Health
Problems and Treatments - Best Websites
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/alphaindex.aspx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/
http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/Prime-pages/HealthproblemsA-Z.htm
http://ga.health-resource.com/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
http://familydoctor.org/
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Health
treatments:
http://www.besttreatments.co.uk/btuk/home.jsp
http://www.remedyfind.com/
http://www.youngagain2000.com/
http://familydoctor.org/
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp
Self-help:
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/selfhelpguide/index.aspx
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/disclaimer.asp
Find
a doctor near you (Great Britain only):
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/LocalServices/LocalServices.aspx
Complementary
Medicine:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/CM99999
http://www.cyberspacehealthclinic.co.uk/treatments/index.html
http://www.bionetics.co.uk/hairtest1.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/PN00001
http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/
Discussion
forums:
http://www2.netdoctor.co.uk/discussion/index.asp
Support
groups:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/support_groups/index.shtml
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/support-groups/MH00002
Healthy
living:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/HealthyLiving/fs/en
http://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/
Ask
a specialist:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/AnswersIndex/AnswersIndex
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/disclaimer.asp
http://www.healthandfitnessfriend.com/
http://www.whatshouldido.com/
Children's
health:
http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/kids/hospital/treatment/cf.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/ChildrenServices/fs/en
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/children/index.shtml
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/childrens-health/CC99999
Women's
health:
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/azhealthtopics/a/hlthtrtmntguide.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/womens-health/WO99999
Men's
health:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malereproductivesystem.html
http://www.malehealth.co.uk
Websites
for the disabled & their carers
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/health-care/guide/helpline.shtml
Helplines/counselling
http://www.childline.org.uk/
http://www.childhelplineinternational.org/index.php
http://www.relate.org.uk/
http://www.cccs.co.uk/
http://www.lacap.co.uk/
A-Z of
health - useful links:
A
Abdominal
pain
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003120.htm
Abscess
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=3
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001353.htm
Abuse
helplines (adult and child)
http://www.advicehq.co.uk/Helplines.htm
http://www.childline.org.uk/
Accidents:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/Accidents/AccidentsUsefulLinks/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4072235&chk=pDz2Lj
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=571
Acid
reflux
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=571
Acidosis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001181.htm
Acne
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=4
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/spots.htm
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/acne.html
Acupuncture
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=6
Addiction
and drug abuse
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/drugabuse.htm
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=448
Alcalosis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001183.htm
Alcoholism
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001944.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alcoholism/DS00340
Allergic
rhinitis (see 'Hay Fever')
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000813.htm
Allergies:
http://www.allergy-network.co.uk/
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=11§ionId=5524
http://www.allergymatters.com/
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/focus/asthma/index.shtml
http://www.foodallergy.org/
http://allergies.about.com/
http://www.lactose.co.uk/
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/allergies_immune/allergies.html
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/allergicdiseases.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000812.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/skin_hair/eczema_index.shtml?articleIdent=uk.eczema.facts.eczema.uk_eczema_xmlarticle_003731
Alexander
Technique
http://www.alexandertechnique.com/
Alopecia
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hair-loss/DS00278
http://www.alopeciaonline.org.uk/
Alternative
(complementary) medicine
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/PN00001
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmccomplementalternmed/
http://www.alternativemedicine.com/retailer/store_templates/shell_id_1.asp?storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169
Alzheimer's
disease
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=14
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/alzheimer.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/alzheimer.htm
Anaemia
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/anaemiairon.htm
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=19
Anaphylactic
shock
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=398
Anger
management
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=1890
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/anger-management/MH00075
Angina
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=23
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/angina.html
Anorexia
nervosa
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=27
http://www.priory-hospital.co.uk/htm/anorex.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/anorexianervosa.htm
Anxiety:
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=cg22
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=28
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/mosby_factsheets/anxiety.html
http://www.freeofdepressionandanxiety.com/anxiety.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/anxiety-disorder/AN01139
Appendicitis
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=31
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/appendictitis.htm
Aromatherapy
http://www.aocuk.net/
http://www.aromatherapyassociates.com/
http://www.naha.org/
Arrhythmia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/arrhythmia.html
http://familydoctor.org/286.xml
Arthritis
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=32
http://www.arthritis.org/
http://arthritis.about.com/
http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk/Home
http://www.allaboutarthritis.com/portal/DPUY/AAA
http://www.arthritis.com/
Assisted
conception:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/AssistedConception/fs/en
http://212.49.193.187/cps/rde/xchg/hfea
Asthma:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/focus/asthma/index.shtml
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/asthma.htm
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=1272
http://www.everydaykidz.com/about_program/index.asp?source=501?source=501
http://www.asthma.org.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/asthma/
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/asthma_exercise.htm
Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADHD:
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=40
Atherosclerosis:
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=579
http://www.athero.org/
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Atherosclerosis/Atherosclerosis_WhatIs.html
Athlete's
foot:
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/athletesfoot.html
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/athletesfoot.htm
Autism:
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=41
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001526.htm
Avian
(bird) flu:
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=1565
B
Back
pain
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/lowbackpain.html
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=234
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/lumbago.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/slippeddisc.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/lumbago.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/back-pain/DS00171
Bacteria
and viruses
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/virusbacteria.htm
Bed
sores
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=296
Bell's
palsy
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/bellspalsy.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bells-palsy/DS00168
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=45
Bile
reflux
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bile-reflux/DS00651
Bird
(avian) flu
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/disease/ai/index.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bile-reflux/DS00651
Birth
marks
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=48
Bites
& stings
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=49
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/diseases/snakes_and_snake_bites.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/diseases/snakes_and_snake_bites.htm
Bleeding
gums (gyngivitis)
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=50
Blepharitis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/blepharitis/DS00633
Blood
clots
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=363
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/peripheral-arterial-disease/DS00537
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/thrombophlebitis/DS00223
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pulmonary-embolism/DS00429
Blood
pressure, high (hypertension) - HBP
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=50
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hypertension.htm
Blood
pressure, low (hypotension) - LBP
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=490
BMI
(Body Mass Index)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007196.htm
Boils
and carbuncles
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/boils-and-carbuncles/DS00466
Bone
& joint infections
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bone-and-joint-infections/DS00545
Bone
cancer
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bone-cancer/DS00520
Bowel
cancer
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/cervicalcancer.htm
Brain
aneurism
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brain-aneurysm/DS00582
Brain
tumour
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brain-tumor/DS00281
Breast
cancer
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=398
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cancer/BR99999
http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/
Bronchiolitis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brain-tumor/DS00281
Bronchitis
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/acutebronchitis.htm
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=67
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000119.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bronchitis/DS00031
Bruises
and sprains
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/sprains.htm
Bulimia
nervosa
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/bulimianervosa.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bulimia/DS00607
Bullying
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bullying.html
http://www.bullying.co.uk/
http://www.childline.org.uk/extra/bullyingindex.asp
Bunions
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bunions/DS00309
Bursitis
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=70
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brain-aneurysm/DS00582
Bypass
surgery
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartbypasssurgery.html
C
Calluses
& corns
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/corns-and-calluses/DS00033
Candida
albicans (Thrush)
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/candidaalbicans.htm
Cancer:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/Cancer/fs/en
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=72
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/
http://www.cancer.gov/
http://www.breastcancer.org/
http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/
http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007196.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cancer/CA99999
Cancer
- alternative therapies
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/canceralternativetherapies.html
Cancer
- living with cancer
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancerlivingwithcancer.html
Cancer
in children
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancerinchildren.html
Cancer
- male breast
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/male-breast-cancer/DS00661
Cardiac
bypass surgery
http://www.heartinfo.org/ms/guides/16/main.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartbypasssurgery.html
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/carpaltunnel.html
Cataract
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cataract.html
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/cataract.htm
Cervical
cancer
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cervicalcancer.html
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/cervicalcancer.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-cancer/DS00167
Cervical
spondylosis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-spondylosis/DS00697
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000436.htm
Chickenpox:
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/chickenpox.html
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=97
Child
abuse
http://www.childline.org.uk/Childabuse.asp
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/html/home/whatwedo/whatischildabuse.htm
http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/campaign_detail.asp?campaign=16
http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=9916
http://www.kidscape.org.uk/professionals/childabuse.shtml
Chinese
medicine
http://www.ftcm.org.uk/
Cholesterol
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol/CL99999
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol/QZ00046
Coeliac
disease
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/glutenallergy.htm
Colon
cancer
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colon-cancer/DS00035
Complementary
medicine
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/PN00001
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/CM99999
Cosmetic
surgery (independent advice):
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/CosmeticSurgery/fs/en
Coronary
Heart Disease:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/CoronaryHeartDisease/fs/en
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
http://www.heartstats.org/homepage.asp
http://www.heart.nhs.uk/scripts/default.asp?site_id=23&id=5363
Counselling
http://www.counselling.ltd.uk/
http://www.relate.org.uk/
Crohn's
disease.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/crohns-disease/DS00104
Cystic
fibrosis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000107.htm
Cystitis
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/cystitis.html
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=119
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000436.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/urinary-tract-infection/DS00286
D
Dandruff
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/dandruff.htm
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=121
Delayed
(retarded) ejaculation
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/ejaculatoryincompetence.htm
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