The date belongs to the claim.
A page can be freshly edited and scientifically stale. So the Evidence Desk keeps an evidence-check date separate from ordinary publishing activity—and gives the most changeable facts the shortest clock.
A study enters at the bottom, not the top.
- Start with the decision.What could a Californian reasonably do differently if the finding holds?
- Look for the whole body of evidence.Guidelines, systematic reviews and replicated trials matter more than novelty.
- Read the limits.Who was excluded, what was compared, how long follow-up lasted and which outcome actually changed?
- Keep the systems apart.Evidence, FDA approval, California law, insurance coverage and clinic marketing are different facts.
- Leave the source attached.The reader should be able to inspect the authority behind a consequential claim.
The faster a fact can move, the sooner we look again.
A page enters a 14-day grace period when its review date passes. After that, the release gate fails until the evidence is checked and the record is renewed. “Checked” means the cited evidence and time-sensitive facts were inspected. It does not mean a clinician reviewed the page.
Every Monday, the watch runs again. It opens one editorial queue when a review is 30 days away, a registered page disappears, or a cited source returns a definite 404 or 410. Automated link health never resets an evidence date; a person must still read the authority and verify the claim.
A 30-day clock stays in that active queue for its whole cycle. That is deliberate: these source desks carry details that can change before a quarterly review would catch them.
Every active Evidence Desk clock
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Current does not mean certain.
A current page may still describe mixed, weak or incomplete evidence. The clock only says when we last inspected the record and when we have promised to inspect it again. It is a maintenance promise, not a halo.
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