Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has an information leaflet called Transient Ischaemic Attack

 Stroke Association

Have information sheets on 'TIA'

 Transient Ischaemic Attacks

Information from The Circulation Foundation.

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Information from The Circulation Foundation.

 Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland

Provide an Adviceline service for people in Scotland. Their website also has various booklets, audio tapes, videos and factsheets - including a booklet and audiotape on TIA.

 Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) & Stroke: Self Help and Health Education

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) or Mini-Stroke

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 British Brain and Spine Foundation

Have very good information. booklets which you can download, including one called 'Transient Ischaemic Attacks'

 BodyTalk

Website with audio tapes which you can hear online. Doctor Hilary Jones explains a wide range of medical conditions, including TIA, in easy to understand terms. You can hear Hilary explaining the condition to you, and because it is broken down into shorter sections, you can listen again to any part you didn't quite understand.

 Care after stroke or transient ischaemic attack (patient booklet)

To coincide with the release of the new guidelines on stroke published in 2008 from the Royal College of Physicians.

 Medicine Guide for Transient ischaemic attacks

Provides detailed information about the drugs available to treat this condition. Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines, conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)

Information from BUPA.

 Transient ischaemic attack

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

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.