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Doctor-Reviewed Content for Health Brands

Expert writers produce it. A licensed physician signs off on clinical accuracy before it goes live. In YMYL categories that step is not optional.

Licensed MD Review
Before publication, every page
Verifiable Credential
Not just a byline
Claim Precision
FDA, FTC and off-label framing

See where your content fails clinical review

Start with your domain. We will audit a sample against the errors review usually catches.

Step 1 of 5

What is your website?

Your domain is enough.

Doctor-reviewed content is health content written by specialist writers and reviewed by a licensed physician for clinical accuracy before publication. In YMYL categories it addresses the expertise and trust signals that determine whether a page ranks, and it catches claim errors that create regulatory exposure.

17
exits, all built on organic search
$150M
revenue generated for clients
35+
team members worldwide
100%
hands-off, fully managed

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Review is a process, not a byline

Most agencies interpret medical review as adding a physician's name to an author box. That is decoration, and both readers and evaluators can tell.

A real review step catches things a copywriter cannot: the claim nobody knew was off-label, the mechanism described backwards, the statistic with no source behind it, the compounded product implied to be equivalent to the approved one.

Our reviewer is Samuel Sarmiento, MD, MPH, MBA, a Mayo Clinic-trained surgeon and NBC News medical journalism fellow. The credential is independently verifiable, which is the part that turns it into a signal.

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What review actually catches

What review actually catches
Error typeExampleConsequence if published
Off-label as indicationDutasteride treats hair lossClaim exposure and quality downgrade
Compounded as brandedCompounded semaglutide is WegovyImplied equivalence to an approved product
Unsourced statisticA percentage with no cited studyFails the sourcing signal evaluators check
Structure-function breachLowers blood sugar rather than supports healthy levelsDSHEA violation
Omitted contraindicationPDE5 content without the nitrate warningSafety failure and trust signal problem

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Why we say reviewed for clinical accuracy, not medically reviewed

A small distinction that matters. "Medically reviewed by" implies the page provides medical advice. Marketing content about a treatment category does not.

We label it "reviewed for clinical accuracy by", mark it up as a Person in the page schema, and carry the review date. That is accurate, it preserves the credibility signal, and it does not invite scrutiny appropriate to a different kind of content.

Same reasoning applies to schema. These pages are marked up as Service rather than MedicalWebPage, because MedicalWebPage describes patient-facing health information and misrepresenting the page type invites the wrong evaluation entirely.

When I am asked if I know of anyone in the SEO space, without hesitation I point them to DTC SEO. They truly understand the power of authority content, onsite metrics, and strategic backlinking and has the network to put it into play.
Amanda Raab, Mergers & Acquisitions, Quiet Light Brokerage

Links we have landed for clients

  • Forbes
  • TIME
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Men's Health
  • Inc
  • Martha Stewart
  • Time Out
  • Apartment Therapy
  • mindbodygreen
  • well+good
  • OK!
  • Best

Most health libraries have claim errors in them

Tell us where you are and we will show you what a review pass would find.

Step 1 of 5

What is your website?

Your domain is enough.

Works best alongside

  • Digital PR

    We connect your business to a credentialed expert and place their commentary in publications with real editorial standards. Their credibility becomes yours.

  • AI Search and GEO

    Getting cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, and an honest account of what that is currently worth.

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Doctor-Reviewed Content: what founders ask us

Do we need a physician on staff?

No. You need physician review, which is different. We source a licensed MD to review content for clinical accuracy before publication, so the credential and the process exist without an internal hire.

Who is your reviewer?

Samuel Sarmiento, MD, MPH, MBA, a Mayo Clinic-trained surgeon and NBC News medical journalism fellow. The credential is independently verifiable, which is what turns a byline into a ranking signal.

What does review actually catch?

Off-label uses presented as approved indications, compounded products implied to be equivalent to branded ones, unsourced statistics, DSHEA structure-function breaches, and omitted contraindications such as the nitrate warning on PDE5 content.

Why not say medically reviewed?

Because it implies the page provides medical advice, which marketing content about a treatment category does not. "Reviewed for clinical accuracy by" is accurate, keeps the credibility signal, and does not invite scrutiny meant for a different content type.

Does review slow publishing down?

It adds a step, and the throughput of that step is a real planning constraint at volume. We schedule around it rather than treating it as a bottleneck to route past, because routing past it defeats the purpose.

Can AI drafting be used alongside review?

Yes, for drafting under expert supervision. Publishing unreviewed AI content in a health category is where brands get into trouble, both with core updates and with claims nobody checked.

For health brands doing $10M+

One call. Your content risk, your credibility gaps, and the fastest path to a lower blended CAC.

Step 1 of 5

What is your website?

Your domain is enough.

For brands doing $10M+