and screening intervals they frequently do. We say so and show both, rather than picking one and presenting it as settled.

What we will not do

• We do not give drug doses, or tell you to start, stop or change a prescription medicine.
• We do not diagnose. A guide describes patterns; it cannot examine you.
• We do not promise cures, reversal, or specific outcomes.
• We do not run advertising, affiliate links, or sponsored content of any kind.
• We do not use fear as a retention tactic. Red flags exist to be acted on, not to frighten.

Dating and review

Every guide shows the date it was last reviewed. Guides covering areas where guidance changes , screening intervals, thresholds, vaccine schedules, are reviewed at least annually, and sooner when a major guideline changes. If a guide is out of date, the date will tell you. That is the point of showing it.

Corrections

If you find something wrong, email hello@askdoc.life and it will be checked. Where a correction is material, it is made and noted on the page rather than quietly edited. Clinicians who write in with a reference get a fast reply.

How this is funded

By membership subscriptions, one-to-one sessions, and workplace advisory work for employers. That is the entire list. No pharmaceutical funding, no supplement partnerships, no data sales. It is a deliberately small and boring business model, because it is the only one that keeps the writing honest.

Artificial intelligence

AI tools are used for drafting, structuring and language editing, in the same way a research assistant would be. They are never the final authority on a clinical claim. Nothing is published without a qualified human reading every sentence and taking responsibility for it. We think being open about this is better than pretending otherwise.