Scope of These Terms

These terms of use apply to our cbcbiomed.com web site. The terms of use for each of our web sites may be different and are available on the home page of that web site. When you leave one of our web sites and go to another web site whether controlled by CBC or by a third party, different terms may apply.

The cbcbiomed.com web site is owned and operated by The Center for Bio-Medical Communication, Inc. The CBC web site is our web site for physicians and allied healthcare professionals. We may share information among our subsidiaries that we own or control, but it is always protected under the terms of this privacy policy.

Our Information

Information available on the cbcbiomed.com web site includes references, tools, and continuing education for medical professionals. Please remember that all of the information on cbcbiomed.com is meant for licensed healthcare professionals. While we hope you find it helpful, you should remember that it is not meant to serve as a substitute for your own clinical judgment as a healthcare professional. If you are a consumer who chooses to use the professional-level information on cbcbiomed.com, you should not rely on that information as professional medical advice or use it to replace any relationship with your physician or other qualified healthcare professional. For medical concerns, including decisions about medications and other treatments, consumers should always consult their physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel.

We follow a standard set of editorial procedures for information that we put on cbcbiomed.com. However, we don't offer you any warranty or guarantee related to our web site. We specifically disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It's your job to evaluate the information and results from tools we provide. If you are a healthcare professional, you should exercise your professional judgment in evaluating any information, and we encourage you to confirm the information contained on our web site with other sources before undertaking any treatment based on it. If you are a consumer, you should evaluate the information together with your physician or another qualified healthcare professional.

Although we are selective about the organizations we link to, we don't assume any responsibility for any web sites that are linked to our site or that you browse to after following a link from our site.

While we welcome your feedback on cbcbiomed.com, we must make the final decisions about the content that is posted on the site to make sure it meets the needs of all our readers. You can use the Tell Us What You Need link on our home page to send us comments and criticisms.

Ownership of cbcbiomed.com

Trademarks

• We also own the names we use for our products and services on cbcbiomed.com, and these names are protected by trademark laws in the United States and internationally. An Ò 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.

Linking to Us

Usually, we don't mind if you have a simple link from your web site to ours. However, you must first ask our permission. You aren't allowed to link to us if you engage in illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on our reputation.

Information That You Put on Our Web Site

When you place publicly available materials or information on our web site, you give us an irrevocable, perpetual license to use that information. For example, we have the right to display a comment that you post on one of our discussion boards for as long as we want. We will consider requests to remove information that you make publicly available on our web site on an individual basis (contact us at the email address we give at the end of this document).

For information and materials placed on our web site that are not publicly available, please see our privacy policy for an explanation of how we use that information and your rights to change or delete it. We provide the link for our privacy policy later in this document.

We ask that you not post any messages with misleading, false, or inappropriate language or statements. We reserve the right to remove any offensive or fraudulent content at any time without your consent.

Laws That Govern this Agreement

The Center for Bio-Medical Communication Inc., controls the cbcbiomed.com web site from its offices within the state of New Jersey in the United States of America. The web site can be accessed from anywhere in the United States and from other countries worldwide. Since the laws of each state or country able to access the web site may differ, by accessing the web site both you and The Center for Bio-Medical Communication, Inc., agree that the statutes and laws of the state of New Jersey.

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 draw your attention to any significant changes.

Privacy Policy

Because we are in the healthcare area, we pay special attention to privacy issues. The purpose of our privacy policy is to identify the information we may collect about you, describe the uses we may make of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and discuss options for controlling your information. Please review our privacy policy.

Consequences

If you don't comply with these terms, we have the right to remove any information you have placed on our web site. We may also take any legal action we think is appropriate. If your violation of this agreement causes harm to others, you agree to hold The Center for Bio-Medical Communication, Inc., harmless against any liability for that harm.

Questions or Concerns About Our Terms of Use

For questions or concerns about these terms of use, please send an email to: cmeinfo@cbcbiomed.com.

Revision date: These terms of use were last updated on February 21, 2003.

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