Tremor
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a leaflet on Essential Tremor.
National Tremor Foundation
Aims to offer a support and advice service to people of all ages who have been diagnosed with tremor of all types. The most common of these is essential tremor.
Deep brain stimulation for tremor and dystonia (excluding Parkinson's disease)
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Medicine Guide for tremor (essential)
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Embarrassing Problems
Straight-talking advice from a UK doctor on a number of problems. Includes advice on excess shaky hands.
Tremor (essential)
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
See also the Patient UK Parkinson's disease page for tremor related to Parkinson's disease.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.