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- althealth-net -- a directory of complementary therapies in the UK
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
- Association of Dental Implantology -- aims include "improved understanding of the benefits of implantology"
- Atlas of Kidney Diseases [.pdf] -- diseases of the kidney, in five volumes, produced under the direction of Dr. Robert Schrier, of the University of Colorado
- Auditory Processing Disorder in the United Kingdom (APDUK) -- information about and support for the disability that randomly prevents sufferers from processing auditory (verbal) information
- British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy
- British Dyslexia Association
- British Dyslexics
- British Medical Association
- British Medical Journal -- contains the full text of all articles published in the weekly BMJ
from January 1996
- British Medical Laser Association -- promoting the application of laser technology in medicine
- The British Prostatitis Support Association
- Cancer411.org -- includes listings of all cancer clinical trials available worldwide, sortable by cancer type, phase and location of study, and services and support groups available to cancer patients and their families
- ClinicalTrials.gov -- official information about clinical trials in the UK
- The Cochrane Library of evidence about the effects of health care (access costs £120-£250 + VAT, June 1999)
- Department of Health
- DERWeb -- Sheffield University dental education resources, including a directory of dentists on the Web
- Diabetes Insight -- information about diabetes
- Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
- Drugs.com -- searchable database of more than 24,000 descriptions of prescription and over-the-counter drugs
- Dyslexia Institute
- Economics of Tobacco Control -- a World Bank site. Select "All topics" and "United Kingdom" in the drop-down menus, check the box for a description of the data, and click on Generate Report for a comprehensive set of statistics and information about tobacco's influence on business and health in the UK
- ENB Health Care Database run by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
- Epidemiology for Journalists -- Daniel Wartenberg's guide to the study of patterns of disease: who has disease, how much disease they have and why they have it.
- European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
- The Free Medical Journals Site -- dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals on the Web, with 940 listed (June 2002)
- GulfLINK -- declassified US military and intelligence documents concerning Gulf War illnesses
- Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms compiled by the Socialist Health Association
- Health Development Agency (replaces Health Education Agency)
- Health Service Journal
- Health Voice Network -- self-help network whose members seek to have a say in planning and improving health services
Holistic Pages -- complementary therapies and courses
- Human Factors and Aviation Medicine -- a journal that offers full text articles free on-line (after registration)
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund
- The Independent Agrochemical Observer -- links to loads of BSE and pesticide information, history and comment by a Danish observer (in English)
- InPharm.com -- news, views and information about the drugs industry
- Institute of Cancer Research
- Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine -- engineering and physical sciences in the provision or advancement of health care
- International Organization for Medical Physics -- supports international cooperation and advancement in medical physics
- The King's Fund -- charity that aims to improve the health and health care of Londoners
- LondonAWCEBD -- Association of Workers for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (London Branch)
- Medisearch -- "The UK medical search engine... primarily a 'true' search engine rather than a directory" -- sister to Mirago
- MedTerms.com Dictionary -- searchable dictionary of health terms
- MedWeb -- searchable health sciences database
- MedWebPlus -- indexed data of/on/about the health sciences
- Rick Mendosa's Diabetes Directory -- more than 800 links relevant to diabetes
- National Centre for Clinical Excellence -- appraises treatments before they are introduced in the Health Service
- The National Clinical Assessment Authority (NCAA) -- a special health authority supporting other health organisations with concerns over the performance of an individual doctor
- National Institute for Biological Standards and Control -- purpose is to safeguard and enhance public health by standardizing and controlling
biological substances used in medicine
- National Research Register -- current and recently completed research projects funded by or of interest to the Health Service
- NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination -- research-based knowledge in health care, including the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), the NHS Economic Evaluation Database, and the Health Technology Assessment Database
- NHS Confederation -- "the voice of the NHS management"
- On Line Free Self Help Group Database -- regularly updated UK patient self-help and support group searchable database listing more than 1600 national groups (June 2002)
- The On-line Medical Dictionary
- Rape Crisis Federation -- facilities and resources for Rape Crisis groups in Wales and England
- Royal College of Surgeons
- science.komm's list of medical link directories & search engines, plus:
- science.komm's searchable or alphabetical index of links to bioscience journal homepages, plus:
- Telephone Helplines Association -- searchable directory of more than 1,200 UK helplines (June 2002)
- UK Psychics -- directory of Britain's leading psychics and mystics
- ukselfhelp.info -- links to and contact details of 780 UK self-help groups (June 2002)
- WHO/Europe -- the World Health Organisation
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