HONcode certificate: respect of the 8 HONcode principles by the health website

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Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode

The health Website
NewsRx.com
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: NewsRx.com
Web address: http://www.newsrx.com/
Mirror address(es): http://www.newsrx.net/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct622336
Date of initial review: 16 Apr 2000
Validity of certificate 24 Apr 2012 - Apr 2014
Date of last visit 24 Apr 2012

This certificate confirms the revision of the site by the HONcode Team at the above date.
It respects and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode).

* 1. Authoritative 2. Complementarity 3. Privacy 4. Attribution 5. Justifiability 6. Transparency
7. Financial disclosure 8. Advertising policy

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The Health on the Net (HON) certificate serves as a guarantee that this website, at the date of its certification, complies with and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct as drawn up by the HON foundation.

The responsible of the certified site commits to keep the site in compliance with the HON code principles for the duration of the certification.

Although measures such as a complaint mechanism, the periodical review and the automatic surveillance mechanisms are put in place to guarantee the compliance of the certified website with the ethical principles of HON as much as possible, incidental inaccuracies cannot be completely excluded. In no event the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) can be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use HON certified websites nor can the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) be held liable for the content of these certified websites, including, but not limited to the information of third-parties or hyperlinks accessible via HON certified websites.

The certified website is responsible for the content of its website, unless otherwise provided by law.

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You will find below the elements identified by the HONcode team at a precise date to justify the respect of the 8 ethical principles.

The content of this certificate has been collected and written by the Health On the Net Foundation (HON) and should not be used without previous permission granted by HON. A request for permission can be sent to: HON.

1. Information must be authoritative

The names and qualifications of the authors are provided.

Principal authors for NewsRx
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2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

NewsRx gained momentum through the 1980s and 1990s as the company expanded its publishing services to include a far-reaching variety of health and medical topics. As new topics of interest emerged, the company led the industry in covering them, just as it had with AIDS Weekly. Following that model, NewsRx employed writers to conduct their own information gathering to produce content that would keep the growing readership informed and enlightened. By the dawning of the new millennium, NewsRx titles had reached a hundred and covered almost every conceivable health and medical topic.

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Audience:

The intended audiences for our website are professionals and consumers seeking health care information.
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Purpose of the website

The information provided on NewsRx is designed to support, not to replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician.
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3. Confidentiality

NewsRx Privacy Policy

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4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Only data for one sample are displayed among those selected.

This article was prepared by NewsRx editors from staff and other reports.
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2012 MAR 27
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5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

Mailing addresses, emails and phones are provided.

Contact us
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7. Disclosure of funding sources

NewsRx, a for-profit publisher, funds the site http://www.NewsRx.com, out of operating revenues as a for-profit e-commerce website for NewsRx products and services.
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8. Advertising policy

The NewsRx website does not host any advertising other than that of NewsRx. It does host NewsRx ads for various products, and these are marked appropriately with the word "advertisement."
NewsRx accepts no outside advertisements. It does use house ads to advertise NewsRx products and services.
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