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Access to, use of, and/or browsing of the site is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. By using this site, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND and that you signify your agreement to these Terms of Use. These Terms and Conditions are subject to change at any time.

 

COPYRIGHT USE RESTRICTIONS

 

Materials on this website are copyrighted, and all rights are reserved. All text, graphics, databases, HTML code, and other intellectual property are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws and may not be copied, reprinted, published, or otherwise distributed by any means without explicit permission. Any unauthorized use of the site or its content is prohibited and may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

 

AGE RESTRICTION

 

The website is available only to individuals who are at least 18 years old. If you are not yet 18 years old, you must stop using the website immediately.

 

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

 

With the exception of any third-party trademarks, all trademarks and logos on TheMedCircle are either trademarks or registered trademarks of TheMedCircle and may not be copied, imitated, or otherwise used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of TheMedCircle.

 

ADVICE DISCLAIMER

 

TheMedCircle blog, all content, and all posted information is provided as-is for general health information purposes only. It is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment by a qualified healthcare provider. Nothing contained on the site is intended to create a physician-patient relationship, to replace the services of a licensed, trained physician or health professional, or to be a substitute for the medical advice of a physician or trained health professional licensed in your state or country.

You should not rely on any information contained on the site, and you should consult a physician licensed by your state for all health-related matters. You hereby agree that you shall not make any health- or medical-related decisions based in whole or in part on information presented on this site.

 

The information on this website is not intended to provide specific legal, financial, tax or medical advice for any individual or company and should not be relied on in that regard; it is not intended to replace the financial, tax, legal, coding/billing, or any other advice offered by a qualified professional. The services described on this website are only offered in jurisdictions where they may be legally offered. Information provided on our website is not all-inclusive; it is limited to information made available to TheMedCircle, and such information should not be relied on as accurate.

 

The opinions expressed on the site are not necessarily the opinions of TheMedCircle and its authors or contributors. Any published opinions are or have been rendered based on specific facts, under certain conditions, and subject to certain assumptions. They may not and should not be used for any other purpose including, but not limited to, use in any legal proceeding.

 

Information may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct or current. TheMedCircle may update information at any time without notice.

 

LIABILITY

 

Under no circumstances, as a result of your use of this site, will the author be liable to you or to any other person for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, consequential or other damages under any legal theory, including, without limitation, tort, contract, or strict liability, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, TheMedCircle shall have absolutely no liability in connection with the site for any damages or losses due to defects, errors, computer failure, delays in operation or transmission, or inaccuracies in the information.

 

 External Sites

 

TheMedCircle is not responsible for the content of external sites.

TheMedCircle includes links to both internal and external (non-TheMedCircle) websites.

  • These links are included for further relevant information or other key source material or for useful practical information
  • External links are selected and reviewed when the page is published. However, the TheMedCircle is not responsible for the content of external websites. TheMedCircle does not produce, maintain or update them, TheMedCircle cannot change them.
  • The content of external websites can be changed without the TheMedCircle’s knowledge or agreement.
  • Some of our external links may be to websites which also offer commercial services, such as online purchases.
  • The inclusion of a link to an external website from TheMedcircle.com should not be understood to be an endorsement of that website or the site’s owners (or their products/services).

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TheMedCircle, its contractors, its licensors and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees that may arise out of your use of the website, including but not limited to your violation of this agreement.

 

 

POSTED INFORMATION

 

If you post information, data, text, or other content on publicly accessible areas of the site or provide TheMedCircle with information, including but not limited to feedback data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, plans, ideas or the like, such information or content shall be deemed to be nonconfidential, and TheMedCircle shall be free to use, reproduce, disclose, or distribute the information to others without restriction. TheMedCircle reserves the right to edit, censor, or delete all postings. If the content of your posting creates liability for TheMedCircle, you agree to defend and hold TheMedCircle harmless from such liability. You are responsible for the content you post. You may not impersonate any other person through the site. You may not post content that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, invasive of another person’s privacy rights or that is otherwise unlawful.

 

By making content available, you represent and warrant that the downloading, copying, and use of the content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, or trade secret rights of any third party; the content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses, or other harmful or destructive content; the content is not spam, is not machine-generated or randomly generated and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or to boost the search engine rankings of third party sites or lead to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing); your site is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company.

 

ARTICLE SUBMISSION

By submitting your article(s) to us;

  1. You state that you are the sole owner and author of the article and own 100% of all copyrights pertaining to it.
  2. Your submission to TheMedCircle.com gives unrestricted permission for us to publish your article on the website, in print and social media.
  3. It is the TheMedCircle’s sole decision as to whether your article is published and for how long. There are no guarantees made that your article(s) will be published. We reserve the right to remove your article(s) at any time for any reason.
  4. The TheMedCircle.com Editorial Team reserves the right to re-classify your article in a topic category that may be more suitable than originally submitted.
  5. You acknowledge that we do not pay for submissions to our website and we do not require publishers to pay you for their use of your article.
  6. TheMedCircle.com reserves the right to publish ads on the same pages as your articles.
  7. Our editors may edit your article with the purpose of improving writing style and reading experience.

LINKS AND ADVERTISEMENT

 

You may provide links to this site; however, you must discontinue providing such links if requested by TheMedCircle. This site contains links to and from third-party websites and these links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement. TheMedCircle is not responsible for the content or accuracy of materials on such sites. The owner of this site is not necessarily affiliated with any linked sites and is not responsible for their content. You access these linked sites at your own risk. Links to other websites or references to products, services or publications other than those owned by TheMedCircle and its subsidiaries and affiliates on this website do not imply the endorsement or approval of such websites, products, services or publications by TheMedCircle or its subsidiaries and affiliates.

 

SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS

 

If any provision of these terms and conditions is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed ineffective in such jurisdictions; however, this shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

 

 

APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

You agree that these Terms of Use and any interpretation of or dispute with any provision will be governed by the laws of the state of New Hampshire without regard to any principles of conflict of laws. You expressly agree that any legal or financial action arising out of or related to these Terms of Use and/or your access to and use of TheMedCircle will be subject to jurisdiction only in the state or federal courts located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and you hereby consent and submit to jurisdiction of such courts with respect to any such action.

 

You further agree that any claims or causes of action arising out of or related to this Agreement and the site, along with the information contained therein, shall be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose; otherwise, such claim or cause of action shall be forever barred.

 

 

TERMINATION

 

TheMedCircle may terminate your access to all or any part of the website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your TheMedCircle account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the website. Upon termination, all provisions of this Agreement, which by their nature should survive termination, shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

 

WAIVER

 

The author’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right or provision.