Terms of Service

1. Agreement and scope

These Terms of Service form an agreement between you and Berkeley Health regarding your access to and use of this website, including its articles, graphics, page design and other materials (collectively, the “Content”). “We,” “us” and “our” refer to Berkeley Health; “you” and “your” refer to a visitor or user of the site.

Use includes accessing, browsing, reading, displaying, printing or otherwise interacting with the site. You may use the site only if you can enter into this agreement under applicable law. These terms apply together with any additional notices displayed for a particular feature.

2. Health information disclaimer

Berkeley Health is an educational health magazine. Content is provided for general informational purposes and is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, a prescription or a recommendation for a particular clinician, product or course of action.

Your use of the site does not establish a clinician-patient relationship. Health information changes, and individual needs vary. Do not use this site to diagnose a condition or make urgent or personal treatment decisions. Consult an appropriately qualified health professional about questions involving symptoms, medication, screening, exercise or treatment.

Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on this site. If you believe you may be experiencing an emergency, contact the appropriate emergency service immediately.

3. Content and ownership

The site and its Content are protected by applicable copyright, trademark and other intellectual-property laws. Except where a separate notice says otherwise, Berkeley Health or its licensors retain the relevant rights in the Content.

You may access and print reasonable portions of Content for personal, noncommercial use. You may not reproduce, republish, sell, license, modify, distribute, systematically extract or create derivative works from the Content without prior written permission, except where applicable law expressly permits that activity. Copyright, trademark and other notices must not be removed or obscured.

Names and marks belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective holders. Their appearance does not grant you a license to use them or imply an endorsement.

Information you send us

If you send feedback, corrections or other material, you confirm that you have the right to provide it. You grant us a nonexclusive, worldwide and royalty-free right to use that material to operate, improve and edit the site. Do not send confidential medical records or sensitive personal information by email.

4. Acceptable use

You must use Berkeley Health lawfully and in a way that does not damage the site, interfere with other readers or violate another person’s rights. You must not:

• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, its systems or another user’s data;
• introduce malware, harmful code or material intended to disrupt the site;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your relationship with an organization;
• harvest information, overload the site or use automated access in a manner that unreasonably burdens its operation;
• circumvent security or access controls;
• use Content for unlawful, misleading or unauthorized commercial purposes; or
• infringe intellectual-property, privacy or other legal rights.

We may investigate suspected misuse and take reasonable protective action, including restricting access and preserving or disclosing information where required by law.

5. Availability, accuracy and limitation of liability

We aim to provide clear, useful reading, but we do not promise that every item will always be complete, current, accurate or suitable for your circumstances. The site may be changed, interrupted, suspended or unavailable without notice.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site and Content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without express or implied warranties, including warranties of accuracy, availability, title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Berkeley Health will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss arising from use of, inability to use or reliance on the site. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. You are responsible for protecting your devices, software and data and for evaluating information before relying on it.

6. Third-party resources

Articles may discuss research, organizations, products or external resources for context. Berkeley Health does not control third-party services and is not responsible for their availability, accuracy, practices or terms. A reference does not necessarily constitute endorsement. Your dealings with a third party are between you and that party.

7. Changes, access and termination

We may revise the site or these terms when operational, editorial or legal needs change. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when revised terms are posted. Your continued use after a revision takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

We may restrict or end access to all or part of the site if we reasonably believe these terms have been breached, if doing so protects the site or its users, or if a feature is discontinued. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination—including those concerning ownership, disclaimers and liability—will remain effective.

8. General terms

These terms constitute the agreement concerning your use of the site and supersede earlier terms on the same subject. If a provision is held unlawful or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

A delay in enforcing a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign your rights under these terms without our written consent. We may assign rights and responsibilities connected with operating the site, subject to applicable law. Headings are included for readability and do not alter the meaning of these terms.