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Web links to health information throughout the UK including a wide range of topics about specific diseases, preventative measures and healthy lifestyle options. They also contain the types of help, advice and support available to sufferers and their families, friends and carers.

NHS inform is a new health information service designed to give you access to the information you need, when you need it. We hold links to local information across Scotland, such as support groups in your area, and details of your rights when it comes to your health. If you can’t find what you are looking for, there’s an online enquiry service, or you can call us on 0800 22 44 88, and a member of the team can help find the answer for you.

BBC Health features current news plus archives, guides by subject, Ask a Doctor inquiry feature, a searchable conditions database, message board and much more, it is a great source of quality information.

The Consumer Health Information Centre has been specially set up to advise the general public on health matters. At this site you will find reliable and entertainingly presented health information on topics including men's health, cold and flu, de-stressing, pain and what to put in a home medicine chest.

As the name suggests, Embarrassing Problems seeks to provide information about issues that people commonly feel too shy to ask their doctor about. It's friendly and discreet, at times humorous, but not in a ridiculing fashion.

NHS Health Scotland is the national agency for improving the health of our population. We are a Special Health Board in NHS Scotland.

Hypnotherapy Directory lists full profiles of hypnotherapists, detailing the different types of hypnotherapy offered, the fees they charge and their background information. Individuals searching for a hypnotherapist may not know much about how or why it works, or what problems hypnotherapy can help with. Therefore the more information available on hypnotherapists profiles, the more individuals seeking help will understand about the treatment, and the more likely they’ll be to try hypnotherapy.

NetDoctor.co.uk is a collaboration between committed doctors, health care professionals, information specialists and patients who believe that medical practice should be based on quality-assessed information and, wherever possible, on the basis of the principles of evidence-based medicine.

Nhs24.com provides comprehensive up-to-date health information and self care advice for people in Scotland.

The aim of this website is to provide non-medical people in the UK with good quality information about health and disease. UK sites are the primary links in the web directory as they feel that residents in the UK prefer to obtain health information from UK sources.

The official website of National Health Service for Scotland that includes a comprehensive range of searchable information, statistics, publications and links for members of the public and for clinicians.

Surgery Door claims to be Britain's most comprehensive health website, and perhaps it is. There are tons of interesting features and articles on health, both traditional and complementary.

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