Who Writes Clarity

Who writes Clarity

Clarity is written and edited by Ammar Tahir, its founder and publisher, working to a single documented standard — our editorial policy.

He is not a clinician, and we say so plainly rather than implying clinical authority we don't have. His background is in computer science and published research; what he brings to this site is source discipline — the habit of tracing every claim back to a named authority and removing anything that can't be traced.

What that means in practice: we do not originate medical guidance. We translate the existing consensus of major public health bodies into plain English, cite it, and link back to it so you can check us. If a statement here isn't supported by the sources listed under the article, it shouldn't be here — tell us and we'll fix it.

How an article gets made

We use AI tooling to research and draft against a documented editorial standard, with human direction and review at every stage. We think being specific about that is more useful to you than a vague claim either way, so here is the actual process:

1. Sourcing. Every article starts from primary guidance — World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UK National Health Service (NHS), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) — rather than from other people's blog posts.
2. Drafting. An outline is built around the questions readers actually search for, then drafted in plain, clinical language against those sources and a written style and safety standard.
3. Citation verification. Source links are checked to be live and on-topic, and health claims are traced back to a named authority. Where a figure cannot be sourced, we remove the figure rather than soften the wording around it.
4. Editorial audit. The full library is periodically audited for factual accuracy, unattributed statistics, internal contradictions between related articles, and clinical tone. The most recent full audit was completed in August 2026; it corrected several factual errors, added missing attributions, and reconciled figures that disagreed across linked articles.
5. Safety pass. We check that each article says when to seek care, flags emergencies clearly, and includes helplines where the topic warrants them.
6. Maintenance. Articles carry a visible last-updated date and are revisited when guidance changes.

What this does not include is clinical review — see below.

Our medical review status

All 101 of our articles have been reviewed by a named, independently credentialed reviewer. We think you should know exactly where that line falls rather than have to guess. Every article is grounded in and cited to authoritative clinical guidance, but grounding is not the same thing as review, and we won't blur the two.

Review is happening one article at a time, and we mark it per article rather than site-wide. A reviewed article carries a banner at the top naming the reviewer and the date — “Medically reviewed by” where the reviewer is a clinician, “Reviewed for accuracy by” where they are a researcher rather than a practising clinician. Every article without a banner has not been reviewed — there is no ambiguity, and we will not imply coverage we don't have.

Our reviewers

Rachel Rubin, MD — board-certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist. Reviews our sexual function, genital anatomy and menopause content. Articles she has reviewed carry a “Medically reviewed by” banner.

Muhammad Naveed Noor, PhD — sexual health researcher whose published work covers STI and HIV risk, testing pathways and health systems. He is a researcher, not a clinician, so articles he has checked carry a “Reviewed for accuracy by” banner rather than a medical-review banner. We think that distinction is worth making explicitly.

Rachel Pope, MD, MPH — obstetrician-gynecologist specialising in female sexual health. Reviews our contraception content, including the emergency contraception and missed-pill guidance where timing matters most.

Mary Jane Minkin, MD — obstetrician-gynecologist and women's health specialist. Reviews our menstrual and reproductive health content, including cycle disorders, PCOS and endometriosis.

Every reviewed article names its reviewer on the page, with their credentials and the date they reviewed it. Review is not a one-time event: as guidance changes we send articles back, and the date shown is always the most recent review. We will never attribute a review to someone who did not perform it, and we will never invent a reviewer.

Are you a clinician?

We are actively looking for qualified healthcare professionals — physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives, pharmacists, sexual health specialists — to review articles in their area of expertise. Reviewers are named and credited. If that interests you, please get in touch via our contact page.

Corrections

We would rather be corrected than be wrong. If you spot an error — especially a clinical one — email hello@claritysexualhealth.com. We investigate every report, correct confirmed errors promptly, and update the article's revision date so the change is visible.

Independence

This site is funded by advertising. Advertisers have no input into what we publish, which topics we cover, or how we present health information, and we do not accept sponsored or paid placements inside editorial content. See our editorial policy for how we keep that separation.