Terms and Conditions of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ASSENT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

We may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued usage of this website (the "Site") will mean you accept those changes.

THE SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE.
The contents of the Site (the "Content") are for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. We do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site.

USE OF CONTENT.
You may view material on the Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use. The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with us.

LIABILITY OF WEBMD AND ITS LICENSORS.
The use of the Site and the Content is at your own risk. When using the Site, information will be transmitted over a medium that may be beyond our control and jurisdiction, and, accordingly, we assume no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the Site.

The Site and the content are provided on an "as is" basis. WE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Without limiting the foregoing, Web make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currentness, or timeliness of the Content, software, text, graphics, links, or communications provided on or through the use of the Site, or the satisfaction of any government regulations requiring disclosure of information on prescription drug products or the approval or compliance of any software tools with regard to the Content.

In no event shall We or any of our licensors, suppliers, or any third parties mentioned on the Site (for purposes hereof, the "Site Entities") be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, personal injury/wrongful death, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use of or inability to use the Site or the Content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not any of the above entities are advised of the possibility of such damages. All of the Site Entities, collectively, shall be liable only to the extent of actual damages incurred by you, not to exceed US$50 (fifty US Dollars). The Site Entities are not liable for any personal injury, including death, caused by your use or misuse of the Site, Content, or Public Areas (as defined below). Any claims arising in connection with your use of the Site, any Content, or the Public Areas must be brought within one (1) year of the date of the event giving rise to such action occurred. Remedies under these Terms and Conditions are exclusive and are limited to those expressly provided for in these Terms and Conditions.

USER SUBMISSIONS.
The personal information you submit to us is governed by the Privacy Policy of the Site. You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type to the Public Areas that infringe or violate any rights of any party. By submitting communications or content to the Public Areas, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. If you make any submission to a Public Area or if you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to us by email, you automatically grant - or warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted – us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. We may sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.

PUBLIC AREAS.
If you use a Public Area, such as a chat room, bulletin board or community, etc., you are solely responsible for your own communications, the consequences of posting those communications, and your reliance on any communications found in the Public Areas. We are not responsible for the consequences of any communications in the Public Areas. Any of the following actions shall constitute a material breach of these Terms and Conditions: (i) Using a Public Area for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international laws; (ii) Posting material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; (iii) Posting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by us in our sole discretion; (iv) Posting advertisements or solicitations of business; (v) Posting chain letters or pyramid schemes; (vi) Impersonating another person; (vii) Distributing viruses or other harmful computer code; (viii) Harvesting or otherwise collecting information about others, including email addresses, without their identification for posting or viewing comments; consent; (ix) Allowing any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments (x) Posting the same note more than once or "spamming"; or (xi) Engaging in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Public Area or the Site, or which, in our judgment, exposes us or any of our customers or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type.

We reserve the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following: (i) Record the dialogue in public chat rooms, (ii) Investigate an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to the terms set forth herein and determine in our sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the communication(s), (iii) Remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive, or that otherwise fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions, (iv) Terminate a user's access to any or all Public Areas and/or the Site upon any breach of these Terms and Conditions, (v) Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the Public Areas, and (vi) Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the Site, regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.

We have no liability or responsibility to users of the Site or any other person or entity for performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.

ADVERTISEMENTS, SEARCHES AND LINKS TO OTHER SITES.
We may provide links to third-party web sites. We also may select certain sites as priority responses to search terms you enter and we may agree to allow advertisers to respond to certain search terms with advertisements or sponsored content. We do not recommend and do not endorse the content on any third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the Site, third-party sites provided as search results, or third-party advertisements, and do not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. We do not endorse any product advertised on the Site.

COMPLETE AGREEMENT.
Except as expressly provided in a particular "legal notice" on the Site, these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the use of the Site, and Content.

Privacy Policy

We respect the privacy of visitors to our website (the "Site") and registrants of our services. This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any personal information you submit to use through the Site. Information shared between users and the Site is securely administered and protected in accordance with all applicable laws and the following policies. This Privacy Policy may be changed due to changes in the law or our business.

TRAFFIC MONITORING.
The Site is or may be equipped with a program that monitors traffic by automatically recording every visitor's host, browser type and/or IP address. This program tracks the number of times the Site is hit, how many visitors come to the Site, which parts of the Site they frequent, and the length of time of each visit. This information does not contain personal information and is used to evaluate areas of interest and to improve the Site and may be provided to third parties by the Site or its affiliates.

COOKIES.
A cookie is a small text file placed on a user's computer hard drive when a user visits a website. A session cookie is a special type of cookie that is automatically deleted when the user closes the browser. We use session cookies to track a user’s current state during their visit, and require that session cookies be enabled to use the Site. These cookies are automatically removed when the browser is closed. We may also use cookies that are left on a user’s machine for the purpose of facilitating the login process. We do not use or support cookies that in any way are used to track an individuals Internet usage outside of the Site.

LINKS.
Our provision of a link to any other website or location is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites.