# HealthVetted

> Independent, clinician-reviewed research on health products and services — supplements, telehealth, hair, skin, mental health, and wellness. We buy and test so readers can choose with confidence.

HealthVetted is an editorially independent health-product review site spanning five hubs (Fitness & Diet, Hair & Skin, Mental Health, Wellness, Research) plus an educational Anatomy Explorer. Every clinical claim is verified by a licensed clinician on our medical board. Affiliate relationships do not influence rankings — when an unmonetized product outscores a paid partner, the unmonetized product ranks higher. Methodology, scoring weights, and reviewer credentials (NPI numbers, board certifications) are published publicly.

## Editorial standards

- [Methodology](https://healthvetted.com/methodology): How we test and rank products
- [Medical board](https://healthvetted.com/medical-board): Board-certified clinicians with verifiable NPI numbers
- [About](https://healthvetted.com/about): Who we are and how we test
- [Editorial policy](https://healthvetted.com/editorial-policy): Independence, disclosure, corrections

## Hubs

- [Fitness & Diet](https://healthvetted.com/fitness-diet)
- [Hair & Skin](https://healthvetted.com/hair-skin)
- [Mental Health](https://healthvetted.com/mental-health)
- [Wellness](https://healthvetted.com/wellness)
- [Research](https://healthvetted.com/research)
- [Anatomy Explorer](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy): Clinician-reviewed guides to every body system

## Best-of rankings

- [Best Online Therapy](https://healthvetted.com/best-online-therapy)
- [Best Hair Loss Treatments](https://healthvetted.com/best-hair-loss-treatments)
- [Best Testosterone Supplements](https://healthvetted.com/best-testosterone-supplements)

## Product & service reviews

- [Amazon Pharmacy](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/amazon-pharmacy): Amazon Pharmacy fills and ships prescriptions with insurance or cash pricing, plus upfront cost estimates and discounts for Prime members.
- [Tru Niagen](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/tru-niagen): Tru Niagen delivers patented nicotinamide riboside (Niagen) to support cellular NAD+ levels, marketed as a daily foundational supplement for healthy aging.
- [Thorne](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/thorne): Thorne makes rigorously tested supplements alongside at-home biomarker tests, with a reputation for quality control and third-party verification.
- [myLAB Box](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/mylab-box): myLAB Box specializes in confidential mail-in sexual-health testing, with single tests and multi-panel kits processed by CLIA-certified labs.
- [LetsGetChecked](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/letsgetchecked): LetsGetChecked pairs mail-in lab tests with optional clinician phone calls, covering sexual health, hormones, and general wellness panels.
- [Everlywell](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/everlywell): Everlywell offers one of the widest catalogs of mail-in home tests, from food sensitivity to thyroid and metabolic panels, processed by CLIA-certified labs.
- [BlueChew](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/bluechew): BlueChew prescribes chewable generic sildenafil and tadalafil through a fully online flow, shipping monthly to your door without a pharmacy visit.
- [Momentous Sleep](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/momentous-sleep): A sleep-focused supplement from Momentous combining magnesium, glycine, and other calming ingredients, formulated with transparent labeling and third-party certification.
- [Thesis](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/thesis-nootropics): A subscription that quizzes you about focus, energy, mood, and clarity goals, then ships personalized nootropic blends to test and refine over time.
- [Online-Therapy.com](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/online-therapy-com): A subscription platform centered on cognitive behavioral therapy, combining a guided online toolbox of worksheets, journaling, and activity plans with messaging and live sessions from a therapist.
- [Talkiatry](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/talkiatry): A telepsychiatry service that matches you with a board-certified psychiatrist for video appointments, focused on diagnosis, prescribing, and medication management through insurance.
- [Brightside Health](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/brightside-health): An online platform pairing video therapy and medication management with a precision-prescribing model and weekly symptom tracking for anxiety and depression.
- [Curology Custom Formula](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/curology-custom-formula): A telederm service that pairs you with a licensed provider who prescribes a custom topical cream combining ingredients like tretinoin, azelaic acid, and niacinamide for aging and breakouts.
- [Geologie Personalized Skincare](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/geologie-custom-skincare): A men-focused skincare brand that builds a personalized regimen from a short quiz, featuring cleansers and treatment serums with retinol and peptides to target fine lines and dullness.
- [Vegamour GRO Hair Serum](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/vegamour-gro-serum): A vegan, drug-free topical serum that uses botanical actives like mung bean, red clover, and curcumin to support the look of thicker, denser hair without minoxidil.
- [Musely Hair Formula Rx](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/musely-hair-formula-rx): A telehealth service offering prescription hair-loss treatments, including compounded topicals and oral options, prescribed online after a provider review for men and women.
- [Happy Head Prescription Topical](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/happy-head-prescription): A dermatologist-formulated, customized topical that combines minoxidil with other actives like finasteride, tretinoin, and biotin in a single daily application for men and women.
- [Transparent Labs Fat Burner Stim-Free](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/transparent-labs-fat-burner-stim-free): A non-prescription, stim-free weight-management supplement combining forskolin, white kidney bean, and 5-HTP to support appetite and a calorie-controlled diet.
- [Crazy Nutrition Intensive Pre-Train](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/crazy-nutrition-intensive-pre-train): A 19-ingredient pre-workout with caffeine, citrulline, and beta-alanine aimed at energy and focus for demanding lifting or HIIT sessions.
- [Momentous Creatine Monohydrate](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/momentous-creatine-monohydrate): A single-ingredient 5g creatine monohydrate using Creapure, with NSF Certified for Sport and Informed Sport testing for athletes who need clean-label assurance.
- [Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/optimum-nutrition-gold-standard-whey): A whey-isolate-led protein powder delivering 24g of protein per scoop, widely available and consistently well-priced for everyday recovery.
- [Legion Pulse Pre-Workout](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/legion-pulse-pre-workout): A transparent-label pre-workout pairing 6g citrulline malate and 3.6g beta-alanine per scoop to support pumps, endurance, and training output.
- [Cerebral](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/cerebral): Cerebral combines therapy with medication management for anxiety and depression, useful when a combined approach is appropriate.
- [Talkspace](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/talkspace): Talkspace offers therapy and psychiatry and is in-network with many major insurers and EAPs, often making it the lowest out-of-pocket option.
- [BetterHelp](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/betterhelp): BetterHelp is the largest online therapy service, matching you with a licensed therapist for messaging, phone, and video sessions.
- [Nutrafol Men](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/nutrafol-mens): A drug-free, physician-formulated supplement targeting hair thinning via DHT-support botanicals, marine collagen, and adaptogens.
- [Keeps](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/keeps): Keeps focuses narrowly on hair loss, offering generic finasteride and minoxidil at among the lowest subscription prices.
- [Hims Hair (Finasteride + Minoxidil)](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/hims-hair): Hims prescribes oral finasteride and topical minoxidil — the two FDA-cleared treatments with the strongest evidence for male pattern hair loss.
- [Hims Testosterone Support](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/hims-testosterone-support): Hims offers OTC testosterone-support gummies plus a telehealth path to clinician-supervised therapy if labs warrant it.
- [Transparent Labs Vitality](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/transparent-labs-vitality): A testosterone-support formula with fully disclosed, clinically dosed ashwagandha, boron, and vitamin D.
- [Nugenix Total-T](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/nugenix-total-t): A widely available testosterone-support supplement combining Testofen fenugreek, boron, and zinc.
- [PlushCare Weight Loss](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/plushcare-weight-loss): PlushCare's weight loss program offers GLP-1 prescriptions through its primary care telehealth platform.
- [Noom Med](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/noom-med): Noom Med pairs Noom psychology-based coaching with clinician-prescribed GLP-1.
- [Sequence by WeightWatchers](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/sequence-ww): Sequence (acquired by WeightWatchers) connects members with clinicians prescribing GLP-1 and other weight loss medications.
- [Calibrate](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/calibrate): Calibrate is a 12-month program combining GLP-1 medication, coaching, and lifestyle interventions.
- [Form Health](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/form-health): Form Health pairs you with a board-certified obesity medicine physician and accepts most major insurance.
- [Ro Body](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/ro-body): Ro's Body program connects users with prescribers for Wegovy, Zepbound, and compounded options.
- [Henry Meds GLP-1](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/henry-meds-glp1): Henry Meds offers compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide via subscription, including provider visits.
- [Hims & Hers Weight Loss](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/hims-compounded-semaglutide): Hims & Hers offers compounded semaglutide via telehealth, often at a lower monthly cost than brand-name Wegovy.
- [Rybelsus](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/rybelsus): Rybelsus is oral semaglutide for type 2 diabetes — the only GLP-1 in pill form.
- [Saxenda](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/saxenda): Saxenda (liraglutide 3.0mg) is a daily injection FDA-approved for chronic weight management.
- [Mounjaro](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/mounjaro): Mounjaro is tirzepatide approved for type 2 diabetes (off-label for weight loss).
- [Ozempic](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/ozempic): Ozempic is semaglutide approved for type 2 diabetes. Often prescribed off-label for weight loss.
- [Zepbound](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/zepbound): Zepbound (tirzepatide) is a dual GIP/GLP-1 agonist FDA-approved for chronic weight management and OSA with obesity.
- [Wegovy](https://healthvetted.com/reviews/wegovy): Wegovy (semaglutide 2.4mg) is an FDA-approved once-weekly injection for adults with obesity or overweight with comorbidities.

## Research studies

- [Hair-Loss Treatment Spending Surges Among Younger Men](https://healthvetted.com/research/hair-loss-treatment-spending-younger-men): Finasteride prescriptions among U.S. men aged 25 and older rose about 200% in seven years, and telehealth company Hims & Hers booked nearly $1.5 billion in 2024 revenue — a spending surge that clinicians and analysts attribute largely to younger men treating hair loss earlier through subscription telehealth.
- [Vitamin D Insufficiency Across US Demographics](https://healthvetted.com/research/vitamin-d-insufficiency-demographics): Federal NHANES data show that only about 1 in 20 Americans are at risk of true vitamin D deficiency, but the burden falls unevenly: non-Hispanic Black adults are at risk at roughly 8 times the rate of non-Hispanic white adults.
- [Daily Screen Time Keeps Climbing for US Teens](https://healthvetted.com/research/us-teen-screen-time-trends): US teens average roughly 8.5 hours of entertainment screen media a day, and nearly half say they are online "almost constantly" — a share that has nearly doubled in a decade. Here's what the published survey data show and why researchers say it matters for adolescent health.
- [How Much Sleep Working Adults Actually Get](https://healthvetted.com/research/us-adult-sleep-deficit): Federal survey data show that nearly half of Americans working more than 60 hours a week sleep under 7 hours a night. Here's what the CDC's two biggest health surveys reveal about who is most sleep-deprived — and why work is so often the culprit.
- [Where Americans Spend the Most on Dietary Supplements](https://healthvetted.com/research/us-supplement-spending-by-state): The average U.S. household spends about $131 a year on nonprescription vitamins, according to federal spending data, and use varies sharply by age, sex, and region. We mapped the government and industry data behind the country's $69 billion supplement habit.
- [The Most Sleep-Deprived U.S. Cities (2026)](https://healthvetted.com/research/most-sleep-deprived-us-cities-2026): Federal and county-level health data show that in the worst-sleeping large U.S. cities, more than 4 in 10 adults sleep less than the recommended 7 hours, and the gap between the worst and best big cities is nearly 17 percentage points. Here is where Americans sleep least, and why — with a note on how rankings shift depending on the data set used.

## Anatomy Explorer

- [The Skeletal System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/skeletal-system): A clear, evidence-based guide to the human skeletal system: its 206 bones, how bone tissue works, the organs and structures involved, common conditions like osteoporosis, and proven ways to keep your bones strong.
- [The Nervous System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/nervous-system): A clear, evidence-based guide to the nervous system: how the brain, spinal cord, and nerves are built, how neurons send signals, the conditions that affect them, and proven ways to protect your brain and nerve health.
- [The Digestive System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/digestive-system): The digestive system is the body's food-processing network: the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs that turn food into absorbable nutrients. Learn its anatomy, how digestion works, common conditions, and evidence-based ways to keep your gut healthy.
- [The Respiratory System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/respiratory-system): A clear, evidence-based guide to the respiratory system: how your airways and lungs move air, exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide, the key organs involved, common conditions like asthma and COPD, and practical ways to keep your lungs healthy.
- [The Integumentary System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/integumentary-system): The integumentary system is the body's largest organ system, made up of skin, hair, nails, and glands. It protects you from the outside world, regulates temperature, senses touch, and helps make vitamin D.
- [Endocrine System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/endocrine-system): The endocrine system is the body's network of hormone-producing glands that regulates metabolism, growth, mood, reproduction, and blood sugar through chemical messengers carried in the blood.
- [Cardiovascular System](https://healthvetted.com/anatomy/cardiovascular-system): The cardiovascular system is the body's transport network: the heart, blood vessels, and blood that deliver oxygen and nutrients to every cell and carry away waste. Learn its anatomy, how circulation works, common conditions, and evidence-based ways to keep it healthy.

## Editorial team

- [Hannah Kim, Health journalist](https://healthvetted.com/authors/hannah-kim): Staff Writer
- [Dana Cole, MS, LMFT](https://healthvetted.com/authors/dana-cole-lmft): Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
- [Raj Patel, MD, FAAD](https://healthvetted.com/authors/raj-patel-md): Board-certified Dermatologist
- [Elena Ruiz, MD, FACE](https://healthvetted.com/authors/elena-ruiz-md): Board-certified Endocrinologist
- [Sam Park](https://healthvetted.com/authors/sam-park): Editor-in-Chief
- [Maya Rodriguez, RD, MS](https://healthvetted.com/authors/maya-rodriguez): Nutrition writer
- [Jordan Williams, RD, CDCES](https://healthvetted.com/authors/jordan-williams): Registered Dietitian
- [James Cole, MD, FACOG](https://healthvetted.com/authors/james-cole): OB-GYN, PCOS specialist
- [Priya Patel, MD, CDE](https://healthvetted.com/authors/priya-patel): Diabetologist, Certified Diabetes Educator
- [Marcus Chen, DO, ABOM](https://healthvetted.com/authors/marcus-chen): Bariatric medicine specialist
- [Sarah Nguyen, MD, FACE](https://healthvetted.com/authors/sarah-nguyen): Board-certified Endocrinologist

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