What we publish
The Health Desk publishes general interest writing about food, sleep, daily habits, and everyday wellbeing. The emphasis is on things a reader can try themselves without buying anything, and on being clear about how much confidence any given idea deserves.
We are not a medical publication. We do not employ physicians, we do not give clinical advice, and nothing here is a substitute for talking to a qualified professional who knows your situation.
How we are funded
This site carries advertising, and some articles are sponsored, meaning an advertiser paid for them to be produced and published.
When that is the case:
- The page carries an Advertisement label at the top, before the article begins.
- A disclosure box explains that the content is sponsored and that we may earn a commission.
- Buttons and links that lead to an advertiser's product page are labelled as such and marked
rel="sponsored". - Any video presentation from an advertiser is introduced as a paid presentation.
We may receive a commission when a reader buys something through one of those links. That commission does not change the price you pay.
What sponsorship does not buy
An advertiser paying for a page does not get to remove the disclosure, and does not get to have a free exercise described as something that requires their product. Where an article suggests something you can do for nothing, that suggestion stands on its own and needs no purchase.
Photographs
Unless a caption says otherwise, photographs on this site are stock images, posed by models, used for illustration. They do not document the people or events described in the text, and captions on this site say so.
Personal accounts and results
We do not publish invented first person testimonials. Where an article describes an exercise or a routine, it is described as something a reader could try, not as a result someone achieved. Food, sleep, and daily habits affect everyone differently, and nothing on this site should be read as an outcome you can expect.
Sources
Where an article points at published research, the reference is listed at the foot of the page with author, year, and journal so it can be checked. A reference is a pointer to further reading, not proof that a claim applies to you.
Corrections and contact
If something on this site is wrong, we want to fix it. Questions about an article, about a source, or about how your information is handled can be sent to the editorial desk. Include the title of the page so we can find it quickly. We read everything and reply to most messages within two business days.
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