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Hello,
Just went premium, and before I start getting traffic to my site, I want to protect myself with a disclaimer, as my site is offering information/advice on health
In my opinion you can go to these sites that have the same problem and copy theirs. If your site is centered around this type of information you could write a general statement that you link to. If you occasionally write a medical related article, I would just write the disclaimer in the article that this is applicable upon.
You can start with it in your article, put it in a sidebar widget or put it on the bottom of each article that you have written that has no medical advice intent. You will see that all the medical disclaimers are generally written with the following lines:
"The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website."
If you copy paste this piece of text you will find that it is the content of all websites without medical advice. Since everybody uses it, it is a general disclaimer.
On one blog I read this first: "Alzheimer’s News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. " following by the earlier "the content is..." sentence.
P.S. If you do happen to make a medical-disclaimer page on your site, make sure you put no-index on it just like you would with a privacy policy.
Steven
Just use this if you want to create a page for it. I saved it now for future reference as a template within my SiteContent template section:
Medical Disclaimer
All content found on the YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM Website, including: text, images, audio, or other formats were created for informational purposes only. Offerings for continuing education credits are clearly identified and the appropriate target audience is identified. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website.
If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call 911 immediately. YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM . Reliance on any information provided by YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM , YOURWEBSITE employees, contracted writers, or medical professionals presenting content for publication to YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM is solely at your own risk.
The Site may contain health- or medical-related materials or discussions regarding sexually explicit disease states. If you find these materials offensive, you may notwant to use our Site. The Site and its Content are provided on an "as is" basis.
Links to educational content not created by YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM are taken at your own risk. YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM is not responsible for the claims of external websites and education companies.
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How to create a disclaimer for health and fitness?
Hello,
Just went premium, and before I start getting traffic to my site, I want to protect myself with a disclaimer, as my site is offering information/advice on health
No experience on the subject, but I'd have a privacy policy, affiliate disclaimer, and fitness website disclaimer. How to Create a Privacy Policy Page on Your Website Add an Affiliate Disclosure https://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/245172-fitness-website-disclaimer-legal.html
In my opinion you can go to these sites that have the same problem and copy theirs. If your site is centered around this type of information you could write a general statement that you link to. If you occasionally write a medical related article, I would just write the disclaimer in the article that this is applicable upon.
You can start with it in your article, put it in a sidebar widget or put it on the bottom of each article that you have written that has no medical advice intent. You will see that all the medical disclaimers are generally written with the following lines:
"The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website."
If you copy paste this piece of text you will find that it is the content of all websites without medical advice. Since everybody uses it, it is a general disclaimer.
On one blog I read this first: "Alzheimer’s News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. " following by the earlier "the content is..." sentence.
P.S. If you do happen to make a medical-disclaimer page on your site, make sure you put no-index on it just like you would with a privacy policy.
Steven
Just use this if you want to create a page for it. I saved it now for future reference as a template within my SiteContent template section:
Medical Disclaimer
All content found on the YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM Website, including: text, images, audio, or other formats were created for informational purposes only. Offerings for continuing education credits are clearly identified and the appropriate target audience is identified. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website.
If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call 911 immediately. YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM . Reliance on any information provided by YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM , YOURWEBSITE employees, contracted writers, or medical professionals presenting content for publication to YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM is solely at your own risk.
The Site may contain health- or medical-related materials or discussions regarding sexually explicit disease states. If you find these materials offensive, you may notwant to use our Site. The Site and its Content are provided on an "as is" basis.
Links to educational content not created by YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM are taken at your own risk. YOURWEBSITEDOTCOM is not responsible for the claims of external websites and education companies.
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Running into some trouble with the sidebar footer feature on my site. I made a new sidebar footer widget. I also created a new menu that only have my privacy policy page on it.
Thanks for replying! I just checked it out again, and it's working find now...weird... lol.
Have you figured this out yet? Font color is a good suggestion. Would probably need to get the URL of your website to figure out the issue if that's not it.
Brok
Sidebar footer help. why my link not showing up on my main?
Running into some trouble with the sidebar footer feature on my site. I made a new sidebar footer widget. I also created a new menu that only have my privacy policy page on it.
Thanks for replying! I just checked it out again, and it's working find now...weird... lol.
Have you figured this out yet? Font color is a good suggestion. Would probably need to get the URL of your website to figure out the issue if that's not it.
Brok
No experience on the subject, but I'd have a privacy policy, affiliate disclaimer, and fitness website disclaimer. How to Create a Privacy Policy Page on Your Website Add an Affiliate Disclosure https://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/245172-fitness-website-disclaimer-legal.html