Sign inSun Health and Sunburn
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a 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.
How to Stay Safe in the Sun
Information from Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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+ sun protective clothing, hats and swimwear especially for children plus an good 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 includes swimsuits, sunsuits, surf shirts and swim shorts, sun hats, baby UV suits 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, 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.