Patient Information Update - January 2012

New Records

The following new condition leaflets have been added with this update:

Antibiotics
Atrial / Ventricular Septal Defect
Laxatives
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

The following patient support groups have been added with this update:

Cancer Research & Genetics UK
Migrant Health Guide
NDR UK
South Asian Nutrition (SAN) Resources
Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
The Pain Toolkit
Veterans Wellbeing Group

Updated Records

The following condition leaflets have been revised with this update:

ACE Inhibitors
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Acute Diarrhoea in Adults
Acute Diarrhoea in Children
Adenovirus Gastroenteritis
Antacids
Antithyroid Medicines
Appendicitis
Bipolar Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Bornholm Disease
Breast-feeding
Bupropion (Zyban®)
Dry Eyes
E. Coli and VTEC O157
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Fibroids
Fibromyalgia
Gastroenteritis in Adults
Gastroenteritis in Children
H2 Blockers
Microbes, Germs and Antibiotics
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Norovirus
Oesophageal Cancer
Orlistat - Help With Weight Loss
Ovarian Cyst
Period Pain (Dysmenorrhoea)
Peripheral Arterial Disease in Legs
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Preventing Infection after Splenectomy or if you do not have a Working Spleen
Progestogen-only Contraceptive Pill
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Scoliosis (Curvature of the Spine)
Smoking and Others (Passive Smoking)
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
Stomach (Gastric) Ulcer
The Benefits of Stopping Smoking
Tips To Help You Stop Smoking
Toddler's Diarrhoea


We have a rolling programme for patient support, whereby each group is contacted at least once a year to check their details. For this update 74 groups have had their entries checked and amended as necessary.

Deleted Records

The following records were deleted with this update:

Abbott Diabetes Care, Additives Survivors' Network (UK), An Arm and a Leg, Dry-For-Life, Hartmann Great Britain, High Blood Pressure Foundation, Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service, Kidsaware, MIS - Mobility Information Service, Medisave, Priory Education Services, Self-Injury And Related Issues - SIARI, Shwachman-Diamond Support UK, Trichotillomania Support Online, VIA - Values into Action, Wings Medical Group.