How we keep the Journal accurate.

Every Telos Journal article is educational content about biomarkers, hormones, and metabolic health. A named, independent physician reviews that content for medical and scientific accuracy, so what you read here is checked against the evidence, in plain language.

Named medical reviewer

Jill Palko, MD, FACOG

Board-certified OB/GYN · 12 years of clinical experience
Focus: women’s health, hormone therapy, metabolic health
Licensed in FL, IL, NC, WV and IN · NPI 1093033011 · LinkedIn

Dr. Palko is a board-certified OB/GYN who spent 12 years in clinical practice before focusing on turning complex medical research into clear, everyday language. She has worked extensively in telehealth and consumer health education, where keeping claims accurate, conservative, and compliant is the whole job. Her goal, in her words: make high-level science both accurate and approachable, without losing the empathy that patients deserve.

What review means here

• Each reviewed article is checked against current scientific consensus: what the research actually shows, stated conservatively.
• Anything that overstates a benefit, implies a disease treatment, or drifts from the evidence gets flagged and corrected before it carries her name.
• Reviewed articles carry a visible byline: “Medically reviewed for accuracy by Jill Palko, MD, FACOG” with the review date. Articles she has not yet reviewed carry the affiliated medical group line instead, until she gets to them.
• Articles are re-reviewed when the evidence moves, and on a regular cadence otherwise.

What review does not mean

• Review is independent of advertising and commerce. Dr. Palko reviews educational content only; she does not review, approve, or endorse product pages, offers, or anything for sale.
• Reading a reviewed article does not create a physician-patient relationship, and nothing in the Journal is medical advice for your situation.
• She is not part of the affiliated medical group that reviews orders. Clinical decisions about you are made only by the independent licensed physician who handles your consult.