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Thank you for visiting the Universal Medical Management Service (UMMS) website. As a courtesy and for the convenience of our users some pages of our website provide links to other websites not managed or controlled by UMMS. UMMS does not endorse nor does it control or take responsibility for the content or information on any external website.
Website Linking Terms
You are hereby permitted to create hyperlinks to the content on the UMMS website, provided that the hyperlink accurately describes the content as it appears on the website. UMMS reserves the right to revoke this license generally, or the right to use specific links, at any time. Under no circumstances may the website or any of its content be “framed” or portions of the website copied to a server. Each page within the website must be displayed in full (including all trademarks, branding, advertising and promotional materials), without any accompanying frame, border, margin, design, branding, trademark, advertising or promotional materials not originally displayed on the page within the website. You shall not use UMMS’ name, content, logo or trademark without the prior written consent of UMMS. Linking with the UMMS website shall not be deemed an endorsement or promotion in any way of you, your website, your products or services.
Medical Professionals
The UMMS professionals offering services as part of UMMS and are not meant to substitute the services and / or medical advice provided by your treating physician.
Social Media – Terms of Use
We encourage open discussions and look forward to any comments, stories, and experiences you want to share. However, this is a public website, and you should therefore not share any personal medical information which you wish to be held confidential. We look forward to your participation. We cannot respond to every comment, particularly those that deal with individual medical cases and issues. The information provided on this website is for informational purposes only and is not intended to take the place of consultation with your physician.
UMMS does not give medical advice via its websites or social medical sites and will not respond to patient-specific clinical questions posted on this site. This site is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, nor is the information provided herein intended to replace consultation with a qualified physician or other health care provider. Use of this website shall not constitute establishment of a physician/patient or clinical relationship with any individual, nor establishment of or offer to enter into a business relationship with any institution or organization. Any questions that you may have regarding the diagnosis, care or treatment of a medical condition or any products described on this website should be directed to your physician. If you are seeking specific medical advice, please contact your physician or call 911 in the case of an emergency.
UMMS does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions or other information that may be mentioned on this website. Reliance on any information appearing on this website is solely at your own risk. The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. The purpose of this website is to promote broad consumer understanding and knowledge of various health topics. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website.
The opinions expressed on the UMMS website and social media sites represent the thoughts of the social media communities and not those of UMMS. The views expressed there do not in any way reflect the views of the site they are posted on, other sites affiliated with this site, the staff involved with the site, or any other members of this site. Any reliance on any information provided on this site or by individuals using this site is solely at your own risk. UMMS is not liable for any adverse events which occur from use of this site or as a result of any medical conditions you may have.
By posting any comments, posts or other material, you provide UMMS the irrevocable right to reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works from, and otherwise use your submission for any purpose in any form and on any media.
UMMS reserves the ultimate right to edit or delete any comments deemed inappropriate for the blog and its readers including terminating a user’s access to the blog feature upon any breach of the following terms and conditions.
The following types of comments will be deleted or edited by moderators:
- Abusive or hurtful comments about the blogger or another commenter.
- Off-topic and redundant comments (this includes promotion of events, groups, pages, websites, organizations, and programs not related to or affiliated with UMMS).
- Comments which use foul language or “hate speech” (racial, ethnic or gender bashing language).
- Material posted that is unlawful, obscene, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous or embarrassing to any person or entity determined by UMMS in its sole discretion.
- Personal attacks or defamatory comments (i.e., making negative personal comments about a fellow commenter), instead of just criticizing his/her posting, opinion, or comments.
- Comments that violate the privacy of our patients and their families.
- Participants will not evaluate, endorse or recommend any particular health care providers, medications or treatments.
Additionally, UMMS retains the right to edit or delete any communications posted on this site, regardless of whether such communications violate the above standards.
All links to other websites found linked from these blogs/ communities are provided as a service to readers, but such linkage does not constitute an endorsement of those sites by UMMS, and as such, we are not responsible for the content of external websites.
By submitting content to our social media sites (wall posts, photos, links, etc.), you understand that this information is publicly available and agree to the terms of using this site. You agree that you are obligated to review the terms of use of this site on a regular basis for any changes and you agree to be bound by those changes by continuing to use this site. UMMS has the right to amend these terms at any time without notice to you by making changes to the terms as posted on this site. If you do not wish to have your information published, please do not post on this page.
You agree that you will indemnify UMMS against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to any material you have posted.
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