About Diurna

Diurna is Latin for “of the day”. It is the root of the words diurnal and journal, and it was the name of the daily gazette posted in ancient Rome, the Acta Diurna.

We chose it because good health is mostly a matter of days: what you do on an ordinary one, repeated. That is also why the site is arranged around a single day, from morning habits to a night’s sleep.

Plain-language guides in five sections, each tied to the part of the day it belongs to:

• Healthy Living: Morning routines, hydration, preventive check-ups and the small, repeatable habits that hold a day together.
• Nutrition: Balanced plates, sensible portions and plain answers about what to eat. No cleanses, no miracle foods.
• Fitness: How much activity adults actually need, how to begin, and how to keep going when motivation runs out.
• Mental Wellness: Stress, attention, connection and rest, written about with care and without pretending to be therapy.
• Sleep: Sleep hygiene, wind-down routines and how much rest you need, drawn from sleep science rather than gadgets.

Healthy Living also carries our general preventive-health guides, such as what routine check-ups and screenings are for.

Diurna is not a clinic and does not offer diagnosis, treatment or personal medical advice. We do not sell supplements, publish “miracle” claims or before-and-after stories, or tell anyone to stop or change a medication.

If an article touches on something that needs a professional, it says so. Our medical disclaimer sets this out in full.

Each guide starts from guidance published by public-health bodies, chiefly the World Health Organization, the National Health Service (UK), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US) and the National Institutes of Health (US). Where it adds something we read the underlying research too. Every source is linked at the foot of the article.

We use AI-assisted tools for research support and drafting. A human editor checks each claim against the source it cites before publication and remains responsible for the result. Articles are dated, and we note when they are updated or corrected.

The details are in our editorial policy and corrections policy.

Diurna is published independently by Hanzla Amjad. It is not owned by, or affiliated with, any healthcare provider, insurer, pharmaceutical company or supplement brand.

• Diurna Editorial Team, research and writing. Our writers and editors are not doctors, dietitians or therapists. Articles are not medically reviewed unless a named reviewer appears on the page. We publish general health education, not personal medical advice.
• Hanzla Amjad, founder and editor. Hanzla is not a medical professional. His role is editorial: choosing topics, verifying sources and keeping articles accurate and up to date.

Diurna is free to read. We intend to fund it through display advertising served by Google AdSense; no advertising is running yet. Advertising is labelled as such and kept apart from editorial decisions: advertisers have no say in what we write.

We do not publish sponsored articles, and we do not use affiliate links.

Questions, corrections and suggestions are welcome through the contact page. We read everything, though we cannot answer personal medical questions.