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Contents

DisclaimerUse of ContentLiabilityPrivacy Policy60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee
Return PolicyShipping PolicyCancellationsAdvertisements, Promotions and Links
User Submissions and ContributionsIndemnityGeneralDisputes

Disclaimer

In order to use any feature of the Site, HelloLife.net hereby known as HelloLife® owned and operated by Ionx Holdings Inc. (the "Site"), you must agree to these Terms of Service. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. The terms contain important information and create a legally binding contract.

HelloLife® may make improvements or changes in the information and services available on the Site or terminate this Site, at any time without notice. HelloLife® may also modify these Terms at any time, and such modification shall be effective immediately upon either posting on this Site or notifying you at our discretion. By using this Site, you agree to review these provisions periodically to ensure that you are aware of any modifications.

All material provided on this Site is provided for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your health care professional regarding a medical condition, before undertaking any diet, exercise, or other procedure on this Site, or if you are pregnant, considering becoming pregnant, or breastfeeding.

This Site does not provide medical advice or treatment. The contents of the Site, such as text, graphics, images, information and other material ("Content") contained on the Site is for educational purposes only. The Content is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Reliance on any information provided by this Site is done solely at your own risk.

Information obtained by using this Site is not exhaustive. The Content provided by this Site is compiled from numerous sources. HelloLife® and its directors, officers, employees, licensors, suppliers, agents and independent contractors do not directly or indirectly practice medicine or provide medical services as part of HelloLife®.

Should you have any questions related to your health care, please seek the advice of your health care professional. You should never disregard or delay medical advice because of something you found on the Site.

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Use of Content

HelloLife® authorizes you to view or download the material made available on the Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice at the discretion of HelloLife®.

The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. All copyright in the Content is reserved to HelloLife® and no deletion or modification of any copyright is permitted. Title to the Content remains with HelloLife® or its licensors. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to HelloLife® and its licensors.

By using this Site, you agree that you will not download or transmit any communications or content that may infringe upon or violate any rights of any third party. You must not sell or copy our information, rewrite or modify it, redistribute it, put it on any other web site, or use it for any commercial purpose without our prior written permission. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Service and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. If you breach any of the Terms of Service, your permission to use the Content is automatically terminated and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.

Any special rules for the use of certain software and other features provided on the Site may be included here or elsewhere within the Site.

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Liability

If you are dissatisfied with any information found on this Site, or with any HelloLife® products, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using HelloLife® products. The Content and any and all services or products promoted via the Site are provided on an "as is" basis. Your use of the Site, the Content, and any product or service discussed or promoted via the Site is your own responsibility.

When using the Site, information will be transmitted over a medium that is beyond the control and jurisdiction of HelloLife® and its suppliers. Accordingly, HelloLife® assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the Site. You should ensure that you have appropriate safeguards on any computer or other electronic medium to avoid any defect that adversely affects your computer system.

Therefore, HelloLife® disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to the implied warranty, or merchantability, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

HelloLife® makes no representations or warranties that: (1) the services, Content, software, text, graphics, links or communications provided on or through use of the Site, by HelloLife® or any third party, are accurate, reliable, complete, timely or error-free; (2) files available for downloading from or via this Site will be free of infection by viruses, worms, defects, corruption by any cause (including electromagnetic fields) or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties; (3) the results that may be obtained from the use of the services or Content will be reliable; (4) the quality or efficacy of any product and/or service of any third party that is discussed, promoted, obtained, or purchased within or via the Site, its services or Content, will meet your expectations; or (5) any errors in the services or Content will be corrected.

HelloLife® is not liable for any personal and/or property injury or damage, including death, caused by your use, reliance or misuse of the Site of Content or by any products you purchase, including from a third party. Under no circumstances shall HelloLife® or any third parties be liable for any damages, compensation or costs (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, personal injury/wrongful death, loss of profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use, reliance, misuse or inability to use the Site or the Content, whether based on contract, tort, statute or any other legal basis and whether or not HelloLife® is advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the extent permitted by law and at the discretion of HelloLife®, remedies are limited to the replacement of the product or supply of an equivalent product or payment of the cost of such replacement or supply. By using this Site, you acknowledge that, except as aforesaid, HelloLife® is not liable for any costs expense loss or damage of whatsoever nature, whether direct, indirect or consequential, caused by or resulting from breach of any condition or warranty. Any claims arising in connection with your use of the Site or any Content must be brought within one (1) year of the date the event giving rise to such action occurred. Remedies under these Terms of Service are exclusive and are limited to those expressly provided for in these Terms.

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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") applies to all personally identifiable information (collectively, "Personal Data") and other information that is collected through the Site of HelloLife®. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Site. By using the Site, you (hereinafter, "you" or "user") consent to our practices described herein.

By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to us via this Site, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of HelloLife® and the authorized third parties referred to herein for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Revisions and Updates

Our commitment to being a healthy lifestyle Site means that our business will continue to evolve as we introduce new products and features to the Site. Because of this, our policies will be reviewed and may be revised on occasion. As such, HelloLife® reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Should we modify this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an updated version of the Privacy Policy on the Site. It is your responsibility to periodically check this page so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we might disclose it. The amended Privacy Policy will apply whether or not we give specific notice of any change.

Collection of Personal Data

We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily choose to provide such information, such as when you enter your Personal Data on our Site. Wherever we collect Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy. So that we can provide you with optimal service and Content, HelloLife® may request information about you. Information we collect includes Personal Data such as names, postal addresses, email addresses and demographic information such as age, gender and zip code. We also may collect technical data such as your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times and referring Web site address.

This information is collected both during member registration on the Site, when opting in to receive a newsletter, when opting in to receive special offers from HelloLife® and/or HelloLife® partners, when entering a HelloLife® sweepstakes or contest, or when completing a HelloLife® survey. Personal Data collected via the Site will be available within the network of web sites operated by HelloLife® for use in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

On occasion we may give you the opportunity to opt in to offers from unaffiliated third parties that we deem to be of potential value to you. You may also choose to opt in to these offers on an ongoing basis when you sign up for HelloLife® membership, and you may opt out of receiving them at any time. If you decide to opt in to participate in these offers, we will provide your Personal Data to the third party. However, you should note that the third parties will not be bound by this Privacy Policy. Any Personal Data that you give and/or authorize us to give to another party will be governed by the rules of that party's privacy policy, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. HelloLife® is not responsible for Personal Data given to other parties. Please review their privacy policies prior to providing any Personal Data to third parties and/or opting-in to permit us to disclose your Personal Data to third parties.

What We Do With Your Personal Data

We may use Personal Data in order to display custom, personalized content to our visitors. We may also use Personal Data to send newsletters, emails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates to users who opt in to receive information from HelloLife®. A user may opt-out of receiving such information at any time.

We also use this collected information to evaluate and administer our service, respond to any problems that may arise, and to determine user trends to analyze what part of our services are most popular with users. We may use your Personal Data to extend you offers about third party products and/or services that may be of interest to you. However, except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose your Personal Data to such parties without your prior consent.

We may occasionally generate reports for advertisers containing aggregate information about our users such as demographics and online usage trends. This allows us to provide content and advertiser offers that are most relevant and beneficial to our users. Except as otherwise disclosed herein, we will not include any Personal Data in these reports. HelloLife® allows users of our Site to send information by email to other parties who may be interested. We do not retain any email addresses (unless you are a member who already has voluntarily provided your email address) of either the sender or recipient of such articles after they are sent.

Sharing Your Personal Data

In addition to the disclosures of Personal Data described above, there are certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.
Other Services Offered by HelloLife®: We may also share your Personal Data within HelloLife®, including any other services and web sites offered by HelloLife® for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: HelloLife® sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we endeavor to provide them only with the information that they need to perform their specific function.
Legal Requirements: HelloLife® reserves the right to use or disclose your Personal Data without notice or consent as needed to comply with federal and state law; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints; to protect the integrity of our site; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; and to cooperate in any legal investigation.

Controlling Your Personal Data

A user may change, correct, modify, or delete any Personal Data they may have provided to HelloLife® by contacting us via the "contact us" page on our website(s). Users can also unsubscribe from any newsletters or opt out of various promotional emails by following the directions provided in each mailing.

Non-Member Comments

As a non-member visitor, you may comment or stamp blogs. Before you do so however, you must respond fully to the network's prompt - enter your name and email address and demonstrate you agree to our TOS by checking the appropriate box. In doing so, you will be treated as a member from there on. An account will be created for you and a password will be sent to your account for future use.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a web server may ask your web browser to store and to send back to the web server when needed. They allow you to take full advantage of the HelloLife® website, and, as such, we recommend that you leave them turned on. Cookies may be used to store a transaction identifier or other information a user may provide. We use cookies in the following ways:

Complex transactions: Cookies are used to store and retrieve unique transaction identifiers or other server-generated or user-provided information in complex, multi-page web applications. This allows us to distinguish between different users, and to use information provided at one stage of an application at a later time (for instance, items placed in a 'shopping cart' might need to be displayed on a later 'check-out' screen). When we use cookies in this way, the cookie is stored on your web browser only temporarily; the cookie is destroyed at the end of the transaction or at the end of the browser session.
Customized Services: Cookies may also be used to automatically identify a particular user to the system, in order to provide a customized service, such as a personalized web page. In this case, a cookie containing a unique user identifier will be permanently stored on your web browser. We do not store sensitive information in such cookies; only a unique user identifier or generic preference values are stored. Personal information you give us for processing a transaction or using one of our personalization features, may be stored on our secure web server. Personal information that you give us for processing a transaction or using one of our personalization features may be stored on our secure web server, retained only as long as necessary and properly disposed of. HelloLife® does not use cookies to keep a database of Personal Data about visitors, unless you choose to give such permission to us.

Website Traffic Analysis

We may automatically gather general statistical information about our website and visitors, such as, browsers, pages viewed, number of visitors, goods and services purchased, transactions completed, etc. To do this, we use action tags and cookies provided by our site analytics software and marketing partners. Although these partners log the information coming from our site on our behalf, we authorize how that data may and may not be used.

As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes date/time stamps, browser types, operating systems, internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service providers (ISPs), referring/exit pages, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, and to track user's movements around the site. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

Some of our websites use ClickTale® web analytics service. ClickTale may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, and scrolling activity on this website. ClickTale does not collect personally identifiable information, nor is it used on pages where personally identifiable or financial information is entered. ClickTale does not track your browsing habits across web sites which do not use ClickTale services. We are using the information collected by ClickTale service to analyze trends and provide a better website experience for visitors. You can choose to disable the Service at http://www.clicktale.net/disable.html

Visitors Outside Of The United States

The Site and the servers upon which this Site is hosted are located in the United States. All matters and material related to the Site is governed by the laws of the State of Michigan in the United States. Any information users outside of the U.S. provide will be transferred to the United States, and by visiting this Site and submitting Personal Data and other information, you authorize this transfer.

Children And Privacy

HelloLife® complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. The Site is directed at an adult market and is intended for use by adults only. We do not collect Personal Data from anyone under 13, nor do we allow children under 13 to participate in forums or chat rooms without prior verified parental consent. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide Personal Data on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to HelloLife® through this Site, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Storage And Security Of Your Personal Data

We take reasonable steps to protect the security of your Personal Data. Since no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure, we do not promise that the Personal Data you provide to us will always be totally secure. Therefore, you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via the Internet.

Links To Third Party Web Sites

HelloLife® provides links to web sites outside of the Site. These linked sites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for the content of those web sites or for the conduct of the companies operating those web sites. Before disclosing your Personal Data on any other web site, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions and privacy policy of those web sites. For more information concerning links to third party web sites, please see our section below titled "Advertisements, Promotions and Links".

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information (such as comments and feedback) you provide to HelloLife® through this Site and/or that you post to any public areas of the Site, such as bulletin boards (collectively, "Unsolicited Information"). All such Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and HelloLife® shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution. You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Unsolicited Information online, that Unsolicited Information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you post your email address in chat rooms or online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from others. HelloLife® has no control over the use of Personal Data that you voluntarily post in public forums.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please Call our Customer Service at 866-504-7557 in the U.S. or 616-551-4246 outside of the U.S.

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60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee

HelloLife® offers new customers, a 60-Day satisfaction guarantee on all unopened products and two bottles/packages of opened product.

Our "60-day satisfaction guarantee" means you will be 100% satisfied with your purchase, or you may return the product for a refund of your purchase price (less shipping and return processing fee).

Any follow up purchase of like product(s) after your first regular sales purchase, is not covered by the guarantee. Your second purchase is a clear and final indication that you accept the product(s) as is.

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Return Policy

Please add our product to your daily regimen for a minimum of one month. Because we ask you to give our products a minimum of one month, we do not accept returns until this 30-day period has been completed.

If you are not totally satisfied after at least 30 days of using the product, you may return the empty bottles/packages along with the sealed, unused bottles/packages for a refund.

Our Satisfaction Guarantee is designed for a single user for 60 days use of product. Therefore, only two bottles/packages of your product can be opened to be eligible for a refund. All other packages/bottles of the same product must be in the factory-sealed container to be eligible for refund.

You have 60 days from when your product was shipped to return it for a refund. We do not issue RMA numbers past this 60 day period.

All returns are charged a return processing fee. This fee will be 20% of the total product purchase price. We do not refund the cost of shipping or handling.

To begin your return, please complete these steps:

  1. Call our Customer Service at 866-504-7557 in the U.S. or 616-551-4246 outside of the U.S. to receive your RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number. Display this number visibly on the outside of the return package. Packages sent to us without a visible RMA number will not be accepted and will be discarded. Your RMA number will expire 14 days after your request. If we do not receive your return package by the 14th day, your refund will be no longer valid.
  2. In order for your return to be accepted, you must ship back all of the empty bottles/packages and any unused, unopened bottles/packages in their factory-sealed containers, along with an RMA form. DOWNLOAD RMA FORM (PDF)
  3. We strongly recommend returning packages to us through certified mail with a tracking number. If we do not receive your product, and you cannot prove your product was returned, we will not issue a refund.
  4. Send your return package to:

HelloLife®
Attn: Processing Center
4460 44th St. SE Suite C - 600
Grand Rapids, MI 49512

Returns will be processed and refunds issued within 30 business days of return package receipt. Refunds will be issued in the same form as the original purchase payment method. If this payment method is closed for any reason, we will issue a company check for payment.

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Shipping Policy

Our shipping offices are open from 9am to 5pm EST Monday through Friday. Our shipping office is closed on all U.S. government-observed holidays.

We have three shipment options available to meet your time and budget needs.

Saver $2.95
8-10 days, available in contiguous U.S. only

Standard $9.95
3-5 days in the United States

Canada
Standard $29.95, 7-14 business days (includes tracking)
Saver $9.95 (does not include tracking)

Express $29.95
Next day, order must be placed by 2pm EST. U.S. only, call for quote in Alaska or Hawaii

International
Standard $29.95 (includes tracking)
Saver $14.95 (does not include tracking)

Saturday and Special Delivery
Please call 1-800-875-0850 for these rates

We strive to fulfill your order correctly and quickly. In order to maintain the best service, we have set guidelines in our order processing. To thoroughly process your order we need several key elements from you. All must be valid and are listed as follows: first name, last name, email address, phone number, billing address, and a delivery address if different from the billing address.

We ship via USPS or FedEx®, unless the address is a United States Postal Box or a military base address of the federal government (APO or FPO), then the order will be shipped via U.S. Postal Service. You have 30 days after ordering to contact us if you have not received your product. If we have confirmation your package was delivered we are no longer responsible for your product.

FedEx® will make three attempts to deliver your order before the package is returned to the company; USPS will make one attempt. Customers are issued a refund if their package is returned (less shipping). We cannot reship orders that are returned to us as undeliverable.

International Orders: Customs Fees and Guidelines

Tax and duties for international orders are not included in the shipping charge. Customers are responsible for any additional Customs fees. A separate invoice for the tax and duties (Customs fees) will be charged to you from either USPS or FedEx® or your country's Customs office.

Customs restrictions and warranty issues prevent us from shipping to every international location. Currently Italy is the only country that prevents shipment from us.

Do not order items that are illegal to import into your country. Laws vary from country to country, and it is your responsibility to check with your Customs office to see if your country permits the importation of our products. We do not encounter problems with Customs when shipping to most countries.

If the package is seized by Customs for any reason and is returned to us, we will issue you a prompt refund, less shipping costs and any Customs fees charged to HelloLife® by your country. If the package is not returned to us, we cannot issue you a refund. Most orders are held by Customs for the purpose of charging import duties and Customs fees. Please contact the Customs Office in your country about duties and fees before ordering, as we are not responsible for these charges.

If your package is delivered to you and USPS or FedEx® has paid the Customs fees on your behalf, to ensure prompt delivery of your order, you will be responsible to pay the custom fees to USPS or FedEx®. If you do not pay the Customs fees HelloLife® will charge those fees to the credit card you used when placing your order.

All of our products sold internationally are meant for personal use - up to a 90 day supply of each product may be purchased at one time. For international retail opportunities, please call 1-800-801-8820.

Fraud is taken very seriously. Anti-fraud measures are in place at multiple levels and at different stages of the transaction with our merchant account partners.

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Cancellations

If you wish to cancel your order, please call our Customer Service at 866-504-7557 in the U.S. or 616-551-4246 outside of the U.S. Your cancellation must be made before your order ships. If the product has not shipped, a refund will be issued by the same method of payment the order was originally charged.

If a cancellation is placed after the order shipped, it is up to the customer to refuse the unopened package or send unopened package back. Once the package is returned, a full refund will be issued, less shipping costs (see Free Shipping and Cancelled Orders below), both to and from your delivery address. All cancellation refunds are processed within five business days. We reserve the right to cancel any order at any time.

Once a package has been opened, it is no longer eligible for cancellation. At this point, our standard returns policy applies.

Free Shipping and Cancelled orders: Free shipping is a reward for customers who use our products, and does not apply to cancelled orders. Cancellation refunds on orders that have already shipped will be debited either the published shipping rate or the actual shipping costs, whichever is greater. This applies to both domestic and international orders.

International orders: You are responsible for any customs fees, taxes, and return shipping charges incurred to return the package. Due to the cost of returning packages deemed undeliverable or refused at customs offices, any refused or undeliverable package automatically disqualifies your purchase from refund eligibility.

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Advertisements, Promotions and Links

HelloLife® discusses certain products and/or services of third parties on the Site. In occasional cases the third-party product and/or service provider will pay HelloLife® a referral fee for purchases made by individuals that are referred to it by HelloLife®. As noted above, HelloLife® makes no representations or warranties regarding the efficacy of these products and/or services, and your use or reliance upon any product or service that is discussed or promoted via the Site is at your own discretion and is subject to these Terms of Service. Other than as noted herein, HelloLife® does not endorse content on any third-party web sites. HelloLife® is not responsible for the content linked in or out of any third-party sites; sites framed within the HelloLife® Site, or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party web sites is at your own discretion and subject to the Terms and Conditions of use for such sites.

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User Submissions and Contributions

Any information provided is subject to our Privacy Policy. Beyond that information, any email or other communications or content you send to any part of this Site, is non-confidential for all purposes. If you make any such submission, you automatically grant, agree and warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted or agreed HelloLife® a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format or forum now known or hereafter developed. HelloLife® may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.

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Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold HelloLife®, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your breach of or default under these Terms of Service.

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General

HelloLife® makes no claims that Content is appropriate or may be downloaded in any country or jurisdiction. Access to Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your country's jurisdiction. HelloLife® is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and lost profits or savings) in any way due to, resulting from, or arising in connection with this site, including its original and third party content, regardless of any negligence of HelloLife®.

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Disputes

Any claim or controversy arising out of or related to these Terms of Service, the Site, or the services or products provided on or through the Site shall be settled by binding arbitration to be held the USA, and these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, as they apply to agreements made and solely performed therein. Disputes arising hereunder shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in the State of Michigan. This will include any connection with any such dispute including any claim involving HelloLife® or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and content providers.

If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Service, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of Service shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition. For further information, please contact:

HelloLife® - IONX HOLDINGS
4460 44th Street SE Suite C - 600
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
616-808-3290

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Updated January 19, 2012

Sources

Riley, D, et al.; Homeopathy and conventional medicine: an outcomes study comparing effectiveness in a primary care setting. J Altern Complement Med. 2001 Apr;7(2):123-5.

Haidvogl, Max, et al.; Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: A comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007, 7:7.

Trichard M, Chaufferin G, Nicoloyannis N.; Pharmacoeconomic comparison between homeopathic and antibiotic treatment strategies in recurrent acute rhinopharyngitis in children. Homeopathy, 2005; 94(1): 3-9

Regulation of Homeopathic Treatments

Homeopathic remedies are prepared according to the guidelines of the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States (HPUS), which was written into law in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938. Homeopathic remedies are regulated in the same manner as nonprescription, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. However, because homeopathic products contain little or no active ingredients, they do not have to undergo the same safety and efficacy testing as prescription and new OTC drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does require that homeopathic remedies meet certain legal standards for strength, purity, and packaging. The labels on the remedies must include at least one major indication (i.e., medical problem to be treated), a list of ingredients, the dilution, and safety instructions. In addition, if a homeopathic remedy claims to treat a serious disease such as cancer, it needs to be sold by prescription. Only products for self-limiting conditions (minor health problems like a cold or headache that go away on their own) can be sold without a prescription.

Source: Homeopathy: An Introduction (Download Full Report)
Published by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Created July 2009, Updated August 2010

Side Effects and Risks

Although the side effects and risks of homeopathic treatments are not well researched outside of observational studies, some general points can be made about the safety of these treatments:

Source: Homeopathy: An Introduction (Download Full Report)
Published by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Created July 2009, Updated August 2010

If You Are Thinking About Using Homeopathy

Source: Homeopathy: An Introduction (Download Full Report)
Published by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Created July 2009, Updated August 2010

Evaluating Internet Health Information on the Internet:

Questions and Answers

We often receive questions regarding health information presented on our web pages. We recognize there are huge amounts of health and nutrition information available on the internet. Below we've provided some quick answers to questions on where we get our information and how we use it on the site.

Our guidelines on presenting information are taken from the FDA's website in compliance with our regulatory standards.* Our company feels it's important to carefully read this information and discuss your questions on this subject with your health care provider.

*http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/BuyingMedicinesOvertheInternet/ucm202863.htm and http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/How_To_Evaluate_Health_Information_on_the_Internet_Questions_and_Answers.aspx