Medical Review Policy
Last updated: 2026-08-08
Allergy Relief Guide is owned and medically led by Dr. Hannah H. Walford, MD. This policy explains which content receives medical review, how reviewer records are maintained and what medical review does and does not mean.
Medical leadership and reviewer identity
Dr. Hannah H. Walford, MD is the Website Owner, Medical Director and Medical Reviewer of Allergy Relief Guide. She is a board-certified allergist and immunologist with professional affiliation at Stanford Health Care / Menlo Medical Clinic in Menlo Park, California.
Her professional affiliation and ownership of Allergy Relief Guide are separate facts. Stanford Health Care and Menlo Medical Clinic do not own, operate, sponsor or endorse this independent website.
Which content receives medical review
Medical articles, allergy guides, symptom and trigger guides, testing and treatment discussions, medicine explainers, child and pregnancy-related guides, and emergency or anaphylaxis content receive medical-claim and safety review oversight.
Legal, privacy, terms, contact, advertising, affiliate and other utility pages are not represented as medically reviewed merely because the website is medically led.
- Reviewed: symptom, trigger and condition guides
- Reviewed: allergy testing and treatment discussions
- Reviewed: medicine explainers and antihistamine comparisons
- Reviewed: guides covering infants, children and pregnancy
- Reviewed: emergency, severe-reaction and anaphylaxis content
- Not represented as medically reviewed: privacy, terms, contact, advertising, affiliate and other utility pages
What medical review covers
Review considers the accuracy and clarity of medical claims, the quality and relevance of authoritative sources, appropriate limits on self-care, and the prominence of safety and emergency guidance. Review feedback is implemented before the reviewer identity is displayed on medical content.
Content involving medicines, pregnancy, infants, children, asthma, severe reactions and anaphylaxis receives particular attention to contraindication language, escalation thresholds and the need for individualized professional care.
- Whether each medical claim is accurate and stated clearly
- Whether the source behind a claim is authoritative and genuinely supports it
- Whether self-care guidance stops where professional assessment should begin
- Whether emergency and escalation guidance is prominent rather than buried
- Whether contraindications, age limits and pregnancy cautions are stated where they apply
- Whether the page avoids implying diagnosis or individualized treatment advice
Who writes and who reviews
Writing and medical review are separate steps. Articles are researched and drafted by the site's editorial team, then assessed for medical accuracy and safety by the medical reviewer. A draft is not published as reviewed content simply because it was written carefully.
Because Dr. Hannah H. Walford, MD both owns the site and performs medical review, we state that plainly rather than implying a larger review panel. Pages describe the reviewer who actually assessed them and no one else. Where a page has not been through medical review, it does not display a reviewer.
Reviewer records and review dates
Reviewer identity is maintained through a central medical-team record and displayed consistently on each medical-content page. Structured data connects reviewed medical pages to the same stable reviewer entity on the About page.
A page-level medical-review date is displayed only when a genuine review date has been recorded for that page. Publication dates, deployment dates, code-modification dates and the current calendar date are not substituted for a medical-review date.
How to check a page yourself
You do not have to take this policy at its word. A medically reviewed page carries a reviewer card naming the reviewer, and that name links through to the About page, where her qualifications, training, board certifications and official professional profile are listed.
The same connection exists in the page's structured data: reviewed pages carry a reviewedBy reference pointing at one stable reviewer identity rather than a name typed into each page separately. If a page shows no reviewer, it has not been through medical review. See our About page to verify the reviewer's credentials directly.
Substantive updates
When evidence, safety guidance or a substantive medical claim changes, the affected content is reassessed and appropriate review feedback is implemented. A technical or editorial edit does not automatically become a new medical-review date.
Corrections
Potential factual errors, broken references and safety concerns are evaluated under the site's Corrections Policy. Corrections that materially affect a medical conclusion or emergency instruction are escalated for appropriate medical review. See our Corrections Policy.
What medical review does not mean
Medical review does not turn general website content into a diagnosis, treatment plan or recommendation for an individual reader. It does not guarantee that every discussion applies to every person or replace examination by a qualified professional.
Using Allergy Relief Guide does not create a doctor-patient relationship with Dr. Hannah H. Walford or any other person associated with the website. Readers should seek emergency care immediately when warning signs require it and should consult a qualified healthcare professional for individualized decisions.
- It is not a diagnosis and cannot tell you what is causing your symptoms
- It is not a treatment plan, dose recommendation or prescription for any individual
- It does not mean every discussion on the page applies to your situation
- It does not replace examination, testing or advice from a qualified professional
- It does not create a doctor-patient relationship
- It is never a reason to delay emergency care when warning signs are present
Frequently asked questions
Who medically reviews Allergy Relief Guide?
Dr. Hannah H. Walford, MD, a board-certified allergist and immunologist, is the site's owner, medical director and medical reviewer. She is named on each medically reviewed page. There is no additional review panel, and we do not describe one.
Does a medical reviewer write the articles too?
No. Writing and review are separate steps. Articles are researched and drafted by the editorial team, then assessed for medical accuracy and safety before the reviewer's identity is displayed on the page.
Why do some pages show a review date and others show none?
A review date appears only where a genuine page-level review date has been recorded. Publication dates, deployment dates and code-modification dates are never substituted for a medical-review date, so a page with no recorded review date shows none rather than an inaccurate one.
Are the privacy and terms pages medically reviewed?
No. Legal, privacy, terms, contact, advertising and affiliate pages are not represented as medically reviewed simply because the website is medically led. Medical review applies to medical content.
How can I verify that a page was actually reviewed?
A reviewed page displays a reviewer card naming the reviewer, and that name links to the About page listing her training, board certifications and official professional profile. The page's structured data also carries a reviewedBy reference pointing at that same single reviewer identity.
Does medical review mean the advice applies to me?
No. Review checks that claims are accurate, well sourced and safely framed for a general audience. It cannot account for your history, medicines, allergies, age or pregnancy status, so it is not a diagnosis or a treatment plan for any individual.
Does Dr. Walford's hospital affiliation mean it endorses this site?
No. Her affiliation with Stanford Health Care / Menlo Medical Clinic is listed as a factual credential. Those organizations do not own, operate, sponsor or endorse Allergy Relief Guide and have no involvement in what is published here.
What happens when guidance or evidence changes?
The affected content is reassessed and review feedback is implemented before it stands as current. A purely technical or editorial edit does not by itself create a new medical-review date.