About Health Beyond Headlines

Health Beyond Headlines is an independent health publication focused on women's health, mental health, medications, medical conditions, and medical research.

Medical news often moves faster than our ability to understand it. A new study becomes a headline, a preliminary finding becomes a claim, and a statistical association can quickly be presented as if it proved cause and effect.

Health Beyond Headlines exists to look beyond those headlines.

The aim is to make medical research and health information easier to understand without reducing complex science to simplistic conclusions. Articles examine what the evidence actually shows, where uncertainty remains, and what readers should know about the limitations of the research.

What we cover

The publication focuses particularly on women's health, including reproductive health, menopause, mental health, medications, chronic conditions, and other health issues that disproportionately affect women or have historically received inadequate attention.

We also cover mental health, medications, medical conditions, health research, and medical news that deserves more context than a headline can provide.

About the author

Health Beyond Headlines is written and edited by Marcela Gottschald, a medical journalist and former pharmacist.

Marcela holds a degree in Pharmacy and a specialization in Mental Health. She is currently completing a degree in Social Communication, with a focus on journalism.

Her professional background combines pharmacy, mental health, and journalism, with a particular interest in health, medicine, mental health, and the ways scientific and medical information is communicated to the public.

Her academic and professional background can be found in her Lattes curriculum .

She also writes about health and mental health for Psychology Today .

Our approach to medical information

Health Beyond Headlines aims to distinguish between established evidence, emerging research, and claims that remain uncertain or insufficiently supported.

Articles may draw on peer-reviewed research, systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, government and regulatory agencies, academic institutions, and other authoritative sources. When appropriate, sources are provided so readers can examine the underlying evidence themselves.

We do not treat every published study as equally reliable. Study design, sample size, limitations, potential conflicts of interest, and the difference between association and causation all matter when interpreting medical research.

Editorial independence

Health Beyond Headlines is an independent publication. Editorial decisions are not determined by advertisers, sponsors, or potential affiliate relationships.

When commercial relationships exist, they are disclosed in accordance with applicable requirements and do not determine our editorial conclusions.

A note for readers

The information published on Health Beyond Headlines is intended for general educational and informational purposes. It is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Medical knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available. Articles may therefore be updated when relevant evidence changes or when errors are identified.