Please read the following terms and conditions with care before using this website. By accessing or using our site, you consent to the following terms and conditions. We reserve the right to change this information at any time and therefore, we recommend that you review this page regularly.
Mediscuss provides general information and discussion about medicine, health and related topics. The information and content provided in this website, or in any linked resources, are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice. If the reader has a medical concern, they should consult a physician, registered medical practitioner or other healthcare workers.
Medical care is a complex process and cannot be generalized. The individualized medical advice given by your doctor after examining you supercedes all the information given on this website. Please do not ignore the professional medical advice because of something you have read on this website or in any linked resources. If you think you may have a medical emergency, go to the nearest hospital immediately.
The views expressed on Mediscuss have no relation to those of any academic, hospital, or other institutions with which the authors may be affiliated.
Terms of Use Agreement
This Terms of Use Agreement (“agreement”) is entered between and by “you” (the reader or any other user of this website, also known as Mediscuss, the “Site”), Dr. Shashikiran Umakanth (the “Principal author”) and the writing team (the ‘team’). Access to the Site and any use thereof is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. By accessing, reading or otherwise using the Site, you hereby agree to these terms and conditions.
This agreement contains disclaimers and other provisions that limit the Author’s liability to you. Please read these terms and conditions fully and carefully. If you do not agree to be bound to each and every term and condition set forth herein, please exit the Site and do not access, read or otherwise use information provided herein.
By accessing the Site and/or reading its content, and/or using it to find information on any other website or informational resource, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand these terms and conditions, that the provisions, disclosures and disclaimers set forth herein are fair and reasonable, and that your agreement to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions is voluntary and is not the result of fraud, duress or undue influence exercised upon you by any person or entity.
Disclaimer Regarding Medical Advice
The Principal author provides the Site and any services, information, opinions, content, references and links to other knowledge resources (collectively, “Content”) for informational purposes only. The Author does not provide any medical advice on the Site.
Accessing, reading or otherwise using the Site does not create a physician-patient relationship between you and the Principal author or other authors. Providing personal or medical information to the Principal author or other authors does not create a physician-patient relationship between you and the Principal author or other authors.
Nothing contained in the Site is intended to establish a physician-patient relationship, to replace the services of a trained physician or health care professional, or otherwise to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
You hereby agree that you shall not make any medical or health-related decision based in whole or in part on anything contained in the Site. You should not rely on any information contained in the Site and related materials in making medical, health-related or other decisions. You should consult a trained and registered physician or other appropriately trained healthcare workers in your community in all matters relating to your health.
Disclaimer Regarding Site Content and Materials
The Content may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct, timely, current or up-to-date. Similar to any printed materials, the Content may become out-of-date. The Author undertakes no obligation to update any Content on the Site. The Principal author may update the Content at any time without notice, based on the Principal author’s sole and absolute discretion. The Principal author reserves the right to make alterations or deletions to the Content at any time without notice.
Opinions expressed in the Site are not necessarily those of the Principal author or authors. Any opinions of the Principal author have been considered in the context of certain conditions and subject to assumptions that cannot necessarily be applied to an individual case or particular circumstance. The Content may not and should not be used or relied upon for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use in or in connection with any legal proceeding.
From time to time, the Site may contain health– or medical-related information that is sexually explicit. If you find this information offensive, you may not want to use the Site.
Guidelines for Posting
This Site is open to the public. You should consider comments carefully and do not post any information or ideas that you would like to keep private. By uploading or otherwise making available any information to the Principal author in the form of user generated comments or otherwise, you grant the Principal author the unlimited, perpetual right to distribute, display, publish, reproduce, reuse and copy the information contained therein.
You are solely responsible for the comments you post. You may not impersonate any other person through the Site. You may not post content that is defamatory, fraudulent, obscene, threatening, invasive of another person’s privacy rights or that is otherwise unlawful. You may not post content that infringes on the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. You may not post any content that includes any computer virus or other code designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any computer software or hardware.
By submitting or posting content on the Site, you grant the Principal author, authors and any company substantially under the control of or with the authority of the Principal author, the right to remove any content or comment that, in Principal author’s sole judgment, does not comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable. You also grant the Principal author and any company substantially under the control of the Principal author the right to modify, adapt, and edit any content.
Disclaimer regarding External Third-party Links
The Site may, from time to time, contain links to other (“third party”) websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience and not as a guarantee or recommendation by the Principal author for the services, information, opinion or any other content on such third party websites or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of such third party websites.
If you decide to access a linked website, you do so at your own risk. Your use of other websites is subject to the terms of use for such sites.
The Principal author is not responsible for the content of any linked or otherwise connected websites. The Principal author does not make any representations or guarantees regarding the privacy practices of, or the content or accuracy of materials included in, any linked or third party websites. The inclusion of third-party advertisements on the Site does not constitute an endorsement, guarantee, or recommendation. The Principal author makes no representations and/or guarantees regarding any product or service contained therein.
Disclaimer of All Warranties
Content made available on this Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Under no circumstances, as a result of your use of the Site, will the Principal author or authors be liable to you or to any other person for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages under any legal theory, including, without limitation, tort, contract, strict liability or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Age Restriction
The Site is intended for persons 18 years or older. Persons under the age of 18 should not access, use and/or browse the Site.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the Principal author and authors harmless from any claim or demand, including attorneys’ fees, made by any third party as a result of (1) any content posted or made available by you on this Site, (2) any violation of law that occurs by you through the Site, and/or (3) anything that you do with the use of the Site and/or the Content contained therein.
Modification
The Principal author may modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement in whole or in part at any time for any reason without any notice to you, based on their discretion. Such modified terms and conditions shall supersede these terms and conditions and shall become binding when published online on the Site.
Entire Agreement
You accept that this Agreement represents the entire understanding between you and the Principal author concerning use of the Site.
Created on: 29 April 2018
Last updated on 26 July 2018