This page describes how pages are made, so you can judge them. It also lists what this site deliberately does not do, which is often the more useful half.
How a page is made
- A defined reader need. One page per subject, answering a question a real person actually asks. Pages are not created for spelling variants — edema and edema, lymphedema and lymphedema, PAD and PVD live on one page each.
- Research against primary sources. Guidance from recognized bodies — NHLBI, CDC, NHS, the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Vascular Surgery and equivalents — rather than other health sites.
- Drafting in plain language. Technical terms are explained the first time they appear.
- Clinical review where the material calls for it. Current status →
- Link and display checks before publication.
- An update log when something substantive changes.
Sourcing
Every clinical page carries a sources list with working links to the material it was written from. We cite the organization and the page, not a vague “studies show”. If we cannot point at a source for a clinical claim, the claim does not go in.
We do not print citation identifiers — PubMed IDs, DOIs, study names — unless they have been checked to resolve to the paper being described. A citation that looks rigorous and points somewhere else is worse than no citation.
Things this site will not do
- No symptom quizzes that return a diagnosis or a clearance. Symptom pages describe possibilities and thresholds. They do not output an answer, and they never tell a reader they are fine.
- No invented test results, star ratings, “best” awards or testimonials. If we did not test something, we will not say we did.
- No reviewer names or review dates before the review happened.
- No unverified credentials. The author is a podiatric surgeon and the site says so; it does not imply vascular or cardiology specialization.
- No shopping prompts on urgent pages. Clots, acute limb ischemia and spreading infection get a phone number, not a product grid.
- No advice to exhaust home remedies before seeking care.
- No patient stories, photographs or case details presented as real unless they are. Illustrative examples are labelled as examples.
- No invented traffic, readership or ranking claims.
Where commercial and medical priorities meet
This site intends to earn money from affiliate product guides, a book, and — for local readers — a podiatry practice owned by the author. Those are real commercial interests and they are disclosed.
The rule that governs them is simple: a reader who needs prompt medical assessment sees that first, on every page, regardless of what else that page is doing. Where the two conflict, the medical priority wins, and if you find a page where it clearly did not, that is a defect and we would like to hear about it.
Updates and corrections
Pages carry their publication date, and a substantive change adds a dated note. We do not refresh dates automatically to look current. Corrections come through the contact page and clinical corrections go to the front of the queue.
Published 20 September 2026.