How we review

This page explains how articles and tools on this site are made, what we check, and what we leave out.

Who checks the articles

Articles are written and checked by the FHP Editorial Team. We don’t currently have a medical reviewer, so no page on this site carries a medical-review label. If a verified clinician reviews a page in the future, that page will say so and give the review date. Until then, treat everything here as general information and talk with a clinician about your own situation.

Sources

Every medical claim links to a source. We look first to medical societies and public health bodies, such as the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Endocrine Society, the National Institutes of Health, the Office on Women’s Health and MedlinePlus, and to peer-reviewed papers. The sources for each article are listed at the bottom of the page. If we can’t find a source for a claim, we leave the claim out.

Reference ranges

When we show a range, it is a published reference range, with its source and the group of people it describes. Ranges differ between labs and methods, so the range printed on your own lab report is the one that applies to your result. We don’t set “optimal” targets, and we don’t give dosing or treatment advice.

What a test can and can’t show

We don’t say that a test diagnoses a condition unless a source says exactly that. For example, we don’t say a single blood test diagnoses perimenopause, or that an AMH result predicts whether you will conceive, because the sources we read do not say so. We don’t say a test is “the most accurate” without a source.

How we choose what to recommend

We recommend the smallest, lowest-priced test that answers the question a reader came with. Earning a commission does not change that. If a cheaper test fits, that is the one we point to.

Prices

Every price we show carries the month it was checked, and the current price is always on the seller’s site. We don’t show crossed-out list prices as savings.

Comparisons with other services

On the comparison pages, the facts about another service come from that service’s own current pages, read on the date shown on the page. We say who the other option may suit. We don’t call a competitor inaccurate, and we leave a fact out if we couldn’t read it on their page. We are not affiliated with the services we compare.

Tools

We have two tools. The test finder suggests the lowest-priced test that fits your answers. The cycle timing helper shows when in the menstrual cycle a hormone is usually tested, with the source for each answer. Where a source says timing doesn’t matter, or depends on the question your clinician is asking, the helper says that. Your lab order and your clinician come first. Neither tool sends what you choose to us.

Updates and corrections

Each article shows the date it was last updated. If you find a mistake, tell us through the contact page. We correct errors and change the updated date when we do.

What we don’t publish

We don’t give dosing or treatment advice, and we don’t advise on pregnancy or miscarriage. We don’t suggest ways around the state restrictions of a lab service.