Editorial Team & Methodology
Health content is only as good as the rigor of its method. Here is who writes and reviews our guides, how we source them, and where our role stops.
Our commitment
BloodAnalysis helps anyone understand their blood test results, free and in plain language. Our content is informational and educational: it does not diagnose anything and does not replace your clinician. Our commitment is simple: to be accurate, to cite our sources, and to stay honest about what we are — a specialized editorial team, not a medical practice.
Who writes, who reviews
Our guides are written by the Blood Analysis editorial team, then reviewed before publication. We draw a clear line between two levels of review:
- Editorial and scientific review — handled by our editor, it checks clarity, the accuracy of reference values, units, and the quality of sources.
- Medical review — when a physician has genuinely validated an article, their name and credentials appear explicitly in the byline, under the line “Medically reviewed by”. When there is no such validation, we never display one.
We hold ourselves to a clear direction: to progressively bring named healthcare professionals into the review of our guides. Until that is the case for a given article, the byline stays that of our editor, and we say so plainly.
How we build a guide
Every guide follows the same five-step process:
- Framing by search intent. We start from the real questions people ask (“high value,” “do I need to fast?,” “what does… mean”) to structure the content.
- Sourced writing. Every key figure (thresholds, reference ranges, recommendations) rests on authoritative sources: the NIH and MedlinePlus, NHLBI, NIDDK, the CDC, the USPSTF, U.S. professional societies (AHA, ASH, ACS, and others), clinical-trial registries (ClinicalTrials.gov), and peer-reviewed literature indexed on PubMed.
- Data verification. Values, units, and conversions are re-checked one by one before publication — the absolute rule of a health site.
- Internal linking and readability. We connect each marker to its panel and its neighboring markers, and translate medical vocabulary without distorting it.
- Publication, dating, and updates. Every guide is dated and revised when sources or recommendations change.
Our sources, in order of priority
- Health authorities: NIH / MedlinePlus, the CDC, the USPSTF (and the WHO for international content).
- Professional societies and reference labs (e.g. the American Society of Hematology, the American Heart Association, ARUP).
- Recent reviews and meta-analyses via PubMed.
- Established medical references (StatPearls, Cleveland Clinic, AAFP).
We avoid blogs, unchecked auto-generated pages, and unsourced sites as references.
Transparency & limits
- Information, not diagnosis. BloodAnalysis is not a medical device. Our content does not replace a consultation and provides no personalized advice.
- Values vary between laboratories. Always compare against the interval printed on your own lab report.
- Editorial independence. When we mention a tool or a service, we say so clearly; our guides are written independently.
- Correcting mistakes. If you spot an inaccuracy, report it: we check and fix it quickly.
An error to report?
Email us through our Contact page. For any question about your own results, talk to your clinician: they are the one who interprets them in your context.