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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.
Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
Information provided from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Renal Unit.
Malignant Hypertension
Information provided from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Renal Unit.
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.
High Blood Pressure
Healthtalkonline, is an award-winning charity website, which lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. The information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford.
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.
Blood Pressure
The Department of Health outlines policy and provides information concerning blood pressure and hypertension.
Blood pressure (high)
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Blood pressure (low)
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
High blood pressure
Information from BUPA.
Low blood pressure
Information from BUPA.
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.
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