About Medical News Today

Medical News Today (MNT) is owned and operated by Healthline Media UK Ltd., a leading healthcare publishing company. There are offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan.

MNT is within the top 10 most popular health websites worldwide, as reported by Comscore, with more than 30 million monthly visits.

Founded in 2003, MNT has established itself as a market leader for medical news, providing concise and accurate information that stands out in the ocean of content that is health on the internet.

Content is targeted to an educated audience of both healthcare professionals and consumers alike. The editorial team provides news from evidence-based, peer-reviewed studies, along with accurate, unbiased, and informative content from governmental organisations (e.g. FDA, CDC, NIH, NHS), medical societies, royal colleges, professional associations, patients' groups, among others.

MNT produces original, timely, and authoritative information from respected, credible sources. The editorial team has a strict code of practice and covers all areas of health and medicine, including rare diseases and conditions; we strive to achieve coverage across all areas of human health. Our main content areas include:

• News content produced and curated daily by our in-house editorial team.
• Reference material covering the issues that are important to you — produced in house and licensed.
• Features and in-depth investigative reporting on health and lifestyle.

The MNT technology and website teams make sure that the platforms we use are up to date and robust, allowing you to access, browse, and share our content in a variety of ways:

• On desktop and mobile/tablet devices (the website automatically adjusts to deliver the appropriate version of the site according to the device).
• Using customization/personalization features on the website.
• Daily and weekly email newsletters and e-alerts.
• RSS and Javascript newsfeeds.
• On Facebook — over 413,000 likes.
• On Twitter — over 122,000 followers.
• On Flipboard — over 11,000 followers.
• On Pinterest — over 700,000 monthly viewers

MNT is an advertising-funded website; we do not sell products or services, we provide all content free of charge with no registration required. We allow advertising on the website to enable us to continue delivering high-quality content to users around the world for free. Advertising opportunities on the site include:

• A variety of display advertising units; standard IAB banners, rich media and expandable banners, video advertising on both desktop and mobile versions of the site.
• Sponsored content sections — all sponsored content is clearly marked as such.

If you choose to register to access the full suite of services and customization features, please note that we do NOT sell your details to third parties or rent email lists.

• See our privacy policy
• See our terms of use

The MNT leadership team has an enormous depth of knowledge and understanding of their respective fields, with over 100 years' combined experience of the online health content industry. While the pace of change in the digital publishing world continues to challenge the traditional publishing industry, Medical News Today — an online-only company — remains nimble and consistently leads the way in online health publishing.

• Honor Whiteman - Managing Editor
  Honor manages the editorial team of in-house writers and freelancers.
• Peter Hill - Head of Sales and Marketing
  Peter leads the advertising, licensing and partnerships sales team.

If you would like to contact us, please see our contact page.