This page explains how Daily Lab Dish articles are made and what standards they are held to. We would rather be explicit about our process than let readers guess.
How articles are produced
Articles are drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by our editorial team before publication. We think readers deserve to know that plainly rather than discover it. The topic selection, structure, factual standards and final review are human decisions; drafting is assisted.
We disclose this because the alternative is a quiet pretence that would undermine everything else on this page. If you would weigh our articles differently knowing this, that is a reasonable response and you now have the information to make it.
Sourcing standards
- We do not invent statistics, study names, authors or dates. Where a precise figure is not well established, we describe direction and magnitude in words instead of manufacturing a number.
- We name institutions rather than fabricate citations. References to bodies such as the NIH, CDC, FDA, WHO or Cochrane point you to organisations you can search yourself.
- Where evidence is genuinely contested, we say so rather than pick the tidier answer.
- We explain mechanisms and limitations, including the circumstances under which a test or method fails.
What we will not do
- We do not give medical, diagnostic or treatment advice, and we do not interpret individual results.
- We do not accept payment, products or hospitality in exchange for coverage or favourable treatment.
- We do not run supplement affiliate links or sponsored reviews dressed as editorial.
- We do not publish scare pieces engineered to sell a solution.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, we want to fix it. Write to us with the article and the specific claim you are disputing, and ideally what you believe the correct position is. Substantive corrections are made to the article itself and noted where the change is material. Minor typographic fixes are made silently.
Medical disclaimer
Everything on this site is educational. Laboratory results carry meaning only alongside symptoms, history and examination, which is context we do not have. Talk to a qualified clinician about your own results before changing anything about your care.