GENERAL WEBSITES

Miscellaneous sites - some link to other sites specialising in many different subjects:

• A word of caution. By their very nature these sites refer and link to sites of varying quality and authoritativeness but they can lead into interesting areas. It's probably not necessary to say this but look critically at any content you find. Obviously we have only looked at a fraction of the links so if you find anything really interesting Email us with the URL.
  • Lab Tests Online - to find out what your lab tests mean. An authoritative site run by the Association of Clinical Biochemists.(R)
  • The King's Fund - carries out research and provides advice relating to the delivery of Healthcare in the NHS. They also have an extensive links page. (R)
  • Disability UK - a number of items of interest - not all medical by any means.
  • www.patient.co.uk A good authoritative, though commercial, UK based site.(R)
  • Treatment Notes Factsheets from the Consumer's Association. (R).
  • The Surgery Door - a lot of general health advice. (R)
  • Darlington Drug and Alcohol Action Team(R)
  • Healthnet - general health information but especially in relation to Heart Disease.
  • www.self-help.org.uk An index of self-help groups. Not necessarily comprehensive, but useful.
  • Go Ask Alice From Columbia University in the US. An excellent health resource.
  • Doctor's Guide to the Internet. An American site with many links - obviously a mainly US perspective so some of it may not directly relate to UK experience.This link takes you to the patient's section.
  • Healthopedia.com/ an American site with a lot of good quality information.
  • www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com An authoritative and fairly academic American site.
  • Kids Health Org. An American site from the Nemours Foundation - a big site with Children's, Parents and Professional sections. As with Doctor's Guide there is a lot that's useful but it does see things from an American point of view.
  • eMedical. An Australian site. Moderately commercial but authoritative and set up by some enterprising Australian GP's.
  • Patient Information Publications. Links to other sites including some authoritative ones.
  • Internet-gp.com. This an index of other GP Practices websites. Worth a visit out of interest.
  • REMAP.  A charity specialising in the manufacture of bespoke equipment for disabled people. This equipment is provided free and is designed by engineers and made by craftsmen.
  • Medical World Search Engine. If you want to see if you can find some information yourself.
  • Intelihealth.-From Johns Hopkins University in theUSA. This University has been at the forefront for many years in the development of Western Medicine
  • Primecare. This service provides the out-of-hours doctors service used by the practice. They have a website with some useful information on it.
  • Darlington Domestic violence forum
  • Health Development Agency. Charged by Government with the task of promoting good health in the population at large.
  • Current Problems newsletter from the goverment's Medicine Control Agency and the Committee on Safety of Medicines.
  • Omnisphere. Alta Vista, Hotbot, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, Dejanews, Yahoo and Webcrawler - all these search engines on one site.
  • Websearch. There are numerous search engines on this site including "metasearch" engines which search several engines at once.
  • Mayo Clinic. From the world famous Clinic - a general Health Information resource.
  • GP-UK Archives. Discussions that have taken place on the busiest GP mailing list in the UK since its inception in 1996. Topics include medicine, General Practice, the NHS, humour etc..
  • WCRF Healthcheck discusses lifestyle issues such as diet - especially in relation to cancer risk.
  • Healthy generations You can build your medical family tree on this site - useful if there is a health problem that affects several family members.
  • Endocrine web - for glandular problems - e.g.:Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pancreas disorders, including Diabetes and Osteoporosis.
  • The Healthcentre. A virtual healthcentre - a large UK site maintained by a former Yorkshire GP
  • Google search engine.Another search engine - quite light-hearted.
  • Yahoo health. Hosted by Yahoo who have the well-known search engine. Quite a lot of information but not all of it orthodox.
  • Discern.How to evaluate health sites on the internet. An officially sponsored project.
  • Dr. Koop. Another American health resources site.
  • CJD - monthly statistics. Keep abreast of the official figures on this condition including vCJD which is thought to be linked to BSE.
  • Chief Medical Officer's Update. Regular report from the Goverment's top medical advisor.
  • Public Health Laboratory Service Information on infectious diseases.
  • UN AIDS Program Information.
  • Reuters Health - a commercially produced health information site with a consumers and a professional (subscription) part.
  • Aventis Pasteur. This website is produced by the company that manufactures a lot of vaccines and has information about travel health and vaccination.
  • Healthgate - an American site with links on to further information, search engines, etc.
  • Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) "Patient's Centre". This is the academic body to which many GP's belong and which is dedicated to raising the standards in General Practice and GP training.
  • National Kidney Research Fund.
    • They have a helpline for kidney patients and their carers on: 0845 300 1499     Or email them at: helpline@nkrf.org.uk
  • Dr. McNabb's medical bookmarks This site has an extensive list of links to sites providing both information for the professional and also the general reader.
  • The Health Quality Service provides a resource for the NHS, looking especially at quality of care issues.
  • The Audit Commission is the official body which probes on the effective use of all public resources.
  • Health problems related to the Gulf War:
    • The UK official goverment site.
    • The US official site - to get the Transatlantic view.

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