Blood Pressure

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes a leaflet called High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

 Blood Pressure Association

Formed to act as a forum for individuals whose lives are affected by blood pressure, drawing attention to the importance of high blood pressure and trying to ensure better detection, management and treatment.The BPA's aim is to try to help people to manage their blood pressure better themselves by providing information and support. The website includes the following leaflets.

• What is blood pressure?
• What is high blood pressure?
• How is blood pressure measured?
• Why is blood pressure important?
• How common is high blood pressure?
• Can high blood pressure be treated?
• How will my high blood pressure be treated?
• Changing your lifestyle
• Medicines for high blood pressure
• Common questions

  High Blood Pressure Foundation

Aims to improve the basic understanding, assessment, treatment and public awareness of high blood pressure, and, in so doing, help promote the welfare of people with high blood pressure.

 Hypertension

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Hypertension.

 Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland

Provide an Adviceline service for people in Scotland. Their website also has various booklets, audio tapes, videos and factsheets - including a booklet and audiotape on high blood pressure.

 Prehypertension and High Normal Blood Pressure

From the 'Behind the Medical Headlines' website developed to provide authoritative and independent expert commentaries on topical medical matters reported in the international media. Produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

 Medicine Guide for High Blood Pressure

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Medicine Guide for Low Blood Pressure

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

  DIPEx

DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences) is an Oxford based registered charity. It is a database of audio, video and transcript of interviews with patients experiencing a particular illness or health problem. Includes a module on high blood pressure.

 BodyTalk

Website with audio tapes which you can hear online. Doctor Hilary Jones explains a wide range of medical conditions, including high blood pressure, in easy to understand terms. You can hear Hilary explaining the condition to you, and because it is broken down into shorter sections, you can listen again to any part you didn't quite understand.

 British Hypertension Society

The British Hypertension Society provides a medical and scientific research forum to enable sharing of cutting edge research in order to understand the origin of high blood pressure and improve its treatment.

 Department of Health

The Department of Health outlines policy and provides information concerning blood pressure and hypertension.

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, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, 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.