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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.
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| 1. Information must be authoritative |
President, Research Director, SevereHypertension.net website editor:
Alexander Davidyan, MD, PHD
The board of experts is displayed on:
http://www.severehypertension.net/static/more/who-are-we/
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Where our content comes from
Our site comprises four different kinds of content: editorial content, community content, links to other websites, and advertisements. In order to allow you to distinguish among these types of content, we provide you with visual cues. It is important to be aware of the cues and to understand how we treat different kinds of content so that you can evaluate the information provided.
Editorial Content
The core of our site is the editorial content. Editorial content includes articles, video files, audio files, graphics, photograp...
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2. Presentation of the site
Mission:
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We provide medical information, not medical advice. Everyone’s health is different. It’s our goal to help you understand as much as you can about your health and to provide you with balanced information that identifies the best of traditional Western medicine along with complementary and alternative therapies you may want to discuss with your doctor.
Your health changes over time, and you have a unique health history which means your doctor and health care team are the only ones who can provide you with specific advice about your health decisions.
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It’s our goal to help you understand as much as you can about your health and to provide you with balanced information that identifies the best of traditional Western medicine along with complementary and alternative therapies you may want to discuss with your doctor.
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We’ll never be a substitute for your doctor, so please talk with him or her before acting on any information that you find on our site or anywhere else on the Internet.
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Privacy Policy
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, we will not disclose any information we gather from you on our Website.
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| 4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated |
Editorial content is selected by our experienced team of content programmers and editors and is subject to the editorial and medical review process described below.
http://www.severehypertension.net/static/more/editorial-policy/
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BP meds may help some people without high BP: study
Wednesday, Mar 02 2011
SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association/JAMA, online March 1, 2011.
Larkin, K. T., and Zayfert, C.
Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of Amasa Stone Mather of the Class of 1907, Yale College.
References
Abel, J. A., and Larkin, K. T. (1991). Assessment of cardiovascular reactivity across laboratory and natural settings. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 35, 365 - 373.
Achmon, J., Granek, M., Golomb, M., and Hart...
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Site updated at Thursday, 07 May 2009
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| 5. Justification of claims |
This principle is not applicable for this site
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| 6. User support and adequation |
Contactac form
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| 7. Disclosure of funding sources |
We’ve been in business for 29 years and are America’s trusted Hypertension authority for 17 years! Armina Hypertension Association, Inc., the company that owns and operates Severe Hypertension (for 4+ years), has researched the Hypertension industry independently since 1989.
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ny paid advertising listings posted on search results or other pages of our site will be identified as “Ads by Google.” For information about how Google sorts these listings, go to http://adwords.google.com/
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”Sponsored by” is used to label content when an advertiser has paid for association with an article or service, but the content or service is not editorially controlled or influenced by the advertiser. We identify this kind of advertising by clearly showing that the content or service is “Sponsored by” the advertiser.
”Provided by” is used to identify advertorials, which are content that are created or influenced by advertisers for the purpose of promoting a product or service. We identify advertorials as “advertising” so that you can distinguish them from editorially independent...
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When we speak of “advertising” or “advertisements,” we mean all forms of advertising, sponsorships and promotions for which we receive compensation.
Advertisers are prohibited from placing any advertising that:
- Contains false or misleading claims
- Promotes products that are illegal or whose distribution would violate the law
- Promotes the sale of firearms, ammunition or weapons designed to inflict serious bodily harm
- Promotes the sale of fireworks
- Promotes betting or gambling
- Promotes pornography
- Is for online pharmacies that are no...
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”Advertisement” is used to label the most common form of advertising on our site. The content of this form of advertising is controlled by the advertiser. Ads are labeled with the word ”Advertisement” in the top left-hand corner or along the left-hand side of the advertisement.
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