Terms & Conditions

The Site is intended for per­sons eigh­teen (18) years or older. Per­sons under the age of eigh­teen (18) should not access, use and/or browse the Site.

This podcast provides gen­eral infor­ma­tion and dis­cus­sion about medicine, health, and related sub­jects.  The words and other con­tent pro­vided in this podcast, and in any linked videos and mate­ri­als, are not intended and should not be con­strued as med­ical advice. If the listener or any other person has a med­ical con­cern, he or she should con­sult with an appropriately licensed physi­cian or other health care worker.

The views expressed on this podcast/YouTube channel have no rela­tion to those of any academic, hospital, practice or other institution with which the authors are affiliated.

This Terms of Use Agree­ment (“agree­ment”) is entered between and by “you” (the listener and/or video content consumer) of this podcast and associated content, also known as Sleep Is My Waking Passion™  podcast/YouTube channel “Site”), Dr. Alison Kole (the “Principal author”) and the AKMD Consulting, LLC team (the “Company”).  Access to the Site, and any use thereof, is sub­ject to the terms and con­di­tions set forth herein.  By access­ing, listening, watching, read­ing or oth­er­wise using the Site, you hereby agree to these terms and conditions. The Principal author pro­vides the Site and any ser­vices, infor­ma­tion, opinions, con­tent, ref­er­ences and links to other knowl­edge resources (col­lec­tively, “Con­tent”) for infor­ma­tional pur­poses only. The Author does not provide any medical advice on the Site.

Access­ing, read­ing or oth­er­wise using the Site does not create a physician-patient relationship between you and the Principal author.  Pro­vid­ing per­sonal or med­ical infor­ma­tion to the Principal author does not create a physician-patient rela­tion­ship between you and the Principal author or authors. Noth­ing con­tained in the Site is intended to establish a physician-patient rela­tion­ship, to replace the ser­vices of a trained physi­cian or health care pro­fes­sional, or oth­er­wise to be a sub­sti­tute for pro­fes­sional med­ical advice, diag­no­sis, or treatment.

You hereby agree that you shall not make any med­ical or health-related decision based in whole or in part on any­thing con­tained in the Site.  You should not rely on any infor­ma­tion con­tained in the Site and related mate­ri­als in making med­ical, health-related or other decisions.  You should con­sult a licensed physi­cian or appropriately credentialed health care worker in your com­mu­nity in all matters relat­ing to your health.

You agree to indem­nify and hold the Author harm­less from any claim or demand, includ­ing attor­neys’ fees, made by any third party as a result of (1) any con­tent posted or made avail­able by you on this Site, (2) any vio­la­tion of law that occurs by you through the Site, and/or (3) any­thing you do using the Site and/or the Con­tent con­tained therein. This entire disclaimer also applies to any guests or contributors to the podcast.