Corrections
What we got wrong, when we noticed, and what is now correct.
This is the permanent record of every correction we have ever issued on TheTreatmentCommunity.com. Each entry names the article, the date the correction was issued, the original wording in our own words, what the page now says, and the reason for the change. Corrections stay on the record permanently. The original error is not deleted; it is quoted so the change is auditable.
The discipline behind this page is part of how we earn the editorial-independence claim we make elsewhere on the site. A publisher that will not log its mistakes openly should not be trusted with the contents of a clinical guide. If you believe a page on TTC contains an error, the request path is at the foot of this page.
What Counts as a Correction
Not every edit is a correction. A correction is the public acknowledgement that something we published was wrong — in a way that affected the reader’s understanding, the safety framing, the cited evidence, or the editorial conclusions. We log corrections in five categories, each with a distinct label in the entries below:
- Factual error — a specific stated fact was wrong (a name, date, number, dose, mechanism, study finding, or definition).
- Misleading framing — the facts were correct but the framing led readers to a conclusion the evidence does not support.
- Process failure — we received a correction request, a source contradiction, or an internal flag and did not act on it in time. We name these explicitly. The process failure is itself the correction.
- Outdated information — standards of care, regulations, or service availability changed in a way that made our prior wording materially misleading.
- Citation error — a source was misattributed, mis-summarised, or no longer accessible at the URL we cited.
Edits that do not require a logged correction include typo fixes, spelling and punctuation, copy-edit polish, dead-link repair where the source replaces the URL but the underlying citation remains the same, and minor formatting changes. Those changes update the “last updated” date on the page itself but do not produce an entry on this page.
How We Log a Correction
When we issue a correction, three things happen at once. First, the page itself receives a brief correction notice at the foot, dated, naming what was wrong and what is now right, and signed by the responsible reviewer. Second, the corrected wording is updated in the body of the article and the “last updated” and “last reviewed” dates are revised. Third, an entry is added to the top of the log on this page in reverse-chronological order. None of those three things is optional.
What does not happen: the original wording is not silently deleted, the page is not stealth-updated, and the URL is not changed to obscure that the page was revised. If a correction is so material that the article’s conclusions change, the article is re-reviewed in full and the date of re-review is recorded alongside the correction entry.
The Corrections Log
No corrections logged as of 13 May 2026.
This page was published on 13 May 2026. It is the first day of the log. We are publishing the policy and the empty record together so that when a correction becomes necessary, the discipline is already in place — not improvised under pressure.
When a correction is logged here, the entry will appear in the format shown below.
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Example date Factual error
[Article title would appear here, linked to the corrected article]
The article originally stated:
[The specific sentence or phrase that was wrong, quoted exactly as it was originally published.]
The article now states:
[The corrected sentence or phrase that is now published on the page.]
Why: [One or two sentences naming the source of the error, the source of the correction, and any safety implications for readers who relied on the prior wording.]
Issued by Adiele Onyeze, MD · Re-reviewed by Editorial
How to Request a Correction
If you believe a page on TheTreatmentCommunity.com contains an error, please send the request through our contact page. Reader-submitted corrections are reviewed by the same physician and editorial team that signs off on the original content; we welcome them from clinicians, researchers, treatment programmes, patient and family communities, journalists, and any reader who notices something off.
Requesting a correction does not guarantee that we will make the change you describe. Every credible request is reviewed against our sourcing and review standards in the Medical Review & Editorial Policy. If we issue a correction in response to your request, we will say so in the log entry. If we do not, we will respond explaining why we believe the original wording is supported.
Adiele Onyeze, MD, MPH, FMCPH
Founder & Medical Director — final sign-off on every clinical correction