Editorial standards & medical review process

What we publish, and what we don't

blood-test.life publishes educational health content tied to blood tests and biomarker interpretation. Every claim we publish should be traceable to a current guideline, a peer-reviewed source, or a named clinician's clinical judgment. We do not publish:

• Diagnostic instructions for any condition.
• Specific treatment recommendations, medication advice, or dosing.
• Sponsored content of any kind on the editorial site.
• \"Affiliate-driven\" reviews of supplements or third-party services.

The five-step review workflow

1. Drafting. An editor with relevant science or health background drafts the article from a research outline.
2. Fact-checking. Each claim is cross-referenced to current guideline sources (NICE, USPSTF, AHA, ACC, ESC, ADA, ACOG, JNC, KDIGO, ATA) or peer-reviewed primary literature.
3. Medical review. A board-certified clinician reviews the draft for clinical accuracy, signs off, and may request edits.
4. Plain-language review. A second editor reviews for readability and to ensure non-clinicians can act on the article.
5. Publication. Article ships with the reviewer's name and last-reviewed date displayed prominently.

Who reviews

Our standing medical advisory board includes board-certified specialists across internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, and hematology. See the full team page for credentials. Articles touching a specialty are co-reviewed by the relevant specialist.

How often we update

• Pillar guides — reviewed at minimum every 6 months, sooner if guidelines materially shift.
• Panel and biomarker pages — reviewed at minimum every 12 months.
• FAQ answers — reviewed quarterly; updated immediately on policy changes (pricing, features).

Every page carries a visible Last reviewed date so you can judge how current it is.

Authorship and bylines

Every article shows its author (the editor who drafted it) and its medical reviewer (the clinician who signed off). Pseudonymous content is not published.

Corrections policy

If a reader, clinician, or our own team finds a factual error, we correct it within 24 hours and publish the correction in our public corrections log. The log includes the original wording, the corrected wording, and the date.

Conflicts of interest

blood-test.life has no advertising on its editorial pages. We do not accept sponsorship of articles. Our medical reviewers disclose any relevant financial or professional conflicts of interest, and we will not assign a review to a clinician with an active conflict on the topic.

AI-assisted writing

We use AI as a research and drafting tool, like every modern editorial team. No medical claim makes it into a published article without a board-certified clinician reviewing and signing off. AI does not write our medical content; it accelerates the research stage and helps with copyediting.

How the AI in our product is governed

The AI inside the blood-test.life analyzer is governed by the same standards. The phrasing it uses, the clinical-rules engine that constrains it, and the reference ranges it applies are all reviewed by clinicians. Every report carries an audit trail (model version, reviewer, last-review date, confidence score) and the medical disclaimer.