Our rules for writing

The rules we follow

1. Every fact links to a paper, a trial's public record, or an official drug label.
2. Numbers are given just as the scientists reported them. That includes the numbers that make the main result look weaker.
3. Each finding says what kind of proof is behind it. It might be a trial where people were placed in groups by chance, like a coin flip. It might be a study of old health records or a review of many studies. It might be an animal study. Or it might be news that has not been published yet.
4. Some findings have not yet been checked by other scientists before being published. This check is called peer review. Those findings are labeled that way everywhere they appear.
5. Sometimes two trusted studies disagree. Then we report both, and we do not say either one has settled the question.
6. MetaResearch never gives medical advice. It never tells anyone to take anything. It never describes how a person would use any substance.
7. Ads and partner offers are labeled. They play no part in choosing or writing an article.

Fixing mistakes

To report a mistake, ask about a source, or send a press note, email the editor at editor@metaresearch.group. When we fix a mistake, we fix it on the page itself and add a dated note.

Who writes these articles

MetaResearch writes about research itself. We read studies on blood sugar and weight, on aging and longevity, and on new kinds of medicine. For each study, we report three things. What did the scientists really measure? How much can the result be trusted? And what is still unknown?

Every article starts from the first and fullest record. That means the published paper, the trial's entry in a public list of studies, or the official drug label. It does not start from a news story or a press release. Numbers are given just as the scientists reported them. Each source has a number in the text, so readers can find it. When two studies disagree, we show both results. Some findings come from animals. Some come from a small group of patients. Some come from looking back at the data after a study ended. When that is true, the article says so right next to the number.

MetaResearch is published by MRG Canada. It reports on research only. It gives no medical advice. It does not recommend or supply anything. It has no doctors' office or clinic behind it. Anyone with a health question is told to ask their own doctor or nurse. MRG Canada also owns a laboratory supply business. That business is the partner whose offer is in one of our emails. It has no say in what we write.

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