Terms of Use

This page sets out how things stand between you and Biomedical Advances whenever you use the site. I have tried to keep it fair and readable instead of stacking up fine print, and it goes hand in hand with my Privacy Policy.

Accepting these terms

Browsing biomedical-advances.org means you take on these terms and the Privacy Policy. If some of it does not suit you, the plain answer is to leave the site be.

A story to learn from, not a clinical plan

The whole site is here to help you understand heart valve disease and the procedures that treat it, from the first breathless symptoms through to settling in after a new valve. That makes it general education and patient support, and it is no stand-in for talking to your own cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, or heart team, the people who know your circumstances. Nothing on these pages decides whether you need a procedure, which valve or approach suits your anatomy, or how your recovery should be run. My Medical Disclaimer is part of these terms; give it a read before you put any weight on what you find here.

What is mine, and how you may use it

Unless I note otherwise, the writing, the structure, and the design are mine and protected by copyright. Read them for non-commercial purposes of your own, link across to my pages, and lift a short quotation as long as the credit is clear. What is not on is republishing or redistributing big stretches of it without my permission in writing, or passing my material off as clinical guidance or as something you wrote yourself.

Using the site decently

Please use the site honestly and with some consideration. Don’t try to disrupt or overload it, don’t point automated tools at it that put an unreasonable strain on it, and don’t bend it to any unlawful purpose.

Links I point you to

Every so often I send you on to other websites, professional bodies, cardiology guidelines, patient charities, research, for further reading. Those sites are outside my control, and their content, their accuracy, and the way they handle privacy are not mine to answer for. Following such a link is your own decision.

Warranties and the limit of my liability

I work to keep what I write accurate and current, but I can’t warrant that it is complete, free of error, or right for any one situation, and it reaches you “as is”. As far as the law permits, Biomedical Advances carries no responsibility for loss, injury, or damage that comes of how you use, or what you take from, the site and its content. Choices about a heart valve weigh heavily, and they belong to you and your clinical team.

If these terms change

These terms may shift as the site grows or the law moves. The “Last updated” date at the top shows which version stands, and staying with the site means you accept it. If something here raises a question, the Contact page is open to you.