Editorial policy · version 2

Two kinds of writing, clearly labelled.

Authority is not pretending every sentence is the same kind of claim. This site separates personal perspective from evidence review—and labels both plainly.

Essays

This is me, thinking on the page.

Essays are my first-person writing. They can be blunt, funny, rhetorical, autobiographical, and opinionated. They may draw on clinical experience, but they are not systematic reviews of evidence.

Written in the author's own voice
Publication and last-edit dates shown
Clearly labelled as essays
No medical-review claim

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Evidence-reviewed articles

What the sources actually support.

Clinical explainers make a narrower promise. Their material claims are tied to named sources, the evidence boundary is visible, and the evidence-search date is recorded.

Sources linked on the page
Any human reviewer named with their actual role and date
Limits and uncertainty stated where relevant
General education, never individual assessment

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Corrections and revisions

What you can hold me to.

Authorship: Every essay and article names its author. Ghostwritten or AI-generated copy is not presented as my lived perspective.
Dates: Original publication and material edit dates remain visible. Substantive updates change the edit date and the editorial record.
Corrections: I correct material errors in place. When a revision changes meaning, the page's editorial record names the change, the date, and who accepted it. Corrections can be sent to hello@dr-mcb.com; a correction that changes meaning is recorded like any other revision.
Boundaries: Nothing on this site is individualized medical advice. Clinical questions and personal health information do not belong in this site's forms or ordinary email.

Software I use

Software helps me write. It never writes as me.

I use software for source organization, structure, accessibility checks, link verification, and copyediting. Nothing first-person publishes as mine unless I have made it mine, and drafted clinical material is not labelled medically reviewed until I have accepted every claim and the review — reviewer, role, and date — is recorded on the page.

Evidence method

Every piece says what kind of answer it is.

Evidence-reviewed articles link their sources and state their limits. They are clinical explainers, not automatically systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, or individualized treatment recommendations.

Each label names a different promise.An essay can be true to its author without being a clinical guideline. An evidence-reviewed article can be useful without becoming your medical advice.Full disclaimer