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HealthLine OnLine is an online information and communications service provided by the Government of Saskatchewan as a public service subject to your agreement with all of the terms and conditions offered below.

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using HealthLine Online. By accessing or using HealthLine Online, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions below, which are intended to be fully effective and binding upon the Government of Saskatchewan and users.

The Government of Saskatchewan may modify this Agreement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified Agreement. You agree to review the Agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications, and your accessing or using HealthLine OnLine constitutes your acceptance of the Agreement as it appears at the time of your access or use.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN HEALTHLINE ONLINE IS NOT INTENDED NOR IMPLIED TO BE, AND YOU WILL NOT USE IT AS, A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PRIOR TO STARTING ANY NEW TREATMENT OR WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION. NOTHING CONTAINED IN HEALTHLINE ONLINE IS INTENDED TO BE OR WILL BE USED BY YOU FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER DISREGARD PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE OR DELAY IN SEEKING TREATMENT BASED ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN HEALTHLINE ONLINE.

The views and opinions of the authors of the Healthwise® Knowledgebase do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Government of Saskatchewan.

You understand and agree that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by the Government of Saskatchewan, the Government of Saskatchewan does not operate, control or endorse any information, products or services on the Internet, including on HealthLine Online, in any way.

You also understand that the Government of Saskatchewan cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the HealthLine Online will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties. Each user is responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy his or her particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output and for maintaining a means external to HealthLine Online for the reconstruction of any lost data. The Government of Saskatchewan does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of HealthLine Online.

THE USER OF HEALTHLINE ONLINE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HEALTHWISE INCORPORATED AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCEHWAN ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS OF ITS USERS' DECISIONS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF HEALTHLINE ONLINE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION AND THIRD PARTY SOURCED INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN HEALTHWISE KNOWLEDGEBASE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USERS CHOOSING TO SEEK OR NOT SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE, OR USERS CHOOSING OR NOT CHOOSING SPECIFIC TREATMENT BASED ON INFORMATION ON HEALTHLINE ONLINE.

The Saskatchewan Medical Services Plan insures medically required services provided by physicians and some services provided by other health care practitioners, laboratory services and diagnostic procedures. Medical and drug information available through Saskatchewan HealthLine Online are presented for informational purposes and may not be a benefit under the Medical Services Plan or Drug Plan.

To provide reliable, continuously updated health information, the Government of Saskatchewan selected Healthwise, Incorporated as a supplier for Saskatchewan HealthLine Online based on its strong track record in other jurisdictions over the past 30 years.

Healthwise is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, a designation for organizations of an educational, scientific, or charitable nature, without shareholders and with a volunteer board of directors. The Healthwise Knowledgebase contains in-depth and up-to-date information on thousands of health problems, medical tests, procedures, support groups, and drug therapies. It is created through a proprietary content development process that seeks out the best evidence-based information on every medical issue. An in-house team of physicians, nurses, medical writers and researchers works directly with experts in every medical specialty to fine-tune the accuracy and currency of each topic. The Healthwise Knowledgebase is the foundation of HealthLine Online.

The Government of Saskatchewan continues to work closely with Healthwise and health professionals in Saskatchewan to customize the Healthwise Knowledgebase for easy access and use by residents.

The Healthwise Knowledgebase has been re-written by Healthwise in consultation with a Canadian team of experts for a Canadian audience. Saskatchewan specific information is also being added as links from selected Healthwise topics. Due to the vast quantities of valuable information contained within the Knowledgebase including material that is written by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), it is not possible to modify all content to reflect all Canadian health care conventions, schedules, practices, and so on.

Given the quantity of information contained in the Healthwise Knowledgebase, it has also not been possible to modify all its content to reflect Canadian spelling. When conducting a Keyword Search within the Knowledgebase, please keep in mind that the search engine may only recognize the American spelling of medical words or terms.

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Saskatchewan HealthLine Online is provided as a public service by Saskatchewan Health. The views and opinions of the authors of the Healthwise® Knowledgebase do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Saskatchewan, nor does the Government necessarily condone or support all practices covered within HealthLine Online. By continuing to visit this web site, you understand and agree to the Terms and Conditions that govern the use of the site.