google goes a long ways towards assuaging terms of service fears by changing them for the better:
“Updated – In response to recent feedback regarding the Google AdSense Online Standard Terms and Conditions, we have made clarifications to this agreement in the following sections: Prohibited Uses (section 6), Confidentiality (section 8), Payment (section 12), Publicity (section 13), and Miscellaneous (section 17).”
i’m not a lawyer and i don’t even play one on tv, but it looks like i might move forward with giving the program a shot on the {bio,medical}informatics section.