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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
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- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
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- 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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