Dr. L. NovakVerified medical reviewer
MD, Internal Medicine
9 articles reviewed
Medical Review Board
Health content on BioWellix is checked by practising clinicians before it goes out. This page names them, describes what that check involves, and is honest about where it stops.
The board
Dr. Priya Nair, MDVerified medical reviewer
MD, Endocrinology
4 articles reviewed
Dr. James Okafor, MDVerified medical reviewer
MD, Cardiology
3 articles reviewed
Dr. Elena Marsh, MDVerified medical reviewer
MD, Gastroenterology
Board-certified gastroenterologist. Writes on digestive health and the microbiome for BioWellix.
2 articles reviewed
Dr. A. FordVerified medical reviewer
MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
1 article reviewed
Dr. S. IyerVerified medical reviewer
MD, Dermatology
1 article reviewed
Dr. R. ChenVerified medical reviewer
MD, Sleep Medicine
No published reviews yet
How an article gets reviewed
Research before writing
An article starts from the primary literature and current clinical guidelines — systematic reviews and trials where they exist, and the guidance of national health bodies where they do not. Sources are recorded as the piece is written, not retrofitted afterwards to decorate it.
Drafting against the evidence
The draft has to state how strong each claim is. A finding from one small trial is not written in the same voice as one from a pooled analysis of thirty cohorts, and a plausible mechanism nobody has tested in people is labelled as exactly that.
Clinical review
A clinician practising in the relevant field reads the finished article and checks it against current evidence and guidelines: that the claims are supported, the caveats are present, the risks and interactions worth flagging are flagged, and nothing reads as personal medical advice.
Signed and dated
When a reviewer is satisfied, their name and credentials go on the article and the review date is published with it. That date is the honest statement of currency — it tells you when the evidence was last checked, not when the page was last touched.
Correction and re-review
Evidence moves and guidelines are rewritten. When we learn an article is wrong or out of date we correct it and move its updated date; substantial changes to medical content go back to a reviewer rather than being published on the writer's judgement alone.
What “Medically Reviewed” means
It means
- A qualified clinician has read the whole article, not just the headline or the summary.
- They checked it against the evidence and guidelines current at the review date shown on the page.
- They are named, with their credentials, so the check is attributable to a person rather than to a badge.
It does not mean
- That the reviewer has assessed you, or knows anything at all about your health.
- That the reviewer is your doctor, or is available to answer questions about your case.
- That the article covers every exception, interaction or situation that might apply to you.
- That the evidence has not moved since the review date printed on the article.
- That the reviewer endorses any product, brand or supplement the article mentions.
Standing policies
How reviewers are chosen
Reviewers are qualified clinicians who practise in the field they review. Nobody reviews outside their specialty: a gastroenterologist checks the gut health articles and does not sign off the cardiology ones.
Credentials are verified before anyone joins the board, and the credential printed on an article is the one relevant to that article rather than the most impressive one a reviewer holds.
Independence and conflicts of interest
Reviewers are asked to declare any commercial relationship touching what they are reviewing, and they do not review content where they have one. Nobody sells a product mentioned in an article they signed off.
Advertising on this site is served automatically by Google and is invisible to the review process. No advertiser sees content before it is published, and none has any influence over what a reviewer asks us to change.
When a reviewer disagrees
A reviewer can ask for any change, and can decline to sign an article. When that happens the article is rewritten, or it publishes without a reviewer's name — it is never published with the name attached anyway.
Where clinicians genuinely disagree, or the evidence is contested, the article says so rather than picking whichever side sounds more confident.
Corrections
Corrections to health content are treated as urgent. If something here is inaccurate, out of date, or unsafe, write to hello@biowellix.com with the article and what looks wrong, and it will be checked against the sources.
Where a correction changes the substance of what an article says, it goes back to a reviewer before the revised version is published.
Clinicians: join the board
If you practise in a field where the internet’s health content is at its worst, we would like to hear from you. Send your specialty and registration details and we will take it from there.
Apply to reviewFrequently Asked Questions
Does every article on BioWellix have a medical reviewer?
No, and the site never implies otherwise. An article that has been through clinical review carries the reviewer's name and credentials on the page; one that has not carries no such name and no badge. If you cannot see a reviewer, there is not one.
Can a board reviewer answer my medical question?
No. Reviewers check articles; they do not take questions about individual cases, and reading a page they reviewed creates no relationship between you and them. For anything about your own health, see a clinician who can examine you and read your records.
How often is reviewed content re-checked?
There is no fixed calendar. Content is re-reviewed when the evidence or guidelines behind it change, when a reader reports a problem, or when we substantially rewrite the article. The review date printed on each page is the honest answer for that page — if it looks old for a fast-moving topic, treat it accordingly.
Are reviewers paid, and does that affect what they approve?
Reviewers are paid for the time a review takes, much as a copy editor would be. The payment is for the check and not for the outcome: a reviewer is paid the same whether they approve an article, send it back, or decline to sign it at all.
Do advertisers influence what gets reviewed or published?
No. Adverts here are selected automatically by Google from the page and the reader, not sold by us to particular companies. No advertiser sees content before publication or has any route into the review process.
How can I join the medical review board?
If you are a practising clinician and would like to review in your field, write to hello@biowellix.com with your specialty and registration details. We are particularly glad to hear from clinicians working in fields where the internet's health content is at its worst.