Editorial Policy

Your Personal Health Care

• Health content on this Web site is of a general nature. It is meant for your education only.
• Do not use this health content instead of professional health care to prevent, diagnose, or treat your health problems.
• Talk with your doctor or pharmacist before taking:
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  • dietary supplements
  • herbal remedies
• Talk with your doctor before starting any course of treatment.
• Talk to your health professional before you make any big change in your health activities such a diet or exercise.
• Only your doctor, health professional, or pharmacist can tell you what is safe and useful for you.

Health Content on This Web Site

• Health content is researched, written, and/or reviewed by one or more health care professionals or other writers before it is posted.
• Health content is reviewed at least once a year.
• The credentials of health care professionals who review content are verified at set times.
• The authors of health content must tell ASHA if they have any conflicts of interest. A conflict of interest means any work, contracts, or other tie with any company that sells or offers the same kind of information and/or products.
• Clinical authors use their professional ethical standards when they write health content for this Web site.
• Company and evidence-based clinical guidelines are used to design and create health content.
• Clinical guidelines are reviewed at least once each year. Updates are made to health content throughout the year if the guidelines change.
• To learn about the writers and reviewers of health content on this Web site, read the ASHA Editorial Staff page.