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All information is modified to protect patient confidentiality in strict compliance with HIPAA.  Case examples do not follow real cases.

I reserve the right to disregard any direct messages, emails, or personal requests.  If you need personal assistance, direct contact with your medical office is needed.

This site is accessed by the public.  Consider your comments carefully.  Do not include any information that you deem as personal or private.  You are responsible for the content you post.

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Some of the content on this website is third party content.  That means it was prepared by someone else and we post it on our site(s) as a reference for you.  Please keep in mind, any third party content on our sites is for you to reference. It does not necessarily reflect my opinion, nor should it be thought of as a treatment recommendation.  My own posts can not be thought of as treatment recommendations.  Treatment recommendations and scientific discoveries change our thoughts on causation and treatment plans. Therefore some of the posts may contain information which is outdated.  Feel free to print out anything on this site and bring it in with you so we can discuss what my formal thoughts are!  Print it out to discuss with your own physician as well.  My content can not be reproduced for legal proceedings.

Liability

Under no circumstances will the author, Jeffrey Abildgaard, MD or “I”, or My employer be liable to you for any direct or indirect damages arising in connection with use of this site, or the links you follow to outside websites.   Posts/links are not a substitute for personalized medical advice from your provider.  Opting to participate with this site by following/”liking”/”friending”/subscribing may result in your user identity being able to be viewed by other participating site members.  Therefore, you agree your participation will NOT be confidential.

Purpose

The purpose of this account/blog/website is for medical education only.  It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice.  Information posted should not be construed as personal medical advice.  Posts are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure disease.  The goal is to inform the audience with interesting medical and community information for strictly educational/entertainment purposes only.  In addition, this site is meant to support the relationship that may exist between the visitor and his/her physician. Postings are not meant to be the only source of medical decision-making for your family. By accessing this site, you acknowledge that there is no physician-patient relationship extended between you and me.

All posts (excepting 3rd party content) are the opinion of this author and not of his employer/partners. All posts are based on scientific facts and subject to certain assumptions and should not be relied upon for any other purpose.  Similar to printed materials, the information posted may become out-of-date.  There is no obligation to update posts, although I may at any time without notice.  I cannot be held responsible for any omissions in the posts.

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Sharing your personal information / Targeted advertisements

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users Personal Identification Information (PII) to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any Personal Identification Information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined below.

Personal Identification Information

We may collect Personal Identification Information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, phone number. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect Personal Identification Information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply Personal Identification Information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

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We may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

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How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

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Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

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We have the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

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This Document was last updated on Sept 2, 2023