Who works on this site
Sleep Aid Research is run by a small editorial team. Drafts are researched and prepared first, then every piece is reviewed against its sources before it goes live. We don’t have a licensed sleep physician or board-certified specialist on staff, and we don’t claim to. What we do have is a consistent internal review step — nothing is published straight from a first draft — and a hard rule that every specific medical or scientific claim has to be traceable to a named source.
How a guide gets researched
Before a guide is drafted, the relevant facts are collected from primary sources, and where each one came from is recorded alongside it. We prioritize sources in this order: government health agencies (such as the NHS, FDA, or CDC), major hospital systems and academic medical centers (such as Mayo Clinic or Cleveland Clinic), recognized clinical associations (such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine), and peer-reviewed journal articles. General wellness blogs, forums, and other secondary sources are not used as the basis for factual claims.
If a specific number — a dosage, a prevalence statistic, a side-effect rate — can’t be traced to one of these sources, we don’t publish it. We’d rather leave a gap and say so than fill it with something that sounds plausible.
What happens before publishing
Every draft is checked against its sources before it’s published — factual claims, medication information, and how the guide frames medical decisions all get reviewed. This is also where we check that a claim doesn’t run into regulatory or legal issues for the topic it covers. When clinical guidance changes after a guide is live, we update the page and note the revision date at the top.
What we don’t do
We don’t invent case studies, patient stories, or testimonials. We don’t attribute quotes or opinions to a named expert who isn’t actually involved in preparing or reviewing the piece. We don’t present a single study or source as settled science when the evidence is genuinely mixed — we say so instead.
How this site makes money
Our explainer guides — the kind that answer “what is insomnia” or “how does REM sleep work” — don’t carry ads or affiliate links. Separately, we publish a smaller set of Product Guides — comparison articles that review specific products like mattresses or pillows — which may include affiliate links, clearly disclosed on the page. A product’s inclusion in one of those guides is based on the same evidence standard as everything else on this site — not on how much commission it pays.
A note on medical advice
Nothing on this site is a substitute for seeing a doctor. We write about sleep science and general treatment options; we don’t know your medical history, your medications, or your specific situation, and we’re not in a position to advise on it. See our Disclaimer page for the full statement, and if something you read here doesn’t match what a healthcare provider tells you, trust the provider.
Reporting outdated information
If you believe something on this site is outdated or incorrect, please contact us and we will review it.