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General

Any information on the Health Sciences Centre World Wide Web Site represents the opinions of the authors and not that of the Health Sciences Centre, its Board of Directors, nor its management. The Health Sciences Centre World Wide Web Site provides general information that may be of interest to readers. The information is not intended to replace consultations with your health care professional or to provide medical advice or diagnosis. Please direct all personal medical and health questions to your health care professional. The Health Sciences Centre, its Board of Directors, management, staff and/or its physicians shall not be liable for any damages, claims, liabilities, costs or obligations arising from the use or misuse of the material contained in this web site, whether such obligations arise in contract, tort, negligence, equity or statute law.

The Health Sciences Centre World Wide Web Site has been prepared specifically for Health Sciences Centre, not for any manufacturer or other company, and the authors have not received any remuneration from any manufacturer or other company in connection with its preparation.

The Health Sciences Centre World Wide Web Site shall not be reproduced
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All information contained within the Health Sciences Centre Web Site has been developed by the Health Sciences Centre, is the property of the Health Sciences Centre and may not be reproduced, redistributed or modified for commercial purposes without the express written permission of the Health Sciences Centre.

The Health Sciences Centre owns the intellectual property rights in the underlying HTML, text and other content that the Hospital makes available to you on its web site, or has obtained the permission of the owner of the intellectual property of such content to use the content on the Hospital's web site.

Limited License

The Health Sciences Centre grants the reader a limited license to display on their computer, print, download and/or use the underlying HTML, text and other content that is made available on the Hospital’s web site, for non-commercial, personal or educational purposes only, provided that:

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No other use is permitted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not:

• make any commercial use of such content
• include such content in or with any product that you create or distribute
• copy such content onto your or any other person's World Wide Web site

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The Health Sciences Centre logo is a registered trademark of the Health Sciences Centre Hospital. All product names mentioned on this web site are the registered trademarks of their respective owners. 

No Healthcare nor Medical Advice

The Information that is provided on the Health Sciences Centre Web Site is not intended to be healthcare or medical advice. Many factors unknown to the Health Sciences Centre may affect the applicability of any statement or comment to your particular circumstances. You should not act nor refrain from acting based upon any information contained on the Health Sciences Centre Web Site without consulting a qualified health care professional

If you have or suspect you have a health problem, you should call your health care provider immediately. This web site contains general information that is not specific to any individual person. If you have any questions after reading this, ask your own physician or health care professional or provider. They know you and can best answer your questions.

No Warranties

The Health Sciences Centre does not warrant the quality, accuracy nor completeness of any information or services made available on this web site. Such information and services are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind. The Health Sciences Centre Web Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors.

Third party references/links

The Health Sciences Centre does not exert responsibility, editorial or other control over the contents of the links to other Internet sites or any postings by a third party. The Hospital disclaims any and all liability for any claims or damages, which may result from any postings by third parties. The Hospital disclaims any and all liability for injury and/or other damages, which result from an individual using techniques discussed on this or the linked web sites.

References in this Website to third parties' goods or service are not endorsements or approval of such goods or services. Links to other Websites are not endorsements or approvals of such sites, the third parties named therein, or their products and service, nor is any liability assumed for incompatibility, non-suitability, viral infection, worms, Trojan horses, or other destructive/disruptive components on or from such sites.

The display of trademarks, trade-names, or service marks on this Website does not convey or create any license or privilege of any kind. Unauthorized use or exploitation of such marks and names is strictly prohibited.

Searches

The Health Sciences Centre uses its best efforts but is not responsible for the results of any search results that reference sites and information located worldwide throughout the Internet. Because some of the content on the Internet consists of material that is adult-oriented or otherwise objectionable to some people, the results of your use of the Health Sciences Centre Search tool may automatically and unintentionally generate links or references to objectionable material. Health Sciences Centre can make no claim that such surprises will not occur. Computerized search technology does not give you search results limited to only the websites that you were seeking. There may be extraneous referenced results as well.

Internet E-mail

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