Medical and Health News
UK websites
Hitting the Headlines
Should we believe what we read in the press? This section from the National Library for Health helps to ensure that patients and health professionals are better informed about the accuracy of reporting of research into the effectiveness of new treatments, drugs and other health care interventions in the press. Recent press reports are scrutinized and commented upon.
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 & the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Health sections of UK national newspapers
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Weekly news section of the BMJ. Aimed at doctors but of interest to all.
News from the Department of Health
The newsdesk from the Department of Health includes official NHS health news and press releases. You can search and browse through current and past news stories.
Healthcare Today
A round-up of healthcare news from the UK and around the world includingthe best live news feeds and blogs - and a range of interactive tools..
Newsnow
NewsNow updates every 5 minutes. No specific health section but easy to use search facility enables health topics in the previous 30 days to be found quickly. Superb general news site.
Non-UK websites
ABCNews
(US site) - The health news section from an extensive US news site. Searchable for past topics. Updated daily.
CNNs Health News
(US site) - Comprehensive up to date news on a wide range of health issues. Has a search facility to find articles of interest.
Reuters Health Information Services
(US site) - ".. a consumer-oriented medical news service, delivers the top clinically relevant healthcare news featuring stories on men, women and children's health, diet, exercise, treatment advances and disease management. This daily news feed of approximately 15 stories per day provides consumers with in-depth medical information that is easy to understand."
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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