General health
Online version of the journal subtitled "Evidence based thinking about health care", with full text articles and information useful for the public within
Healthy Living Zone and
Knowledge Library.
The BMJ online, with access to full text news, features and articles in current and past issues back to January 1994.
Supported by health professionals, CHIC provides information about everyday and minor ailments, and advice about using over-the-counter medicines.
Watch, listen to or read interviews with people who relate their own experiences of illnesses and treatments. Includes information and advice about each illness, links to support groups, and many other features.
Respected independent source of health service information, with searchable-by-area guides to Birth, Breast Cancer, Complementary Therapy, Consultants, Diabetes, Hospitals and Infertility, and other health related guides and reports.
Links to hundreds of specialist websites and national contacts within sections including Health topics, A-Z of illnesses and General health and social care information. (Equip is developed by West Midlands Information Service for Health, and contains West Midlands related sections.)
Website of the organisation that maintains the standards that the public have a right to expect from doctors.
"The health website hosted by leading medical consultants" for both the public and practitioners. Includes videos of operations, virtual tour of the body, A-Z of diseases and health problems, self examination advice, and sections covering lifestyle, alternative medicine, travel, student health and prescription medicine.
Written by a UK GP, information and advice on a number of medical conditions.
Very comprehensive index of medical conditions and terms, including common medical tests.
News, information and advice "to promote, preserve, protect, organise and advance health education and health issues" that concern the UK's Muslim community.
Wealth of information for health professionals, patients and the public. NeLH provides information about the NHS, and within sections including Cancer, Diabetes, Emergency Care, Infection, Primary Care and Skin Conditions.
An independent site containing comprehensive information, features and advice about health matters. Contributors are practicing doctors and other health professionals, information specialists and patients from the UK and Europe.
Very comprehensive information and advice from the NHS on very many health-related matters. Includes information about
local NHS services and a
Health Encyclopaedia.
National information and connections to local services and service providers, relating to all areas of health.
OMD is a searchable dictionary of over 46,000 entries relating to health and biological science created by Dr Graham Dark of the Department of Medical Oncology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The dictionary is hugely comprehensive, and includes acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms and history.
OMNI offers free access to a constantly updated searchable catalogue of Internet sites covering health and medicine.
Patient UK includes a directory of health, topic, disease, and related websites from the UK, almost 700 subject-specific leaflets (in a number of languages), and "Find me a .... [health specialist or professional]" gateway.
Information and advice within two sections headed Medical and Health Living, both with a number of subsections.
An online digital library of health and well-being related resources. The five themes are Your Body, Conditions and Treatments, Healthy Living, Arts and Health, and Learning Material.
Alphabetical list linking to over 800 self help and support groups in the UK.
