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UK sources of information and / or support
British Lung Foundation
Offers support for everyone affected by lung disease. Provides information on lung disease and promotes lung health. Funds research into all lung diseases. Publications available (but have to order them) on: allergy, asthma, bronchiectasis, emphysema, chronic obstructive airways disease, TB, pneumonia, fibrosing alveolitis, sarcoidosis and other lung problems.
Alpha 1 Support UK
The intention of this site is to provide support for people living in the UK, who suffer from the genetic condition Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (an uncommon cause of emphysema)
Emphysema
Patient information can be found on the website of the British Thoracic Society (the professional organisation for specialists in chest diseases.)
Lung volume reduction surgery for advanced emphysema
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Lung volume reduction surgery for advanced emphysema.
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema
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.
Chest and lung diseases
From the Lung & Asthma Information Agency - Academic unit producing factsheets on asthma, lung disease and related topics, giving facts and statistics.
See also the Patient UK COPD page.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
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- 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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