http://www.who.ch/

World Health Organization

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed

PubMed – Medline on the Web

http://www.nih.gov/health

US National Institutes of Health website (biomedical research, free)

http://chid.nih.gov

US combined Health Information Database of the NIH: clearing house database, healthcare information and a good search engine.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm

US Mayo Clinic

http://www.nice.org.uk

UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

UK NHS Direct online

http://www.chi.nhs.uk/

Commission for Health Improvement

Healthcare journal and magazines

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/

Bandolier (free abstracts and good links)

http://www.bmj.com/index.shtml

British Medical Journal

http://www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/letters.htm

Chief Medical Officer's letters

http://www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/publications.htm

Chief Medical Officer's publications

http://www.thelancet.com/

The Lancet

http://content.nejm.org/

New England Journal of Medicine

Medical societies and organizations

http://www.gmc-uk.org/

UK General Medical Council

http://www.mrc.ac.uk

UK Medical Research Council

http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk

Royal College of Physicians - England, Wales and Northern Ireland

http://www.rcpe.ac.uk

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

http://www.wma.net/e/policy.html

World Medical Association policy

http://www.bma.org.uk/ethics

British Medical Association ethics site

http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/

US National Institutes of Health website: bioethics pages

http://www.clinical-skills-net.org.uk

UK Clinical Skills Network

http://www.nivel.nl/each

European Association for Communication in Healthcare

http://www.idlinks.com

General starting point for infectious disease links

http://www.cdc.gov

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.phls.co.uk/topics_az/index.htm

UK Public Health Laboratory Service - figures and statistics on communicable diseases

http://www.medscape.com/infectiousdiseases.html

Free registration - good source of latest information

http://www.who.int/emc/

World Health Organization Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta)

http://www.phls.co.uk/

UK regional information on infections

http://www.genetichealth.com

US company

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/MCQs/ MCQ.html

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/MBChB/ImmGloss.html

MCQs and immunology glossary (University of Leicester)

http://www.antibodyresource.com/

Source of antibody resources for educators and researchers

http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/

World Health Organization site, provides information on world-wide nutritional issues, resources and research

http://www.fao.org/

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – autonomous body within the United Nations, aims to improve health through nutrition and agricultural productivity, especially in rural populations

http://www.ific.org/

International Food Information Council (IFIC) - non-profit organization providing access to health and nutrition resources to improve communication of health and nutrition information to consumers

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat/

Free analysis of the nutrient content of food available to anyone (at University of Illinois, USA)

http://www.ajcn.org/

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

http://www.nutrition.org/

The Journal of Nutrition

http://www.naturesj.com/ijo

International Journal of Obesity

http://www.cabi-publishing.org/JOURNALS/BJN/Index.asp

The British Journal of Nutrition

http://www.ilsi.org/publications/reviews.html

Nutrition Reviews

http://clinnutr.org/

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

http://www.naturesj.com/ejcn/

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet

Gastric cancer

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band27/b27-7.html

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band38/b38-4.html

Gastric ulcer and GORD

http://www.nacc.org.uk

UK National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease

http://www.digestivedisorders.org.uk/leaflets/ibs.html

Irritable bowel syndrome

http://www.coeliac.co.uk

Coeliac disease

http://www.gastrohep.com

Resources for gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/335/Hepatitis.html

Viral hepatitis

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic98.htm

Cholecystitis, cholelithiasis

http://www.bloodline.net

General website on haematology

http://www.transfusion.org

Journal of the American Association of Blood Banks

http://www.shot.demon.co.uk

Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme, covering UK and Ireland NHS and private hospitals, affiliated to the Royal College of Pathologists (based Manchester Blood Transfusion Centre)

http://www.blood.co.uk

UK National Blood Service

http://www.doh.gov.uk/bbt2

UK CMO's Better Blood Transfusion Conference

http://www.bcshguidelines.com

British Society for Haematology guidelines

http://www.wfh.org

World Federation of Hemophilia

http://www.hemophilia.org

US National Hemophilia Foundation

http://www.med.unc.edu/isth/

International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)

http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk

UK patient organization

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

UK charity (formed from merged Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Cancer Research Campaign).

http://www.cancer.org

US cancer organization

http://www.palliativemedjournal.com

Journal of Palliative Medicine

http://www.rheumatology.org

American College of Rheumatology

http://www.arc.org.uk

UK Arthritis Research Campaign

http://www.rheumatology.org.uk/

British Society of Rheumatology - useful, patient-oriented information

http://www.nos.org.uk/

UK National Osteoporosis Society - useful information and reviews of ongoing research

http://www.osteo.org/

US National Institutes of Health's bone-diseases page, with useful links from there for osteoporosis, Paget's and osteomalacia

http://www.cbcu.cam.ac.uk/calreviews

Cambridge University site - links to quizzes, pathology images, etc.

http://www.tinkershop.net/nephro.htm

Nephrology calculator

http://www.nephronline.org

For healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with kidney disease

http://www.renalnet.org

Kidney information clearing house database

http://www.kidney.org.uk/

UK charity run by and for patients

http://www.nkrf.org.uk/

UK charity

http://www.tinkershop.net/nephro.htm

Nephrology calculator

http://www.nephronline.org

For healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with kidney disease  

http://www.renalnet.org

Kidney information clearing house database

http://www.kidney.org.uk/

UK charity run by and for patients

http://www.nkrf.org.uk/

UK charity

http://www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/coronarych4.htm

UK National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease (2000)

http://www.americanheart.org/

American Heart Association

http://www.erc.edu/

European Resuscitation Council

http://www.resus.org.uk

UK Resuscitation Council

http://homepages.enterprise.net/djenkins/ecghome.html

ECG tracings library

http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk

British Thoracic Society

http://www.thoracic.org

American Thoracic Society

http://www.asthma.org.uk

UK National Asthma Campaign

http://www.quitsmokinguk.com

Good site for those wanting to quit or to help patients to quit

http://www.ics.ac.uk

UK Intensive Care Society

http://www.esicm.org

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

http://www.nice.org.uk

UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence

http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/

UK Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

http://www.spib.axl.co.uk

Toxbase poisons information

http://www.who.int/m/topicgroups/environment/en/index.html

WHO guidelines and information on various environmental topics

http://www.hypothermia.org/

Hypothermia

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hypothermia.html

Hypothermia

http://www.high-altitude-medicine.com/

Altitude sickness

http://www.endocrinology.org

UK Society for Endocrinology  

http://www.endo-society.org

Endocrine Society

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/endo.htm

US National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

http://www.endocrineweb.com

Endocrine web resource

http://www.pituitary.org.uk

The Pituitary Foundation (UK charity)

http://www.tss.org.uk

UK Turner Syndrome Support Society

http://www.medicalert.org.uk

Emergency identification system for people with hidden medical conditions

http://www.doh.gov.uk/nsf

UK Government's forthcoming National Service Framework draft information

http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/index.html

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - guidelines on a range of subjects including diabetes

http://www.dtu.ox.ac.uk

Diabetes Trials Unit (University of Oxford) - research information, particularly the UK Prospective Diabetes Study results

http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/easdec/

Diabetic retinopathy

http://www.diabetes.org.uk

Diabetes UK charity – information for patients, researchers and health professionals

http://www.diabetes.org

American Diabetes Association – heavyweight and authoritative, with an American flavour

http://www.diabetes.ca

Canadian Diabetes Association site – well designed practical site with many links to other diabetes-related sites; a good jumping off point

http://www.theabn.org

Association of British Neurologists information service

http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk

UK National Society for Epilepsy

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk

UK Royal College of Psychiatrists

http://www.Connects.org.uk

A free linking website for mental health in general

http://www.cebmh.com/

Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Mental Health Foundation, a charity that funds research and services for people with mental health problems and learning difficulties

http://www.bad.org.uk

British Association of Dermatologists

http://www.aad.org/MedWebGuide.html

American Academy of Dermatology web guide

http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/DermImag.htm

Dermatologic image database (adult)

http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/e-resources/info/dermis.html

Dermatologic image database (paediatric)

http://www.eczema.org

UK National Eczema Society (atopic eczema)

http://www.paalliance.org/default.htm

Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance (psoriasis)