Sign inThalassaemia
UK sources of information and / or support
UK Thalassaemia Society
Advice and support for people with thalassaemia.
NHS Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Screening Programme
The NHS Sickle & Thalassaemia Screening Programme has been set up to implement "effective and appropriate screening programmes for women and children including a new national linked antenatal and neonatal screening programme for haemoglobinopathy and sickle cell disease".
Haemoglobinopathies
Information from the Northern Primary Care Genetics Website which is primarily aimed at those working in primary care; however, they offer information in this area.
Medicine Guide for Thalassaemia
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Health Talk Online
Database of Individual Patient Experiences is an Oxford-based registered charity. It is a database of audio, video and transcript of interviews with patients experiencing a particular illness or health problem. Includes a module on screening for thalassaemia.
Beta Thalassaemia
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.