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Thyroid Disorders
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets on:
British Thyroid Foundation
A patient-ledorganisation dedicated to helping those with thyroid disorders.
British Thyroid Association
An association for professionals specialising in thyroid disease. However, has a patient information section to approved websites that provide information and support.
Thyroid Cancer Support Group - Wales
A small selfhelp group of thyroid cancer patients who wish toraise the profile of thyroid cancer and to provide support for new andexisting patients to talk to.
Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust
Aims to provide information, care and support to those affected by Thyroid Eye Disease.
Retrobulbar irradiation for thyroid eye disease
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Retrobulbar irradiation for thyroid eye disease.
Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery.
Vascular and General Surgery Patient Information
Website with patient information written by a consultant surgeon in the UK. Includes information about thyroid surgery.
Bucksendocrine.com
Provides patients with information about thyroid and parathyroid surgery including printable patient information sheets. It is the personal website of Andrew McLaren FRCS a specialist endocrine surgeon.
Thyroid eye disease
Information from the RNIB
Medicine Guide for Grave's Disease
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Medicine Guide for Thyroid Cancer
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Medicine Guide for Testing For Thyroid Cancer
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Medicine Guide for Thyroid Problems
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Medicine Guide for Thyroid function (testing of)
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.
Goitre
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.
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