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Sun Health and Sunburn
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet called Preventing Skin Cancer
Sun Smart
The UK's national skin cancer prevention campaign. On this website you will find information about skin cancer and how to protect yourself from the sun.
Sunlight, Sunscreens, Health and Melanoma
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.
How to Stay Safe in the Sun
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.
Nozoneuk.com
A company that supplies sun protection clothing products for babies, children and adults. They stock over 35 lines at any one time.
Sun-Togs Sun Protective Clothing
Established online brand carrying an extensive range of UPF50+ SunProtective Clothing, Hats and Swimwear especially for children.Extensive section on health related issues.
Equatorsun UV Protection
Equatorsun offers a wide range of sun protective clothing for babies,children and adults. With max. protection of 50+, the range includesswimsuits, sunsuits, surf shirts and swim shorts, sun hats, baby UVsuits and more.
Heat exhaustion and heatstroke
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Sun care
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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Books
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