IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER This web site was created to provide information about Dr. Livstone and this practice to potential new patients and to our existing patients. It was also created to provide new patient registration forms and Privacy Act documents which can be viewed and downloaded by the computer-literate, Internet-savvy person. We do this to provide you a convenient method of obtaining these documents in a more timely fashion than we can achieve by land mail. As the web site develops, we will also provide useful links to other helpful sites for generic information about gastrointestinal disorders and their management. We plan to have a section for this practice's current patients where the patient can be directed to review and download useful instruction sheets, diet sheets, information sheets about procedures, and other helpful fact sheets (which we also dispense at the office for those individuals who do not use computers). THIS WEB SITE WAS NOT INTENDED TO SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR OFFICE VISITS OR FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN A PATIENT, DR. LIVSTONE, AND THE OFFICE NURSES. THIS WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR SELF-DIAGNOSIS OR SELF-TREATMENT. THE INSTRUCTION SHEETS WHICH ARE RELATED TO A PATIENT'S SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS ON THIS WEB SITE AS A CONVENIENCE FOR DOWNLOADING WHEN NEEDED, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT SELECT OR USE THESE DOCUMENTS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY DR. LIVSTONE OR ONE OF THE NURSES TO DO SO. WE DID NOT DESIGN THIS WEB SITE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE WITHOUT SEEING THE PATIENT. WE DELIBERATELY CHOSE NOT TO INCLUDE INCOMING E-MAIL AS A FEATURE OF THIS WEB SITE BECAUSE OF PRIVACY AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CONCERNS. INSTEAD, OUR PATIENTS SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE OFFICE BY PHONE OR FAX (955-1686) TO REPORT PROBLEMS OR HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BETWEEN OFFICE VISITS.