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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
UK sources of information and / or support
The leaflets section of Patient UK
Includes a leaflet called polycystic ovary syndrome.
Verity
The polycystic ovaries self-help group, run by women with PCOS for women with PCOS.
PCOS UK
PCOS UK is a multidisciplinary society for healthcare professionals caring for women with polycystic ovary syndrome. They are the healthcare professional section of Verity, the polycystic ovaries self help group, and aim to work in partnership with other organisations to improve the management of this very common condition. PCOS UK has the support of Diabetes UK and the National Obesity Forum.
Women's Health Concern
Women's Health Concern is a charitable organisation which aims to help educate and support women with their healthcare by providing unbiased, accurate information. Their website includes information about polycystic ovary syndrome.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Their website has a section aimed at the general public. All the information on this section comes from up-to-date and carefully checked guidance for doctors, but it's been written in a way that makes it clearer for the non-medical person. Includes a leaflet on polycystic ovary syndrome.
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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Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Polycystic Ovary SyndromePatient Support related to this topic (^ top of page)
Verity - sharing the truth about PCOS Women's Health ConcernMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Polycystic Ovarian SyndromeUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on Polycystic Ovary SyndromeRecent news items related to this topic (^ top of page)
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Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
Other good health sites
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