Our Standards for Each Guide

Readers trust a health article to be careful, so we try to earn that trust in a way you can see. These are the rules every guide on Well of Dreams has to meet before it goes live, and the reasons behind them.

Where our information comes from

We start with guidance from public health bodies and national health services, then look at reputable reference material written for patients. We prefer sources that explain their reasoning and are reviewed regularly. Forums, product pages and social media posts can show us what people are asking, but we never treat them as evidence.

What we leave out

• Dosages. We do not suggest amounts of any medicine or supplement. That conversation belongs with a pharmacist or prescriber.
• Diagnoses. We describe common reasons for a symptom, never what a particular reader has.
• Invented precision. If a figure is not widely agreed, we leave it out rather than guess. When we mention a range, we say who commonly uses it.
• Made-up voices. We do not invent experts, studies, statistics or testimonials.
• Scare tactics. We avoid alarming headlines and worst-case framing, because fear rarely helps anyone make a good decision.

How each piece is checked

1. The writer drafts the article from a clearly defined reader question.
2. A second writer reads it as a sceptic, flagging anything too confident, too vague or missing.
3. We confirm that the piece ends with a clear note on when to speak to a GP, pharmacist, dentist or emergency services.
4. We read it once more for plain language: shorter sentences, everyday words and lists where they help.

Articles that mention other organisations

Some articles refer to products, services or other websites, and a few began as cooperations with partners. These pieces go through exactly the same steps. We write them in our own words, keep the same cautious tone and include the same advice to check with a professional. A mention is never a personal recommendation.

Keeping things current

Health guidance changes. We revisit articles when public advice is updated, when readers point out problems and as part of a regular look back through older pieces. The date shown on an article reflects when it was first published, and we update the text when it needs it.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it promptly. Small slips such as a typo are corrected quietly. If a change alters the meaning of advice, we rewrite the affected section so that the guide reads correctly from start to finish. You can report a possible error through the contact page.

The people behind the rules

These standards are applied by the three writers introduced on the wellness writers page. We are not clinicians, and these rules exist precisely because of that: they keep our work inside the limits of what general reading can responsibly offer.