Mission Statement and Purpose of the website: The mission statement of our website is "To provide a small database of information about effective contemporary and alternative arthritis treatments". This website is intended for the general population specially senior citizens.

No Medical Advice: The information provided on this website is written and edited by the non-medical professional staffs of "DTC Health Sciences". The editorial board members are not medical professionals and does not have any medical qualifications. This site is for educational and reference purposes only. Any information found on this website is designed to support, not to replace the relationship between patient/physician. The information on this site should not be considered complete and should not replace the advice or consultation of your medical doctor.

All anti-arthritis drugs presented on this site are "FDA Approved" except for the food supplements which does not require FDA approval.

Privacy Policy : Our data center and webmaster is located in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Our site does not collect data from site visitors other than names and email addresses. All email messages are kept confidential. We do not use cookies or an other means of information for collecting information about our site visitors. Our site can be accessed from any country around the world. This site may contain references to information that are not available in the user's country. The site owners makes no claim that http://www.arthritistreatmentlab.com or any of the information available through it will be appropriate or available for use at locations outside the United States.

(”www.arthritistreatmentlab.com”) is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should always check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What we collect
We may collect the following information: name, contact information including email address, etc.

What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: to facilitate a specific request on our site, for example, to post a comment on our blog or to subscribe to our email feed. All emails or feed subscriptions from this site allow you to opt out of further mailings. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file placed on your computer’s hard drive which helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. Third parties such as our advertisers may also place cookies on your browser in the course of serving ads to you.

DoubleClick DART cookies
 We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google's DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey). DART uses “non personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

How to contact us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at “info (at) arthritistreatmentlab.com”.

Internet access to http://www.arthritistreatmentlab.com from any jurisdiction where its content may be illegal is prohibited. Users accessing http://www.arthritistreatmentlab.com from countries outside the United States are responsible for compliance with their local laws.

Web-site links and Link Exchange: External links on this site are operated by other individuals and organizations. We are not in anyway affiliated with them. We are not responsible for the content of these websites. Inclusion of their links to us does not mean that we endorse them.

Justification of claims: The benefit or performance of a specific arthritis treatment product presented on this site are based on personal research or opinions and may be supported by clear references to scientific research results and/or published articles.

Disclosure of funding sources: The cost of operation and maintenance of the site is shouldered mainly by "DTC Health Sciences", a small non-profit organization aimed at providing free basic disease treatment information on the internet. This site also get its funding through contextual advertising (Google Adsense) and affiliate program (Amazon Omakaze).

Advertising Policy: Advertisements on this site are clearly marked as "Ads by Google" as in the case of contextual advertising. For affiliate programs such as Amazon Omakaze, the ads are also clearly marked.