Terms of Use

The Personal Genetics & Dialogue website (pged.org) is a project of the President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard”), acting through Harvard Medical School, and is intended to support our mission to grow awareness as well as curiosity, reflection, and dialogue about emerging genetics issues. Personal Genetics Education & Dialogue (“PGED”) authorizes you to view, print, or download information from PGED.org (“PGED Materials”) for personal, educational, and noncommercial use. PGED Materials are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws and, unless otherwise indicated, are owned by Harvard. PGED makes many of the PGED Materials available under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

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Medical Disclaimer

The information and resources shared through the PGED website are not meant or intended to substitute for the expertise or advice of trained healthcare professionals. For medical concerns, users should always consult their physician or other trained medical practitioners.

PGED strives to ensure that all content on our website and resources available through our website (PGED.org) are useful, accurate, and up to date. However, scientific and medical knowledge is constantly being reassessed, as are laws, regulations, terminology, and social customs that impact science and medicine. PGED staff, Harvard, and Harvard Medical School are not engaged through the PGED Materials in rendering medical, health, psychological, or any other kind of personal professional services. Our materials are created as education resources, and should not be construed or relied on as professional advice on health or medical decisions or on any other subject matter. The reader of these materials uses these materials at their own risk. PGED is not legally responsible for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in these materials, whether arising through negligence, oversight, or otherwise.

Any information about drugs or medical products contained within the PGED Materials is general in nature, and does not cover all possible uses, actions, precautions, side effects, or interactions of the medicines or products mentioned. The PGED Materials are not intended as medical advice for individual health issues or for making an evaluation as to the risks and benefits of using a particular drug or product.

PGED, Harvard, Harvard Medical School, the author(s) of the PGED Materials, and any publisher of PGED Materials specifically disclaim all responsibility for any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the PGED Materials on this site.

 

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PGED, Harvard, and Harvard Medical School do not endorse products or services, any specific theory, research, methodology, or practice within the health sciences, or any political party or candidate.

Please contact pged@pged.med.harvard.edu for any questions about our Terms of Use and Medical Disclaimer.

 

(adapted from https://www.health.harvard.edu/terms-of-use

 

Last updated 5 September 2024