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On this page are links to some of the most informative and well respected health information sites from the UK and around the World. There are general sites which you can use to look up symptoms and get advice. There are sites which specialise in a specific illness, these are listed alphabetically. There are also links to over 50 websites which offer support for patients and their families. . As always if you have a site that you have found useful and we don't have, please let us know by using the link at the bottom of the page so that we can share it with everyone. Thank you, MBH

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- a - Advice (General Health Advice Sites) Alcoholism Allergies Alzheimer's Arthritis Asthma	- b - Back Pain/Back Care Bladder & Bowel Diseases Blindness Blood Pressure BMI Calculator Breast Cancer	- c - Cancer Cholesterol Children's Health Coeliac	- d - Deafness Deaf Blindness Diabetes Drug Abuse & Treatment
- e - Eating Disorders Endometriosis Eyesight	- f - Female Health First Aid	- g - Government Agencies	- h - Head Lice Heart Disease
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- m - Male Health Meningitis Multiple Sclerosis	- n - NHS sites	- o - Osteoporosis Other Health Related Sites	- p - Pain Parkinsons Prostate cancer Psoriasis
- q -	- r -	- s - Snoring Stress Stroke Support Groups	- t - Thyroid
- u -	- v -	- w - Worries

50plus Health Amongst the myriad of health websites trying to be all things to all people, 50+Health is focused and exclusively for the 50+'s.	BBC Health This site has information about how to react to common injuries and emergencies.	Best Health We have in-depth information on more than 180 common conditions, from depression to cancer to heart attacks.	Consumer Health Info. Centre is an advice service set up to help you understand more about health, including hints and tips to stay healthy and ways to get back on your feet when illness strikes.
Mayo Clinic USA is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness.	Medicdirect is a premium health and lifestyle guide written especially for the UK market.	Medinfo is being developed with the aim of providing free and easy to understand medical information and advice, such as you might get from your own doctor, on a number of common and not so common conditions.	Net Doctor We want to break down the "medical language barrier" between the doctor and the patient.
NHS Direct On-Line Health Advice	Patients Assoc is a national charity providing patients with an opportunity to raise concerns and share experiences of healthcare	Patient Talk This site offers high-quality health information to assist you in making informed decisions about taking care of your health, preventing disease, getting correct diagnoses, making good treatment choices and getting the best clinical care.	Patient UK is a partnership between Dr Tim Kenny and Dr Beverley Kenny. They have been GPs in Tyne and Wear, England, for over 10 years and have a particular interest in writing and providing evidence based patient information. They are editors and lead authors for the content on Patient UK.

		Alcoholics Anonymous Millions of men and women have heard or read about the unique Fellowship called Alcoholics Anonymous since its founding in 1935. Of these, more than 2,000,000 now call themselves members. People who once drank to excess, they finally acknowledged that they could not handle alcohol, and now live a new way of life without it.			Association for Children of Alcoholics is a registered charity founded in 1990 to address the needs of children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism or a similar addictive problem.

		Allergy & Allergies Agency web-pages are designed for information use only.			BBC on Allergies Expert advice about why allergies occur and why they're increasing, the most common allergic conditions, getting tested, and current and future treatment

Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) is the umbrella organisation of Alzheimer associations around the world.	Alzheimer Europe is a non-profit organisation which aims to improve the care and treatment of Alzheimer patients through intensified collaboration between its member associations.	Alzheimer's Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.	Alzheimer Scotland helps people with dementia, their carers and families. Our members include carers, relatives, people with dementia, professionals, groups and organisations.
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation (USA) is dedicated to attacking the scourge of Alzheimer's with a 3-pronged assault focused on the cause, care, and cure for Alzheimer's disease as well as supporting the public with educational programs.	Kingshill Research Centre aspires to improve ‘quality of life’ for patients and carers by producing high quality research information for use in the development of new treatment alternatives.	West of Ireland Alzheimers Foundation is committed; to work effectively to create awareness of the nature of Alzheimer's Disease and its effect on families; To provide In-Home Respite Care; and to provide and maintain homely facilities best suited for the Respite Care and Long Term Care of people suffering from Alzheimer's Disease

All about Arthritis website is sponsored by DePuy Orthopaedics, a Johnson & Johnson company, to provide arthritis patients, their families and their caregivers with a trusted source of arthritis information	Arthritis Care exists to support people with arthritis. We are the UK’s largest organisation working with and for all people who have arthritis.	Arthritis Research Campaign (arc), founded in 1936, raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions

		Asthma UK Improving the health and well-being of people with asthma by building and sharing expertise about asthma

		Back Care is a national charity that aims to reduce the burden of back pain by providing information and support, promoting good practice and funding research

		Bladder & Bowel Foundation the UK’s leading charity providing information and support for people with bladder and bowel disorders, their carers, families and healthcare professionals

		The Royal National Institute for the Blind If you or someone you know has a sight problem we can help.

Blood Pressure Association is the UK-wide charity dedicated to lowering the nation's blood pressure. We aim to prevent unnecessary death and disability from heart disease, heart attacks and stroke caused by high blood pressure,	Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland provide care and support throughout Scotland for people affected by these conditions, as well as their families and other carers	High Blood Presssure Foundation (HBPF) To improve the basic understanding, assessment, treatment and public awareness of high blood pressure, and, in so doing, help promote the welfare of people with high blood pressure

		Breast Cancer Care want every person affected by breast cancer to get the best treatment, information and support

		Cancer Research UK the UK's leading charity dedicated to cancer research. Our websites have a wealth of information about cancer, our research, how to donate and more ways to support us.

		Heart UK At H·E·A·R·T UK we′re passionate about preventing premature deaths caused by high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.			Less Cholesterol This website belongs to Pfizer Limited ("Pfizer"). The information provided on this site is intended for general information and educational use only.

		Children First for Health is a child-centred health and hospital resource, supporting teenagers, children and their families. It provides comprehensive and age-appropriate health information from the UK’s leading medical experts and paediatricians.			KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.

		Coeliac UK Our mission is to improve the lives of people living with the condition through support, campaigning and research

British Deaf Association is the largest Deaf organisation in the UK that is run by Deaf people.	Deaf Ex-Mainstreamers Group is essentially a deaf users' organisation dedicated to the needs and quality of life for all deaf children in mainstream education and Deaf schools	Deafness Research UK is the medical charity for deaf and hard of hearing people.	Hearing Concern Link has the aim of improving the quality of life for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People help people identify whether they have a hearing loss through our online hearing check and our telephone hearing check. We work to make daily life better for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

A-Z of Deafblindness Within this website you will be able to learn the Deafblind Manual Alphabet and, the Two-Handed Manual Alphabet used by sighted Deaf people	Deafblind International Founded over 30 years ago, Deafblind International (DbI) is the world association promoting services for deafblind people.	Deafblind Scotland A society in which deafblind people have the permanent support and recognition necessary to be equal citizens	Deafblind UK vision is that people who are deafblind or have a combined sight and hearing loss should have equal rights, access and opportunities as all other citizens within society.
Sense provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them	Sense Scotland is part of the UK National Deafblind and Rubella Association

American Diabetes Association is leading the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fighting for those affected by diabetes	Diabetes is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.	Diabetes.co.uk this website, is a privately owned community website focusing on providing an alternative, holistic and complementary experience for our visitors.	International Diabetes Federation is a worldwide alliance of over 200 diabetes associations in more than 160 countries, who have come together to enhance the lives of people with diabetes everywhere
World Diabetes Federation The World Diabetes Foundation is dedicated to supporting prevention and treatment of diabetes in developing countries.

Addaction Addaction are the UK’s biggest drug and alcohol treatment charity	Crack Reality The plain truth about crack cocaine addiction.	Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 43,900 weekly meetings in over 127 countries worldwide.	The Nick Mills Foundation was established in August 2006 by bereaved mother, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips who lost Nick,one of her identical twin sons to heroin addiction
Talk to Frank online help for drug users.

		Eating Disorders Association the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families			Calculate Your BMI check your healthy weight

		Endometriosis Society of UK provides services that enable those with endometriosis to understand their disease and to take control of their condition.

		Women's Health Information This site strives to improve the availability of accurate health information for women.

British Red Cross first aid tips	Family First Aid from the makers of Savlon.	St John Ambulance first aid advice

		Headlice Advice relax and take time to read the information and advice we have provided.

American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency to help reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.	British Heart Foundation Our vision is of a world in which people do not die prematurely of heart disease	Irish Heart Foundation is Ireland's only national charity for heart health and is working to reduce premature death and disability from heart disease and stroke.	Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke is committed to caring for today and finding a cure for tomorrow.

		Male Health is run by the Men's Health Forum, the UK's leading charity working to improve men's health

Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (COMO) USA is dedicated to assisting member organisations to be sustainable, identifiable and influential sources for information and support services for those people affected by meningitis	Meningitis Foundation of America help support sufferers of meningitis and their families	Meningitis Research Foundation Our vision is a world free from meningitis and septicaemia.	Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada provide support and education to patients and their families affected by meningitis
Meningitis Trust supports everyone whose life has been changed by meningitis and associated septicaemia	National Meningitis Association (USA) is a nonprofit organization founded by parents whose children have died or live with permanent disabilities from meningococcal disease.

The Multiple Sclerosis International Federation A comprehensive, international and up to date information resource developed by MS experts worldwide. .	Multiple Sclerosis National Therapy Centres We represent a group of self-help Therapy Centres offering assistance to thousands of people with Multiple Sclerosis throughout England and Wales	The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre is a proactive and innovative charity, passionately committed to supporting anyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis through access to unbiased information and advice.	Multiple Sclerosis Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - about 85,000 people in the UK.
Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland is Scotland's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis. We are part of the MS Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. About 10,400 people in Scotland have MS.	Multiple Sclerosis Trust is a UK charity, providing information for anyone affected by multiple sclerosis, education programmes for health professionals, funding for practical research and campaigning for specialist multiple sclerosis services.

BUPA - Osteoporosis This fact sheet is for people who have osteoporosis, or who would like information about it	National Osteoporosis Society The National Osteoporosis Society is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in the UK.	Osteoporosis in Scotland information for patients.	Brittle Bone Society Through the Society, families can get in touch with each other and share issues on how to cope.

		British Pain Society is the largest multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain within the UK.