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Information, not medical advice.
This site publishes general information and education, including forty-two articles written over more than a decade. None of it is medical advice, and none of it is a substitute for seeing a clinician about your own health.
The disclaimer, in full
READ THIS FIRST General information, not a diagnosis. The content on this site is for general information and education. It is not medical advice, and reading it does not create a physician-patient relationship. For advice about your own health, speak with a qualified clinician.
What that means in practice
01No relationship is formed by readingVisiting this site, reading an article, or sending a message through the Contact form does not, by itself, make anyone a patient of Dr. Duke or start a course of care.Boundary
02Every situation is individualAn article written for a general audience cannot account for one reader's history, medications, or circumstances. A clinician who knows those details is the right person to ask.Boundary
03Older articles keep their original dateWriting from the COVID-19 pandemic and other earlier moments is presented as it was written then, not as a current recommendation.ContextEditorial standards ↗
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