Health Information
There is a wealth of information available regarding health issues, different conditions, treatments and therapies. This section offers links to some useful websites and organisations which can offer information and support with regard to life threatening illness.
Cancers
There is a wealth of information about cancer available on the Internet. The following websites are amongst those which may be particularly helpful.
CancerBACUP
CancerBACUP aims to help people live with cancer by providing information and emotional support for patients, their families and health professionals, and has a very comprehensive website.
www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer
This guide contains over 100 pages of links to cancer related information for both the public and for health professionals. Also includes a glossary of cancer terms and medical terminology.
www.ncl.ac.uk/child-health/guides/clinks1.htm
The Royal Marsden
The Royal Marsden is one of the UK's leading comprehensive cancer centres.
www.royalmarsden.org.uk
PIES For Cancer
From the PIES website you can access a range of high quality internet resources with relevance for people who are affected by cancer as a patient or a carer.
www.piesforcancer.info
Neurological Conditions
The following contacts may be helpful:
Motor Neurone Disease
The Motor Neurone Disease Association
Dedicated to the support of people with MND and those who care for them
www.mndassociation.org
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Society
Aims to improve the lives of people with Parkinson's, their families and carers and to find better treatments and a cure.
www.parkinsons.org.uk
Awakenings
An open forum for all with an interest in Parkinson's Disease
www.parkinsonsdisease.com
Multiple Sclerosis
The MS Society
Provides information, care and support to people affected by MS and offers funding for MS research.
www.mssociety.org.uk
Stroke
The Stroke Association
Provides support and information for people affected by stroke, carries out research and works for change.
www.stroke.org.uk/services_new.htm
CJD
The UK Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit
Information and current research on CJD
www.cjd.ed.ac.uk
Heart & Lung Disease
The following contacts may be helpful:
British Heart Foundation
www.bhf.org.uk
British Lung Foundation
www.lunguk.org
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
www.patient.co.uk/illness/c/copd/htm
AIDS
The following contacts may be helpful:
National Aids Trust
Aims to promote a wider understanding of HIV & AIDS and improve quality of life of people affected by HIV/AIDS
www.nat.org.uk
Mildmay Hospital
Specialist palliative care service based in East London for people with HIV/AIDS.
www.mildmay.org.uk/MildmayUK.asp
Terence Higgins Trust
Offers support to people living with HIV/AIDS and delivers health promotion campaigns
www.tht.org.uk
Aidsmap
Comprehensive worldwide information on HIV & AIDS
www.aidsmap.com
Lymphoedema
Lymphoedema is the chronic swelling of part of the body, usually an arm or a leg, generally as a result of cancer treatment.
Lymphoedema can be a very distressing condition, for which there is no cure. However the effects can be considerably reduced by a programme of specialist treatment, which includes the following components:
