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Conduct of Users. We are so glad that you have visited enBloom and encourage you to join our community. As a collaborative platform, our site is enriched and thrives with your comments. Fully moderated by the founding editor, the Health Advocate (click on the hot link to view a copy of her CV), she fills this role without compensation. As a public forum, all posts and moderated comments are visible to everyone (see Privacy tab for the full privacy policy). Please assume that all users are not medical professionals unless their credentials are expressly stated. So please do let us know your background if you are not commenting from a general audience viewpoint. EnBloom is an active site with posts on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, so comments are moderated and posted generally within two days of your submission. We seek to cultivate a supportive and collegial environment so the Health Advocate will behave with respect and honesty at all times. The same is expected of everyone who joins the discussion. With this in mind, users are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate the law. Failure to comply, will result in warning and if necessary banning from this site. As editor and moderator, I reserve the right to modify any submitted comment before posting. This may also include anything deemed in violation of a copyright, trademark or other intellectual property law. After posting, comments cannot be erased or modified. Please take care to ensure that all information is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Anything that is not personal experience should be properly referenced. Links to health or medical information you provide should be tested for accuracy and functionality prior to submission. However, please do refrain from posting advertisements (see Sponsorship section of this document below). Finally, enBloom is not responsible for the conduct of its users, so interaction and communication with others at the site is completely at the your own risk.

Disclaimer. The information presented here is intended to supplement your relationships with your doctors and health care providers NOT replace it. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. All adults should have a doctor that they see no less than once yearly for recommended physical exams and screening tests as well as any other specialist doctors who may treat other specific conditions and diseases. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Before undertaking any course of treatment, change in diet or exercise regimen you must seek the advice of your physician or other health care provider. the Health Advocate is not a doctor or a nurse but a public health professional with experience and training in health management, policy and health education. As the author, editor and publisher of enBloom, I do not take responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading or following the information contained on this site.

Sponsorship. This site is hosted by WordPress.com, an Automattic, Inc. organization. EnBloom currently does not directly receive funding from advertising. However, because this hosting service is free, from time to time, you may see text ads displayed on enBloom by Automattic, Inc. Each is clearly marked ‘Ads by Google’.

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