Terms of Use.

Educational use only.

The Vascular Brain provides educational information about stroke care, vascular neurology, clinical trials, and recovery. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or individualized clinical guidance.

Clinicians should use their own judgment, current guidelines, primary sources, and institutional protocols. Patients and caregivers should consult a qualified healthcare professional.

Emergencies.

If you or someone near you may be having a stroke or another emergency, call emergency services immediately. Do not use this website, email, or social media to seek urgent medical help.

No physician-patient relationship.

Use of this site, email correspondence, newsletter subscription, or social media interaction does not create a physician-patient relationship with Zaka Ahmed, MD, or any institution.

Intellectual property.

Original written content, page structure, and educational materials on The Vascular Brain are protected by copyright. Brief quotation with attribution is welcome. Reproduction, republication, scraping, or commercial reuse of substantial portions requires permission.

Acceptable use.

Do not use the site to submit protected health information, spam, malware, abusive messages, unlawful content, or attempts to disrupt the site.

External links, ads, and affiliates.

The site links to external resources such as PubMed, journals, medical organizations, social platforms, and product pages. External sites have their own terms and privacy policies.

The site may display Google AdSense ads on content pages and may include disclosed affiliate links on the Recommendations page. Editorial content is written independently.

No warranties.

The site is provided as is, without warranties of completeness, accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or uninterrupted availability. Medical knowledge changes, and older pages may become outdated.

Contact.

Questions about these terms can be sent to hello@thevascularbrain.com.