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Terms & Conditions of Use

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University Health Network (“UHN”) may revise and update these Terms and Conditions of Use without notice at any time. Your continued usage of the University Health Network website (“UHN site” or the “site”) will mean that you accept those changes.

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This site does not provide medical advice.
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Reliance on any information provided by the University Health Network appearing on or provided in relation to the site is solely at your own risk.

This site may contain health- or medical-related materials that are explicit. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use our site.

The site and the content provided are on an “as is” basis. When using the site, information will be transmitted over a medium that may be beyond the control and jurisdiction of UHN. As such, UHN assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of this site.

Use of Content
UHN authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on the UHN site solely for your personal, noncommercial use if you include the following copyright notice: “Copyright © 2015 University Health Network. All rights reserved.” Any other use of the material is strictly prohibited without our prior written permission and the permission of the applicable rights holder(s). If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the content.

External Websites Linked from UHN’s Website
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General Information
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others of these Terms and Conditions of Use does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These Terms and Conditions of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us and any site user with respect to the site, its uses and services.

Except as expressly provided in a particular “legal notice” on the site, these Terms and Conditions and the UHN Disclaimer constitute the entire agreement between you and UHN with respect to the use of the UHN Research website.

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