Editorial policy

Who writes

Herivy is written by two staff writers, whose backgrounds are described on the about page. Neither is a clinician. Every piece is reviewed before publication by a licensed clinician, whose role is described on the medical review page.

How pieces are commissioned

Topics come from reader letters and from the writers' own reporting. A piece is commissioned only when the underlying mechanism is well enough established to explain plainly, and when the advice that follows from it is small enough to fit an ordinary day. A topic that fails either test does not get written.

Sourcing

We work from primary research, standard textbooks and the clinical literature, not from press releases or other publications' coverage. Pieces describe mechanisms rather than listing citations, because the job here is explanation, not literature review. Where the evidence is thin or contested, the piece says so in plain terms.

Corrections

Errors are corrected in the text, and the change is noted at the foot of the piece for a week. Anyone can request a correction by writing to hello@herivy.com. We would rather fix a small thing quickly than defend it slowly.

Independence

The site carries no advertising, no sponsored content and no affiliate links inside articles. The writers accept no products, fees or hospitality from any company whose work touches the subjects covered here. What appears on the page is there because an editor decided it belonged there.

Commercial relationships

Herivy has one commercial relationship: treatment offers provided by an independent partner, linked only from the footer of each page. No article mentions, recommends or links to the partner. The relationship pays for the site; it does not shape a sentence on it.