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Lists of loal medical
facilities.
Disabled People A UK
Government offering information on a wide range of topics.
Alzheimer's The
Alzheimer's Society is the UK's
leading care and research charity for people with dementia, their
families and careers.
MENOPAUSE
Hearing A
BBC page on deafness and hearing problems with links to many other
health info pages.
Back Pain A
site to help if you have a back pain problem.
Diabetes A
BBC page on diabetes with links to
many other health info pages.
Epilepsy A
BBC page on epilepsy with links to
many other health info pages.
Heart British
Heart Foundation at the forefront of the fight against heart disease.
Snoring A
site to help if you have a snoring problem (or sleep with someone
with them)
Cancer A
site to help with cancer questions.
Woking Hospice
Arthritis A
site to help with arthritis questions
Indigestion Some information
about indigestion.
Poisoning
Some information about poisons & contact details
for advice.
Sight The BNIB web Pages are not
for blind people but can help many who have eyesight problems.
Drug Problems Talk to FRANK
Stroke A
BBC page with lots of info & links
relater to strokes.
Asthma Info.
links & even games
about asthma.
Pain A
site to help if you have pain.
Alcohol
Alcohol
Concern. Services available to people with alcohol-related problems , information & contact
details for advice.
Mental
Health
The biggest web site on mental health (and mental
illness) in the UK
Complementary Medicine BBC
Health location:uk - Google News
Google News
Health survey needs Swansea support - BBC News
BBC News
Health survey needs Swansea support
BBC News
Those who agree to take part will spend about two hours in the vehicle where they will provide information on their health and lifestyles. ...
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Don't diet, tweak the menu say health experts - Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Don't diet, tweak the menu say health experts
Daily Mail
Making tiny changes to your daily food consumption is all it takes to have a big impact on your health, a study has found. Experts say around 20000 lives a ...
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Seve Ballesteros in new health scare after Spanish legend falls and hits his ...
Daily Mail
Seve Ballesteros in new health scare after Spanish legend falls and hits his head
Daily Mail
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros was rushed to hospital in a new health scare after falling from a golf buggy and banging his head. ...
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Patients Unaware As Health Records Go Online - Sky News
TopNews United States
Patients Unaware As Health Records Go Online
Sky News
The Department of Health says the idea of a smart card was looked into but decided against in favour of the giant database. It was thought people would not ...
After eight years, mass media wakes up to electronic health recordsUKauthorITy.com
Calls to halt England NHS patient database developmentBBC News
BMA says: halt rushed roll-out of imperfect Summary Care RecordsComputerWeekly.com
Register -IT PRO -Management in Practice
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Maghaberry prisoner care standard 'fell short' - BBC News
BBC News
Maghaberry prisoner care standard 'fell short'
BBC News
The Prisoner Ombudsman said 69-year-old Stephen Doran was in a poor state of health when he was brought into the jail in June 2008. ...
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How to head off a health reform bloodbath - Financial Times
CBS News
How to head off a health reform bloodbath
Financial Times
Also taking into account our findings in December and January that most Americans want incremental, bipartisan health legislation and believe the Democratic ...
Stop Waiting For Reform: What Health Care Providers Should Do NowMondaq News Alerts (registration)
Reconciliation Roundup: Process Stands Between Democrats And Legislative VictoryMedical News Today (press release)
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Insurers plan ads blitz on health reform - Financial Times
Reuters
Insurers plan ads blitz on health reform
Financial Times
Kathleen Sebelius, the health secretary, yesterday accepted an invitation to address the insurance industry today, in a meeting that is likely to be ...
Mark Steel: My advice to Obama ? throw away the kid glovesIndependent
Health reform - new activity and expired deadlinesLexology (registration)
Health insurer rises should be public: health secReuters UK
Earthtimes (press release) -Financial Times
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Society daily: 10.03.10 - The Guardian
Society daily: 10.03.10
The Guardian
One in five believed their unhealthiness was genetically inevitable, because all their family were in poor health too. And most didn't see their sedentary ...
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vow to improve muscular services - BBC News
BBC News
vow to improve muscular services
BBC News
Health bosses in the South have vowed to invest in new services for muscle disease patients after criticism. South Central Strategic Health Authority (SCHA) ...
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Labour refuses to rule out 'death tax' - Times Online
Times Online
Labour refuses to rule out 'death tax'
Times Online
The Health Secretary today refused to rule out plans for a ?death tax? to pay for care for the elderly. Andy Burnham would not commit the Labour Party to a ...
Social care debate: clash of the partiesChannel 4 News
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Woking Branch Branch
Enquiries and Help Line 01483 753651
Day Centre 01483 753650
Fax 01483 773896
Helpline 01483 753651
woking@alzheimers.org.uk
http://alzheimers.org.uk/BranchWebsites/woking/
With the help
of Dutch instructor Corrie van Hugten, Caroline, Karen & Shirley
have set up a wheelchair dance classes in Alfold Hall is on the
Surrey / Sussex Border. I don't think it is strictly a charity,
but I thought a link here might be a good idea. Just click the blue
heading for more details.
Local support
group for osteoporosis sufferers
Jocellyn, Maybourne
Rise, Mayford, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0SH
01483 773768 - jeverettuk@ntlworld.com
http://www.noswestsurrey.org.uk
http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk/sites/noswsurreysupportgroup
A local support group
for osteoporosis sufferers and meet in the evening on the second
Monday of alternate months at Woodham & New Haw Day Centre.
Arrange exercise classes and hold other social events.
Arthritis Care
Advice and Guidance
Woking Branch
anne@sendmanor.com
Give support to members of the community. Monthly meetings with
a guest speaker, raffle and bring and buy sale, as well as outings
to various places.
Achor Pregnancy
Counselling Centre
9 Oaks Road, Woking,
Surrey, GU21 6DU
01483 729108 or 07726214268
info@achor.org.uk
http://www.achor.org.uk
Achor Pregnancy Counselling
Centre is a registered charity which opened in October 2003 to help
women and girls facing an unexpected pregnancy or suffering emotional
difficulties following an abortion. Achor seeks to offer a caring,
compassionate, non-judgemental counselling service, without pressure
or bias, to all women in a ‘pregnancy crisis’, that
will enable them to make an informed choice concerning their pregnancy
and to support and counsel women suffering from emotional trauma
or other difficulties following an abortion or miscarriage
We provide free pregnancy
testing, free crisis pregnancy counselling and free post abortion
counselling.
Mondays 10.30-13.30
9 Oaks Road GU21 6DU (between Pizza Express and the Coign Church),
within easy walking distance of Woking town Centre.
Fridays 10.00-12.30
Family Planning Clinic in Woking Community hospital, Heathside Road
GU22 7HS
Appointments can be
made outside these hours by arrangement
AbilityNet Thames
Valley
PO Box 4815 Earley, Reading, Berkshire,
RG6 1XZ
0800 269545
enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk
Anyone who finds using
a computer difficult because of a limiting condition can seek help
from AbilityNet.
AbilityNet is a national
charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the
internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
AllSorts Mental Health
Group
Newholme, Woburn Hill, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2QG
01932 848825
rosemary.moore@virgin.net
AllSorts Mental Health
Group is open to anyone interested in mental health services in
this part of Surrey. It is a support, information and action group.
There is a monthly Notice
about the meetings with information about what is happening in mental
health and associated issues.
The meetings have been
held monthly since January 2005 at the CornerHouse Mental Health
Resource Centre, 2 Courtenay Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 5HQ
B-eat Woking
Corner House,
2 Courtenay Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5HQ
01483 757461
info@beatwoking.org.uk
http://www.beatwoking.org.uk
http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk
B-eat is the
leading organisation providing information, support and help across
the United Kingdom for people affected by eating disorders. B-eat
Woking is a part of the B-eat self-help network. The group provides
a forum where people can meet to share experiences and coping strategies
with others in similar situations.
There are two
groups, one for those with an eating disorder and another for carers.
The British Retinitis
Pigmentosa Society
52 Village Way, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2LB
01784 255648
hawjpr@aol.com
www.brps.org.uk
http://www.windowonwoking.org.uk
The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society is a national charity that
seeks to raise money to fund research into the causes and possible
future treatment of people with the genetic eye condition Retinitis
Pigmentosa. This causes people to lose periferal vision and can lead
to severe tunnel vision and blindness. The Woking Branch provides
support for sufferers in the West of Surrey. Our activities include
meetings where we invite speakers from the National Society or from
medical research groups or representatives from SAVI to come and inform
the group on progress in research or ways in which sufferer lives
can be improved. We also hold social meetings and fundraising activities
including collections at local stores to help the National Society
fund the research programmes.
British Red Cross
Woking Centre Walton
Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5DW
01483 772369
NHS- National Library for Health
HITTING THE HEADLINES ARCHIVE
NHS Evidence Health Information Resources - Hitting The Headlines
Displays a listing of Hitting The Headlines
items published by NHS Evidence
'Omega-3 can help control eczema'
A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the severity of eczema symptoms reported one newspaper (28 March 2008). The newspaper report generally accurately summarised the findings of a well-conducted randomised controlled trial. The small size of the trial means that further research is needed to confirm the findings.
Radiotherapy for breast cancer: could fewer doses be equally effective?
Women receiving radiotherapy following surgery for breast cancer could receive fewer doses in future, reported two newspapers (19 March 2008). One newspaper generally accurately reported the findings of a well-conducted randomised controlled trial; the other report was very brief. Longer term data are required to confirm the trial findings.
Does aspirin reduce the risk of asthma in women?
Aspirin reduces the risk of asthma by 10% in women reported two newspapers (13 March 2008). The newspaper reports of a well-conducted trial of 37,270 women with no history of asthma were generally accurate. The study's results appear reliable, but may not apply to all women.
Increased risk of cancer persists after HRT stopped
The risk of cancer remains higher in the period after hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is stopped reported five newspapers (5 March 2008). The reports were based on the well-conducted follow-up study of a large randomised controlled trial (RCT), and were largely accurate.
"Research casts doubt on anti-depressants"
Millions of Britons are taking anti-depressants for no reason reported eight newspapers (26 February 2008). These reported conclusions of a meta-analysis, which showed a small benefit of certain antidepressants over placebo. Though reports were generally accurate, the analysis did not include all available data on the effects of these drugs.
IVF using single embryo transfer strategy boosts success and safety
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) using single embryo transfer boosts success and safety, reported five newspaper articles on 21 February 2008 (1-5). The generally accurate reports were based on a large before- and after-study that found beneficial effects of a single embryo transfer strategy aimed at a selected group of women.
MMR vaccination and autism
There is no link between the MMR vaccination and autism, reported eight newspapers (5 February 2008). The newspaper reports were based on a well-conducted case-control study and were generally accurate. The study findings are likely to be reliable.
'Folic acid may cut premature births by 70%'
Folic acid taken for at least a year before pregnancy can cut the risks of premature birth by 50 to 70 per cent, reported three newspapers (31 January 2008). The reports were based on a press release that summarised the findings of an unpublished observational study.
Non-prescription cough medicines 'could be a waste of money'
Non-prescription cough medicines 'could be a waste of money', reported the Daily Telegraph (23 January 2008). The newspaper was accurate in its reporting of a well-conducted review that appropriately concluded that there was no evidence for or against the effectiveness of over-the-counter medicines due to the lack of good quality trials.
Etanercept for psoriasis in children and adolescents
A drug originally developed for arthritis can reduce symptoms of psoriasis in children, reported the Daily Telegraph (17 January 2008). The newspaper briefly but accurately reported the main result of a well-conducted randomised controlled trial.
Screening for breast cancer
Breast cancer deaths have been nearly halved by NHS breast cancer screening, reported four newspapers (9 January 2008). The newspaper reports were based on a case-control study. The newspaper reports were generally accurate but only one raised the possibility that the study could have over-estimated the benefit of screening.
'Vaccine to fight all flu 'on the way''
A vaccine that could protect against all forms of flu has been developed by British scientists, reported five newspapers (4 January 2008). The reports are based on limited information about early-stage research distributed in a press release, so the reliability of the evidence cannot be assessed.
'Hormone help for prostate cancer'
An early short course of hormone treatment can slow the spread of prostate cancer by up to eight years, reported two newspapers (3 January 2008). The newspapers briefly summarised the findings of a well conducted randomised trial, which found adding four months' hormone therapy to radiotherapy improved disease-specific outcomes in men with advanced prostate cancer.
MRSA test 'cuts infections by 40%'
Rapid testing of patients for MRSA reduced infection rates by nearly 40%, reported the Times (19 December 2007). The newspaper accurately reported the results of a study comparing infections before and after the introduction of the test. The causal relationship between testing and the reduction in infections is uncertain.
'Planned caesareans linked to breathing difficulties'
Babies born by planned caesarean section are up to four times more likely to suffer from breathing problems in the first days of life reported four newspapers (12th December 2007). These provided generally accurate summaries of a well-conducted cohort study that looked at the relationship between method of delivery and breathing difficulties in newborns.
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Call to halt NHS medical database
Doctors' leaders have called for a halt in the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
Author Sue Townsend's kidney appeal
On the eve of World Kidney Day, Adrian Mole Author Sue Townsend - who underwent a kidney transplant operation last year - is appealing for people to come forward as altruistic donors.
Illegal cord blood sample warning
Parents and private firms are being warned about the health and legal risks of collecting blood from umbilical cords after birth.
Call for tighter laws on therapy
There are growing calls for counsellors and psychotherapists to be regulated by law to protect patients.
Carer funding 'spent elsewhere'
Millions of pounds intended to fund respite breaks for voluntary carers in England has been spent on other areas of the NHS, according to two charities.
Action urged on pregnancy deaths
Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children, has explained to BBC Breakfast why women in the developing world face the same risk of dying in childbirth today, as British mothers did in 1910.
Three-way transplant brings hope
A change in the law has brought new hope for thousands of people who are in desperate need of a kidney transplant.
Medic jailed over 30-stone man death
A paramedic who lied to police and his bosses, after he failed to resuscitate a 30-stone man, has been jailed for a year. Karl Harris had told a colleague there was no point in bothering to treat Barry Baker who had collapsed after they arrived.
Youth mental health care concerns
In some areas local authority care for mental health patients stops completely between the ages of 16 and 18, leaving some teenagers struggling to cope.
Guernsey could ban 'legal high'
The island of Guernsey says it may classify the synthetic stimulant mephedrone as a class A drug.
More help for adults with autism
Campaigners say adults with autism do not get enough help from the government.
Belle De Jour on sex education
Brooke Magnanti, aka Belle du Jour, gives her view on sex education - as it was revealed that Labour will miss its 10-year-old target of halving the number of teenage pregnancies.
'Motive' key on assisted death
New guidelines on whether people face prosecution for assisting suicide place closer scrutiny on a suspect's motivation.
Hospital left patients 'sobbing'
Patients were left "sobbing and humiliated" by uncaring staff, an inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has found.
Teenage pregnancy rate falls
The number of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales has fallen by 4%, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
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