About this guide
Editorial standards
How pages are sourced, how medical subjects are handled, how updates are dated and what happens when we get something wrong.
On this page
A health guide is only as useful as the care taken over it. These are the rules the editors follow, written down so you can hold us to them.
Where facts come from
Every fact, figure, date and recommendation on this site is taken from a public source page that was opened and read while the page was written, and the source is listed at the foot of the page. We lean on national health services, transplant and kidney bodies, patient charities and public health agencies, and we try to cite more than one country on each page so that no single health system is treated as universal. If a source could not be opened, or did not clearly state a claim, the claim was left out.
How medical subjects are handled
The guide is educational. It does not diagnose, it does not interpret anyone's results and it does not tell readers to start, stop or change a medicine. It gives no doses and no survival or success figures unless a named source states them and the page attributes them. Wherever practice varies, the page says so and sends you to your transplant team. Pages that touch urgent symptoms say what the cited source advises and point to your team or emergency services. The guides on anti-rejection medicines and on signs to report are the clearest examples.
Authorship and credentials
Pages are written by the editors, who are not clinicians and do not claim to be. No page claims to be medically reviewed, endorsed or approved by a hospital, charity or professional body, and none uses their logos. We do not publish personal stories, testimonials or invented examples. When a page names a medicine or a test, it is because a cited source does.
Dates and updates
Each page shows the date it was last updated. When a cited source changes in a way that affects a statement, the statement is revised and the date changes with it. Links to sources are checked when a page is written or revised, and sources that disappear are replaced or the claim is removed.
Corrections
If you find a mistake, an out-of-date statement or a source we have misread, please tell us through the contact page. Factual corrections are made on the page itself, not hidden in a changelog, and the update date moves forward. We do not remove criticism of the site's accuracy from view because it is inconvenient.
Independence and limits
The site is an independent publication, not a charity or a clinic, and it offers no services. It uses no analytics or advertising scripts of its own; the privacy page explains what little is collected. Nothing here replaces the advice of your transplant team, as the about page sets out. If you want a place to begin, the first months after a kidney transplant is the guide most readers need first.
Frequently asked questions
Are the pages reviewed by doctors?
No, and we do not claim they are. They are written from public sources and are not a substitute for clinical advice.
How often are pages updated?
Each page shows when it was last updated. Pages are revised when a source changes or a reader reports an error.
Why are there no personal stories?
Because a single story can mislead about what is typical, and because we cannot verify one. The guide sticks to what public bodies publish.
The short version
Sourced facts only, no personal medical advice, no claimed credentials, dated pages and open corrections.