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eMedicine Content and Tools

The eMedicine Web site is primarily designed for use by qualified physicians and other medical professionals. The information contained herein should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed physician or other healthcare provider. The information provided herein is for educational and informational purposes only and should NOT be considered as offering medical advice. Please check with a physician if you suspect you are ill.

We include clinical tools and calculators intended for the use of healthcare professionals on our Web site. These tools and calculators should not be construed to impart professional advice or to recommend particular products. Physicians and other healthcare professionals who use our tools or calculators should exercise their own clinical judgment regarding results. Consumers who use the tools or calculators do so at their own risk.

Individuals with any type of medical condition are specifically advised to seek professional medical advice before beginning any sort of health treatment. For medical concerns, including decisions about medications and other treatments, users should always consult a physician or other qualified healthcare professional.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The eMedicine Web site, Content, Related Materials, and any other products or services related to them are provided as is and as available. eMedicine disclaims any and all warranties, written or oral, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, noninfringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, currency, accuracy, or comprehensiveness.

eMedicine advises you to confirm information regarding the indications for and dosages of drugs mentioned in the Content with Product Information Sheets provided by the manufacturer, especially for new drugs or drugs with which you are unfamiliar or are prescribed infrequently. You assume all responsibility for use of the Content, and eMedicine assumes no responsibility for such use. eMedicine is not liable to you for any error, inaccuracy, or omission, regardless of cause, or any damages that may result from improper use of our Content.

Copyright

We or our partners own the information contained on the eMedicine Web site, and the entire contents and design of eMedicine are protected under US and international copyright laws. You may view our Web site online, download individual articles to your personal or handheld computer for later reading, and even print a reasonable number of page copies for yourself, family, or friends. You must not remove any copyright notices from our materials. We reserve all other rights. Among other things, this means you must not sell our information, rewrite or modify it, redistribute it, put it on your own Web site, or use it for any commercial purpose without our prior written permission.

eMedicine licenses the medical dictionary used on its Web sites. Copyright attribution is as follows: Stedman’s Health Professions and Nursing Dictionary, Copyright© 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Trademarks

We own the names we use for our products and services on eMedicine Web sites, and these names are protected by trademark laws in the United States and internationally. An ® symbol following a name on our site indicates that the trademark has been registered in the United States. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. If your activities are noncommercial, you may use our trademarks by linking to us or discussing us with others provided you make it clear that we are the owner of the trademark. Any other uses of our trademarks require our prior written approval.

You may not use eMedicine's trademarks in any of the following ways:
• In a non-eMedicine product name or publication title
• Within or as a part of your own trademark(s)
• To identify non-eMedicine products or services
• In a manner that would likely cause confusion
• In a manner implying that eMedicine sponsors, endorses, or is otherwise connected with your own activities, products, or services
• In a manner that disparages eMedicine

Laws Governing This Agreement

This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Nebraska.
eMedicine makes no representation that materials on its Web sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access these sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Acceptance Procedure

By accessing materials on our Web site or registering, you agree with all the terms and conditions of this agreement.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change the terms and conditions of this agreement from time to time, and your continuing use of our Web site constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changed terms and conditions. We will post any such changes in a timely manner and will draw your attention to any significant changes.

Privacy Policy

eMedicine pays special attention to privacy issues. The purposes of our Privacy Policy are to identify the information we may collect about you, to describe the uses we may make of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and to discuss your options for controlling your information. You can review our Privacy Policy for eMedicine by clicking on the Privacy link at the bottom of this page.

Consequences

If you do not comply with these terms, we have the right to suspend or eliminate your account and to remove any information you have placed on our site. We may also take any legal action we consider appropriate. If your violation of this agreement causes harm to others, you agree to hold eMedicine harmless against any liability for that harm. If any dispute arises between us concerning this agreement or your use of our Web site, we both agree to submit the dispute to nonbinding mediation, followed by binding arbitration. Both the mediation and the arbitration will be governed under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and the venue for the arbitration will be Nebraska.

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Revision Date
These Terms of Use were last updated on May 12, 2006.