Corrections
How we handle errors in our published content, and the full log of every correction we have made to date.
How to submit a correction
If you believe we have published an inaccurate claim, please email the editorial team via our contact page. Include the page URL, the specific claim that is inaccurate, and — wherever possible — a source the editorial team can use to verify the correction. Reader submissions are the single most useful way we improve the published record, and we take them seriously.
Our correction process
- Acknowledge. We confirm receipt of the correction request within five business days and tell the submitter whether the matter is being escalated for review.
- Verify. The editorial team (and, where the matter involves a clinical claim, a medical reviewer) checks the original source material and any new sources provided.
- Update.If a correction is warranted, the affected page is updated. A visible “Updated: [date]” stamp is added to the page, and the correction is logged on this page with the date, the page affected, and a short description of what changed.
- Notify. Where the original submitter provided contact information, we let her know what we did.
Corrections log
No corrections to date.
The absence of entries above means the publication is new; it does not mean the publication is perfect. We expect to be wrong about some things and we will log every correction here as it happens.