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Some suggested links

Of Interest to Patients

The BBC web site is extremely good for understanding heart disease.

Understanding Risk

National Cancer Institute

Lung cancer in the next 10 years?

BMJ's Best Treatments

The British Dietetic Association - Weightwise

IPL Rosacea Treatment

Laser Hair removal

Cosmetic Dermatology

Cosmetic Surgery
This website has questions for patients to ask providers, clincs and surgeons.
A page on the qualifications held by cosmetic surgery practitioners.
Detailed pages on nearly 50 surgical procedures and non-surgical treatments.
Information about how to complain if things go wrong.

US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Cancer Profilers

The American Heart Association

Links to 780 self-help groups

Current information about clinical research studies - Astound your doctor.

Embarrassing problems

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invites you to join an important campaign for survival. "Act In Time To Heart Attack Signs"

Study of the Effectiveness of Stop Smoking Services

Tobacco Advertising

www.givingupsmoking.co.uk

Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco

The Disfigurement Guidance Centre

Self Help Groups

The Stroke Association

Self Help Groups - Over 500 such groups.

Current medical issues of interest to people like you

Listing of health, medical and paramedical sites. This is a UK nursing based site

Reuters Health Bang up to date health news service for you.

The British Heart Foundation

ABC News. Daily updated lay medical news.

Mayo Health All you want to know about Viagra, PMT, Alzheimer's, vitamins, chromium, Tamoxifen - and much more.

Contact-a-Family - Children's conditions and family support networks.

Organisation for Rare Diseases

Meningitis

Mental Health Information

The longevity calculator How long have you got left?

The National Osteoporosis Society

3rd December 1967. The first heart transplant. Performed by Christiaan Barnard at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. A cabinet in the hospital museum contains the heart of the recipient, Louis Washkansky, that of the donor Denise Darvall and a normal heart for comparison.

Of Interest to General Practitioners

The James Lind Alliance - The importance of 'tests' that reflect the questions and outcomes that matter to patients.

Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatment (DUET) - Ian Chalmers

http://cardiology.jwatch.org/ Edited and reviewed by more than 80 physicians, JWatch regularly combs 180 medical journals for important findings in cardiology, and we feel it would be a great asset to your site's visitors.

Appraisal

Revalidation

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Assessment Software

Journal of Medical Internet Research

National Institute for Clinical Excellence

"Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters"

Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines (UCSF)

PRODIGY

Quackwatch

WaX Active Library

Why Healthcare Information Systems Succeed or Fail

The Hunterian Society

Nursing & Health Care Resources on the Web

Medicalads - A complete Classified Advertising Service for the medical profession. Free, fast and efficient.

Royal College of General Practitioners

CEPPC - The Clinical Effectiveness Programme

Pictures of skin diseases.

The Health Education Authority - and its successors

Biomedical Useful information including free medline.

Merck Manual online.

The Lancet

New England Journal of Medicine

UK Primary Care

Patient Leaflets

The Office for National Statistics - an invaluable source of information.

All you need to know about obesity

Of General Interest

The Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association The only WW1 regimental old comrades association still in existence.

Health Encyclopedia

Another Health Encyclopedia

MDonWeb Your virtual health information guide to healthier life
MDonWeb offers the US citizens reliable and credible health information on -cancer, diabetes, heart disease, hepatitis, arthritis, obesity, weight loss etc .This will enable access to affordable healthcare to live longer and better quality lives.

Global War on Spam

Goodhealth Worldwide (www.goodhealthworldwide.com) who specialise in international health insurance policies. As expatriates, we have used them for the past two years and find their choice of insurance packages and rates very competitive and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to others in our position.

Mental Health A free encyclopaedia.

Fax your MP

The Royal Gunpowder Mills A great day out.

Screensavers

The Public Record Office 8,205,122 records on 9/7/99

The Health Education Board for Scotland A very classy site.

Search engines outstanding listings site. Telephones, airlines, libraries.

Laslett.com- Advertising Design and Communications

Keep Our Hospital in Norwich - The story of the campaign to build our new district general hospital in the city centre rather than in the countryside.

Jokes - ForParentsOnly

Animal health industry F.E.D.E.S.A.

What is Quantum Computing?

An Aladdin's larder a site for foodies.

The Tattoo Removal Service Get your tattoos removed painlessly.

Up My Street - Masses of information relating to your post code.