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HEALTH RESOURCES AND PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLETS
NHS Direct
Patient UK
BBC Health
Net Doctor
Medic 8
BUPA Health factsheets
MedInfo
GP-Training.net - lots of info for both patients and clinicians
The Patients Association
Best Treatments - Clinical evidence for patients
Patient Opinion


A

ACCIDENTS
Injury / Accidents: Patient Information Leaflets
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

AIDS / HIV
The Well Project
Terrence Higgins Trust
www.aids.org

ALCOHOL
Alcohol Concern
Alcohol Screening
Alcoholics Anonymous

ALLERGY
Allergy UK
Asthma and Allergy Research Association

ALOPECIA
Alopecia Online

AORTIC ANEURYSM
British Vascular Foundation

ANOREXIA NERVOSA
All About Anorexia Nervosa

ANXIETY
Anxiety Help

ARTHRITIS (& JOINT PROBLEMS)
Arthritis Research Campaign
National Osteoporosis Society
Arthritis Care
Arthritis Foundation

ASTHMA
National Asthma Campaign
Action Asthma
Asthma and Allergy Research Association

ATTENTION DEFICIT
National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service

AUTISM / ASPERGER SYMDROME
National Autistic Society


B

BACK PAIN
National Back Pain Association
www.back.com
Better Backs

BELLS PALSY
Bell's Palsy Association

BEREAVEMENT
Cruse Bereavement Care
Child Bereavement Trust
The WAY Foundation

BRAIN INJURY
Headway

BULIMIA
All About Bulimia Nervosa

BULLYING
Childline
Bullying Online
Success Unlimited


C

CANCER
Cancer Bacup
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Macmillan
Cancer Research UK
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Breast Cancer Campaign UK
Dorothy House Hospice

CHEMOTHERAPHY
Cancer Bacup

CHRONIC FATIGUE
Action for ME
ME Association
Foggy Friends

CROHN'S DISEASE
National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC)

CHILDRENS CANCER
United Kingdom children's cancer study group

CHILDBIRTH
National Childbirth Trust
Breastfeeding Resources

COELIAC DISEASE
Coeliac UK

COMPLIMENTARY MEDICINE
General Osteopathic Council
British Medical Acupuncture Society
British Acupuncture Council
Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists
British Chiropractic Association
Chiropractic Directory
General Chiropractic Council
British Homeopathic Association
British Reflexology Association
PhysioFirst
Reiki Freedom

CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE (CJD)
National CJD Surveillance Unit

CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Cystic Fibrosis Trust

CUSHING'S DISEASE
The Pituitary Foundation


D

DEAFNESS
RNID

DEAFNESS IN CHILDREN
National Deaf Children’s Society

DEMENTIA
Alzheimers Society
Royal College of Psychiatrists

DEPRESSION
National Association for Mental Health
Depression Alliance

DERMATITIS
Natonal Eczema Society

DIABETES
British Diabetes Association

DIALYSIS
See Kideney Disease

DOWN'S SYNDROME
Down Syndrome Information Network

DISABILITIES
RADAR the disability network
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust
Assisitive technologies (formerly rehabilitation services)
Council for Disabled Children
Contact a Family

DVLA
DVLA access and guidance for medical conditions

E

EATING DISORDERS
Eating Disorders Association

ENURESIS (BED WETTING)
E.R.I.C

EPILEPSY
Epilepsy Action

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTIA
Well Man Clinic


F

FOOT PROBLEMS
British Orthopaedic Foot Surgery Society

(HIP) FRACTURES
Hip Fracture

FUNGAL INFECTIONS
Fungal skin infections


G

GENETIC COUNSELLING
Genetic counsellingl

GENITAL INFECTIONS
Genital infections

GLAUCOMA
Glaucoma Research Foundation

GOUT
Gout information


H

HAYFEVER
Allergy UK

HAEMOPHILIA (VON WILLEBRAND'S DISEASE)
The Haemophilia Society

HAEMORRHOIDS
Haemorrhoids (Piles) info

HELICOBACTER PYLORI
The Helicobacter Foundation
Helicobacter pylori info

HEPATITIS
Hepatitis A to Z
British Liver Trust

HERNIA
Hernia info

HOMEOPATHY
See Complimentary Medicine

HYPERTHYROIDISM
British Thyroid Foundation

HYPOTHYROIDISM
British Thyroid Foundation

HYSTERECTOMY
Hysterectomy Association


I

IMPETIGO
Impetigo Fact Sheet

IMPOTENCE

Impotence (erectile dysfunction)

INCONTINENCE
Urinary incontinence - a patient's guide

INFANT COLIC
Colic

INFERTILITY
IVF and ICSI
Infertility Network UK

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Irritable Bowel Syndrome info


K

KIDNEY DISEASE
Kidney failure
Kidney Patient Guide


L

LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
Lactose Intolerance info

LEUKAEMIA
Leukaemia Research Fund

CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA
Leukaemia Research Fund
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Children with Leukaemia

LIPIDAEMIA
British Heart Foundation

LIVER see hepatitis
British Liver Trust

LUNG CANCER
See cancer

LYMPHOEDEMA
Cancer Bacup

LYME DISEASE
Lyme Disease Action

LYMPHOMA
The Lymphoma Association


M

MACULAR DEGENERATION
Understanding age-related macular degeneration

MALARIA
Malaria Hotspot
Malaria Information Page

MEASLES
Measles info

MENIERES DISEASE
Meniere's Disease
Menière's disease factsheet

MENINGITIS
Meningitis Research Foundation
Meningitis Trust

MENOPAUSE
British Menopause Society
Menopause Matters

MENORRHAGIA (HEAVY PERIODS)
Heavy periods

MENTAL HEALTH
BOAHC Mental Health info
Mental Health Foundation
National Association for Mental Health (MIND)
Royal College of Psychiatrists

MMR VACCINATION
MMR The Facts

MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
Molluscum Contagiosum info

MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE
Motor Neurone Disease Association

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Multiple Sclerosis Society

MUMPS
Mumps info
MMR The Facts

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Muscular Dystrophy
NINDS Muscular Dystrophy Information Page

MYASTHEMIA GRAVIS
Myasthenia Gravis Association

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Primary Care Cardiovascular Society


N

NARCOLEPSY
Narcolepsy Association UK

NEUROPATHY
The Neuropathy Trust


O

OBESITY
Association for the Study of Obesity

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
BOAHC Mental Health info

ORGAN DONAR
UK Transplant - How to become a donor

OSTEOPOROSIS
National Osteoporosis Society


P

PAGET'S DISEASE OF BONE
The Arthritis Society
National Association for the Relief of Paget's Disease

PAGET'S DISEASE OF NIPPLE
Cancer Bacup

PAIN MANAGEMENT
Bath Pain Management Unit

CLEFT PALATE
Cleft Lip & Palate Association
Cleft Lip and Palate

PANCREATITIS
Pancreatitis Supporters' Network

PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Parkinson's Disease Society

PATERNITY TESTING
Cellmark

POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA
Polymyalgia rheumatica factsheet

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome

PROSTATIC DISEASE
Prostatitis Foundation

PROSTATE CANCER
Cancer Bacup

PSORIASIS
Psoriasis Association

PULMONARY EMBOLISM
British Lung Foundation


R

RAPE
Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre

RAYNAUD'S DISEASE
Raynaud's Association

REFLUX
Reflux Oesophagitis
Gastroesophageal reflux disease

ROSACEA
Rosacea
Rosacea Treatment Reports

RUBELLA
German Measles

RETINOPATHY (DIABETIC)
Diabetes UK
Diabetes and Retinopathy


S

SALMONELLA
Salmonella and food poisoning

SARCOIDOSIS
British Lung Foundation

SCABIES
What is scabies?

SCARLET FEVER
What is scarlet fever?

SCHIZOPHRENIA
BOAHC Mental Health info

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Seasonal Affective Disorder Association

SELF HELP
Support Group Listing

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Society of Sexual Health Advisers
Bure Clinic
CCard, Bath

SINUSITIS
BUPA Sinusitis Fact Sheet

SLEEP APNOEA
British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association

SLEEP PROBLEMS (INSOMNIA)
How to get a good night's sleep

SMOKING
ASH

STILL BIRTH
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support (SANDS)

STRESS
Stress Management Society

STROKE
The Stroke Association
Headway

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths


T

TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
Temporal Arteritis or Giant Cell Arteritis

TENNIS ELBOW
Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)

TESTICULAR CANCER
Cancer Bacup

TINNITUS
British Tinnitus Association

TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association
Tourette Syndrome

TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK
The Stroke Association

TONSILLECTOMY
Tonsillectomy for sore throats

TRAVEL ADVICE
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Health Advice For Travellers
Fit for travel
Travel Health

TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis info

TURNERS SYNDROME
Turner Syndrome Support Society


U

ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Ulcerative Colitis info

URTICARIA
Urticaria (hives, nettlerash)

UVEITIS
Uveitis Information Group

ULCERS (LEG)
British Vascular Foundation


V

VARICES OESOPHAGEAL
British Liver Trust

VARICOSE VEINS
British Vascular Foundation

VASECTOMY
Vasectomy (Male Sterilisation)
Family Planning Association


W

WARTS
Warts and Verrucas

WASP STING
Stings and insect bites

WHOOPING COUGH
Whooping Cough Information

WILSON'S DISEASE
British Liver Trust

WOMEN'S HEALTH
Women's Health

WORMS
What should I do?
Threadworms


Y

YOUNG PEOPLE
Young Minds