Editorial Policy

Who writes the content

All content on FixFirst is written by Ankit Agarwal, the founder. Ankit is not a clinician. He is a product builder who has spent several years reading clinical guidelines, studying lab interpretation methodology, and building the rules engine that powers FixFirst's analysis. Educational content reflects that research, not personal medical training.

When content depends on clinical threshold decisions — such as defining a borderline zone for a specific marker — those decisions are documented in the codebase and reviewed by the medical reviewer before publication.

Who medically reviews the content

Medical content is reviewed by Dr. Prahlad Rai Gupta, MBBS, MD (Pulmonary Medicine), Sawai Mansingh Medical College, Jaipur. RMC reg. 6473. 31+ years of clinical practice, 800+ peer-reviewed citations.

Dr. Gupta reviews marker thresholds, clinical claims, borderline zone definitions, and high-stakes guidance before publication. He also reviews major content updates on a rolling basis. See the Medical Review Policy for scope and limitations.

How topics are chosen

Topics are selected based on three criteria:

• Genuine patient confusion — markers where the lab report format actively misleads (e.g., ferritin inside the lab range but still associated with fatigue).
• Clinical significance — markers with strong, actionable guidance in published clinical literature (ADA, ATA, NICE, ACC/AHA, NIH ODS).
• Search demand without strong independent coverage — topics where existing results are dominated by lab-seller pages or symptom-checklists rather than evidence-grounded explanation.

FixFirst does not publish content on medication dosing, treatment protocols, or emergency medicine. All content stays within the scope of lab interpretation and lifestyle/supplement guidance grounded in published guidelines.

How sources are selected

Primary sources are:

• Published clinical practice guidelines from organisations including ADA, ATA, NICE, ACC/AHA, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, WHO, and NHS.
• Peer-reviewed studies from PubMed, particularly for borderline-zone thresholds and symptom-association claims.
• Reference range documentation from major laboratory networks (Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp, NHS) where published.

FixFirst does not use secondary sources (WebMD, Healthline, etc.) as primary citations. Where the evidence is genuinely uncertain — for example, the optimal ferritin threshold for fatigue — that uncertainty is stated in the content, not papered over.

How updates are handled

Content is reviewed when one of the following occurs:

• A major clinical guideline used as a source is updated (e.g., new ADA Standards of Care, updated NICE CKS ferritin guidance).
• A correction is submitted by a reader or the medical reviewer.
• A scheduled quarterly review identifies a drift between current content and best available evidence.

When content is materially updated, the "Last medically reviewed" date at the top of the page is updated to reflect the date of that review.

How corrections are handled

If you identify a factual error — a threshold we have wrong, a guideline we have misrepresented, or a claim that is not supported by the cited source — please email fixfirstio@gmail.com with the page URL and the specific claim.

Corrections are reviewed by Ankit Agarwal and Dr. Prahlad Rai Gupta and applied within 7 business days if substantiated. Material corrections are noted in the page's revision history where applicable.

Educational content vs product marketing

FixFirst publishes two types of content:

• Educational guides — articles on how to read specific markers, panels, or blood test results. These are independently useful whether or not you use FixFirst's tool. They are medically reviewed and cited.
• Product pages — pages describing the FixFirst analyzer, its features, and how it compares to alternatives. These are marketing content and are not medically reviewed in the same way as educational guides.

Educational guides are identifiable by the trust header at the top of each page: "Written by Ankit Agarwal · Medically reviewed by Dr. Prahlad Rai Gupta." Product pages link to the relevant trust pages but are not labelled as medically reviewed.