Links
General information
- NHS Direct
- Gateway to health information on the Internet.
- Medinfo
- General medical information.
- Healthinfo Dorset
- A local gateway to Health and social care information.
- Health Which
- For advice on a range of health issues and their treatment.
- BBC Health
- Information on a variety of health topics.
- Best Treatments
- This site from the British Medical Journal can help you and your doctor use the evidence
from medical research to decide together which treatments are best for you.
- Community Legal Service Direct
- Community Legal Service Direct run by the Legal Services Commission gives free legal help
& infomation.
- Domestic Violence
- Help and advice.
- South West Dorset Primary Care Trust
- Providing information about local services and more useful links.
- Men's Health
- Two sites with general men's health information: Men's Health Forum and MaleHealth.
Teenagers' health
Teenagers and young peoples' health with information about sex and contraception.
- Teenagers' health and information
- Recommended by Geri Halliwell. The site has a focus on sexual health and is provided by
Marie Stopes International.
- Teenage Health Freak
- A popular site from the authors of the Teenage Health Freak book. Loads of information on a
variety of health issues.
- Sexual health and contraception
- More advice on sexual health and contraception for young people.
- The Brook advisory service
- The Brook advisory service information site.
- Family Planning Association
- Advice & information from the family planning association.
- UK Self Help Groups
- Links to self help groups.
Specific conditions
- Back pain
- A useful booklet on Back Pain hincluding advice and exercises, from the UK Arthritis Research
Campaign.
- CancerBacup
- For advice and information on a wide range of cancer problems.
- CancerCare Dorset
- Dorset Cancer Charity.
- Cancer Information
- UK national cancer information site.
- Cancer Screening Programmes
- Screening for cancer, the NHS information site.
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Advice about Chronic Fatigue symptoms.
- Endometriosis
- Information from the UK National Endometriosis Society.
- Living wills and advance directives.
- This page from the BBC website has useful information and a link to sites where forms for living wills can be obtained.
- LowBackPain.com Exercise
- Back pain advice and exercises.
- Managing your acute low back pain
- Advice from New Zealand.
- MemoryBook
- Useful hints for those with memory difficulties from MemoryBook.
- Mental health
- Mental health advice sheets on wide range of topics.
- Live life to the full
- A useful site with on line self help modules for those with low mood and anxiety.
- Neurological disorders
- Information on neurological disorders from US department of health.
- Oral cancer
- Information for patients and families.
- National Schizophrenia Fellowship
- For those with severe mental illness and their families and friends.
- Self injury
- Information about self injury for anyone dealing with the difficult urge to harm themselves,
and those who support them.
- Patient experience with cancer or blood pressure
- A British site supported by the NHS with a database of experiences of patients with
hypertension / raised blood pressure and cancers of prostate, breast and colon. Has audio and
video clips of patients talking about their experiences.
- PSA Test (Prostatic Specific Antigen Test)
- Information about the PSA test from
- Prostate Cancer
- General Information from NHS Direct.
- Sports Injuries
- A useful New Zealand site on the prevention and treatment of common sports injuries.
- Sunsafe
- Avoiding skin cancer: Department of Health Sunsafe site.
If you find a link that you think we should include please let us know.
Disclaimer
These links are given in good faith to sites that we have found to be useful and reliable in
the past. However they are for guidance only and we are unable to take any responsibility for
information or advice you may receive from them.