About Carlos Richards
Health journalism grounded in evidence and human experience
I am an independent health and medical journalist and the founder of Writer On-Site. I explain complex medicine and science with clarity, accuracy and compassion.
I write about health as people live it
Health is more than data, diagnoses and statistics. Behind every study or policy are people making difficult decisions, living with uncertainty and trying to understand what the evidence means for them.
My work brings together research, expert insight and lived experience. I aim to make complicated subjects understandable without stripping away their meaning, limitations or unanswered questions.
“Readers deserve more than a simplified conclusion. They deserve the evidence, the context and an honest account of what remains uncertain.”
What I cover
My reporting focuses on subjects where clear explanations and careful evidence matter most.
Mental health
Anxiety, depression, access to care and the systems that shape emotional well-being.
Neuroscience
How the brain shapes behavior, memory, emotion and health—without reducing people to brain scans.
Medicine & public health
Research, treatment, prevention and the policies that influence who receives care.
Reporting philosophy
Accuracy first. People always.
Credible reporting requires more than finding a study. It requires testing the claim, examining the methods and asking whose experience may be missing.
Evidence with context
I distinguish association from causation and place new findings within the wider scientific record.
Plain language, not empty simplicity
I translate technical ideas while preserving the details readers need to judge their importance.
Human-centered reporting
I treat patients, families, clinicians and communities as people—not illustrations for a predetermined conclusion.
My reporting process
01
Find the question
Define what the story must discover.
02
Build the evidence
Map sources and secure the paper trail.
03
Report and listen
Interview experts and people with lived experience.
04
Write and verify
Shape the narrative, fact-check and finalize.
Let’s make complex health information understandable
If you need a health story, medical explainer or evidence-based editorial project, tell me what you are working on.