Physical Health
Links on Physical Health
NHS Direct - http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
The Government's much-publicised self-help health web site - worth a look.
NHS Gateway - http://www.nhs.uk
This site helps you locate NHS resources in your local area - it seems to be fast and accurate. In addition to finding doctors surgeries and dentists, it can help you find, under 'Local Services Search', hospitals, pharmacies, walk-in centres and opticians.
The Health Protection Agency - http://hpa.org.uk
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is a national organisation for England and Wales dedicated to protecting people's health and reducing the impact of infectious diseases, chemical hazards, poisons and radiation hazards.
Net Doctor - http://www.netdoctor.co.uk
The UK 's largest independent medical information service on the Net . It includes
facts about diseases, health and medicine, written by leading doctors in an easy to understand format.Travel Doctor - http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk
A comprehensive resource specifically aimed at covering all aspects of health while travelling abroad.
Action on Smoking and Health - http://www.ash.org.uk
Why not 'kick the habit' with the help of this site?
CancerBACUP - http://cancerbacup.org.uk
An excellent site giving cancer patients and their families the up-to-date information, practical advice and support they need to reduce the fear and uncertainty of cancer.
Cancer on the Web - http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk
Although slightly dated in looks, this site is an extremely rich source of information on this subject.
Children's Cancer Web - http://www.cancerindex.org/ccw
An independent non-profit site providing a directory of childhood cancer resources.
Health on the Net Foundation - http://www.hon.ch
HON Foundation is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Besides providing a self-regulatory framework for quality health websites, it offers excellent medical health search tools, information on e-Health trends, daily news, in-depth reports and a library of almost 7,000 health images and videos.