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Alternative Medicine -
OMNI links: Alternative health links evaluated by doctors and should be of a
high standard. Relatively few quacks.
ASH - smoking & health: Factsheets and
tobacco industry documents. The 'Links' section has contacts for UK and
international organisations - both pro and anti smoking. ASH offers an email
alerting service providing press releases.
F.O.R.E.S.T: Source for "pro-smoking" lobby (balance for above - ASH).
BACUP - Cancer information:
This site is aimed at patients, families and health professionals. Find
everything from information on specific cancers to cancer treatment guidelines.
'Links' offers free Medline searches and access to general online medical
journals, such as The Lancet, JAMA, and the BMJ.
BMJ: The British Medical Journal's site contains
full-text versions of all articles published in the BMJ since January 1994.
There is a good search facility and a customised alerts service to keep you
informed about specific illnesses. The editorial staff will sometimes give
"expert" quotes on medical and NHS stories and features.
British Heart Foundation: Latest News' and
'Heart Links' are the strongest parts of this site. The former provides
up-to-date press releases and the latter links to hospitals and cardiac units,
medical research organisations, journals, relevant government sites and support
groups.
British Medical Association:
The BMA's site is a central source of information for UK medical staff. It
contains current and archived news plus information on current issues for GPs,
junior doctors, etc. Links to UK and international medical organisations,
journals and databases.
British National Formulary: BNF is where you
look if you need to know what's in a medical drug, what the side effects are,
who makes it, how expensive it is etc. It is a bit difficult to use so begin
your search with a visit to the 'How to use' page, available via the 'About the
BNF' link.
BSE Inquiry; The official website for the
BSE Inquiry has press releases, transcripts, evidence, a Who's Who and good
background material.
Contact a family/find a case study:
This site is for families of children with rare syndromes and disorders. It's
good for background information and finding contacts. Factsheets, booklets and
reports are made freely available.
Department of Health:
Acts, White and Green Papers are in the Publications section - many in
full-text. Also surveys, statistics, Research & Development projects and
press releases. Useful site index.
Drugscope: Get articles, reports and
info on drug misuse in the UK and Europe. The site also covers events,
education, research, press releases and drug services. Also listed on this site
under social policy.
General Medical Council: The GMC keeps a
register of doctors and their qualifications. You can search this to check
qualifications, but for contact details you'll need to ask your local Research
Centre to check the book version. There's also info on GMC procedures for
dealing with problem doctors, Standards of Practice, useful links etc.
Gray's Anatomy: Detailed drawings
and text of all the parts of the human body. Either scroll down the page or use
the search box.
Public Health Laboratory - UK statistics:
Facts and figures on infectious diseases (AIDS, flu, menigitis, food poisoning,
asthma, air quality, etc.). You'll also find advice, guidelines and relevant
publications.
Quack watch: A US doctor's site which
investigates health related myths, frauds and quakery. With lots of articles, a
search engine and subject directory, it exposes the worst of health information
on the web.
Research Matters - Harvard
University: Get the latest research news from Harvard. Find out about
research and discoveries in medicine, society, technology etc. Browse by subject
or search the whole site. Also has profiles of Harvard researchers and contact
details.
Specialist Info: A clearly-indexed
site for tracking down consultants by area or by their special interests.
Details of NHS Trusts, NHS and private hospitals are listed. Click on the
'Ultimate Health Gateway' link (top left) for a number of useful health links,
such as NHS waiting time statistics.
World Health Organization: WHO fact sheets,
reports and background information, press releases and resource materials.