Terms of Use

Usage of the SleepInfo.org website implies understanding of and agreement to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, you should not use this site.

PLEASE NOTE:

This site does not provide medical advice. The information presented here is informational only and should be used in conjunction with the comprehensive care by your physician. This information is not sufficient for self diagnosis or self treatment. The information on this website should not replace the medical advice or medical care of your physician. Sleep disorders can be very serious and can be related to other serious medical and psychiatric disorders. Improper diagnosis and improper treatment can lead to adverse consequences. You should never ignore or delay appropriate medical care because of what you have read on this website. If the information you read on this website leads you to suspect a sleep or other disorder, you should undergo formal evaluation by your physician. Use of the information on this website is solely at your own risk.

Privacy Policy

Privacy is important to us. This notice explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

The SleepInfo.org web server automatically collects information about a site user's IP address, browser type and referrer by reading this information from the user's browser. This information is used it to compile general statistics, such as how many people visit certain parts of the site. We do not use this information to track you personally. This information is automatically logged by most Web sites.

The SleepInfo.org Web site editor can be reached via e-mail at editor@aboutsleepapnea.com. Any email correspondence may or may not be replied to at the discretion of the editor.

Complementarity
The intended audience for this website is people with a known or suspected medical disorder who are seeking care from their physician. The information provided on SleepInfo.org is designed to complement the information provided by your treating physician. The information on this website is in no way a substitute or replacement for the medical care provided by your physician. The content of SleepInfo.org is INFORMATIONAL ONLY. Using this website does not constitute medical care. Any questions or concerns about your medical care should be addressed with your treating physician. We strongly discourage using the information on this website in the absence of appropriate medical consultation. SleepInfo.org encourages Internet users to be careful when using medical information.

Sponsorship and Funding
At the present time SleepInfo.org's external sources of funding is through an online advertising program. This is a private site and it is not funded by government agencies.

Advertisers
Advertisers on the sites do not influence in any respect the content of the sites.

Links to Other Sites
There are many links to other sites on SleepInfo.org. Some of these other sites may not follow the same privacy policies as our site. They may send their own cookies to you, and may collect data and make uses of it that this site would not. Please check with outside sites' privacy policies for more information. SleepInfo.org is not responsible for other sites' content, reliability, or down-time. We reserve the right to revise this privacy policy.

Definitions

IP address: Every computer connected to the Internet has a numeric address called an "IP address." This may or may not correspond uniquely to a particular computer. In some cases, IP addresses can be resolved to domain names, which may indicate a site visitor's Internet service provider, employer, university, etc. As part of its database analysis SleepInfo.org resolves IP addresses to domain names.

Browser type: A user's browser is a software program running on a computer that allows users to access documents on the World Wide Web. Browsers can be either text or graphic. They read HTML coded pages that reside on a server and interpret the coding into what the user sees as Web pages. Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer are examples of Web browsers. Browser type typically discloses hardware platform, operating system, and browser software and version.

Referrer: The referrer is the URL of the Internet resource or page that causes a browser to request a page or image from the SleepInfo.org server.

Fair Use Notice
This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of medical, scientific, research, and social issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information please go to the following URL address: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Please Note
The material presented on our main Web site has not been peer-reviewed. The indications, devices, techniques and dosages on our Web site have been recommended in the medical literature and/or conform to clinical practice. The medications and equipment have not necessarily been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the techniques and dosages for which they are recommended. The package insert for each drug and/or equipment should be consulted for use and dosage as recommended by the FDA. Because standards, practices and recommendations change, it is advisable to keep abreast of revised recommendations, particularly those concerning new drugs, devices and techniques.

The development and maintenance of this web page has not been directly supported by any medical manufacturing industry. The devices and/or equipment discussed in the web page are shown solely for teaching and educational purposes. Certain statements in our posts may be forward looking and involve risks and uncertainties. These include statements about the individual company's plans for testing and developing its technology and the potential future uses of the technology. Such forward-looking statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of technologies to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the individual company's ability to raise capital when needed, the company's ability to complete the development of its planned products, the ability of the company to obtain FDA and other regulatory approvals permitting the sale of its products, the company's ability to manufacture its products and provide its services, the impact of government regulations, patent protection on the company's proprietary technology, product liability exposure, uncertainty of market acceptance, competition, technological change, and other risk factors. In such instances, actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions and other risk factors as detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Please contact individual company's PR departments for any information.

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