Useful Websites
The internet has become an extremely useful source of information over the last few years. We have listed some useful websites below. Please do let us know if there are any more that you would like listed :
R U Thinking - www.ruthinking.co.uk
Teenage Health Freak - www.teenagehealthfreak.org
Love Life - www.lovelife.uk.com
Young Health - www.youth-health.com
Doctor Ann - www.doctorann.org
Brook - www.brook.org.uk
Lifebytes - www.lifebytes.gov.uk
Youth Information - www.youthinformation.com
BBC Health News
- NHS boss to step down next year
The head of the NHS in England Sir David Nicholson is stepping down from the post next year. - A&E units on cliff edge - NHS chiefs
A&E units are on a cliff edge, say NHS leaders as MPs start an inquiry into the state of emergency care. - Flu drug bill 'shocking waste'
The government squandered taxpayers' money on a drug to treat flu, a public spending watchdog says. - Bed-sharing 'raises cot death risk'
Sharing a bed with your newborn baby increases the risk of sudden death syndrome - commonly known as cot death -... - Bipolar woman's battle for abortion
The High Court in London is judging whether a pregnant woman with bipolar disorder has the mental capacity to request an... - NHS urged to improve use of drips
The lives of hospital patients who are put on a drip are being placed at risk by poor attention by staff to intravenous... - Chief inspector of GPs post created
A chief inspector of GPs is to be appointed as part of a push to improve services outside of hospitals, ministers are... - Premature babies have 'brain arrest'
Premature birth may interrupt vital brain development processes, medical scans reveal. - Hospital criticised on patient death
An Essex hospital is criticised by a health watchdog for "missing opportunities" to save the life of a woman with... - Fatal 'superbug' not being monitored
One of the most concerning classes of hospital 'superbug' is not being tracked by the Department of Health, it is... - Joint 'NHS and care budget needed'
Ministers have been told they must go further with their overhaul of social care in England by merging its budget with... - Cancer risk gene testing announced
A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the... - 'Eaten' face rebuilt with bike chain
A woman has part of her jaw rebuilt with a bicycle-style chain after cancer had "eaten away" at her face. - Barefoot running injury concern
The trend for barefoot running could lead to injuries in some runners, a small study suggests. - Clue to why women live longer
Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests. - Care of the dying 'litmus test'
People need a choice about where they die, say campaigners - Should therapists cry?
Many therapists have cried in a session, but is it right? - VIDEO: Making theatre more autism-friendly
The National Theatre of Scotland is staging an autism-friendly performance of its latest show for children. - VIDEO: Mother: 'I made informed decision'
In light of a new report into cot deaths, a mother has defended her choice to let her baby sleep in her bed. - VIDEO: NHS 'falling into chaos and crisis'
Members of Britain's largest trade union, Unite, are holding a rally outside Parliament in protest over changes to the... - VIDEO: Bed-sharing 'raises cot death risk'
Sharing a bed with a newborn increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome fivefold, research claims. - VIDEO: GPs 'shouldn't blindly follow targets'
The health secretary has said that GPs should be responsible for ensuring that there is a good out of hours service for... - VIDEO: First chief social worker for children
England's first chief social worker for children has been speaking about her plans, ahead of taking up the post in... - VIDEO: Price: Jolie cancer shows bodies 'need MOT'
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer shows people should... - VIDEO: Time-lapse embryo imaging 'improves IVF'
A fertility clinic says tests on a new embryo monitoring system significantly increases the chances in IVF treatment... - Blind woman caused to hallucinate
Disease leaves blind woman seeing things - What kind of NHS can Britain afford?
As costs soar, how must the health service change? - Breast cancer: What is the risk?
How high is the risk for the average woman? - VIDEO: Running barefoot in Wyoming
How barefoot Indian tribe inspired a US fitness revolution - Should we all be more psychopathic?
Should we all be more psychopathic at work? - Children 'failed on grand scale'
Many would say the UK is a child-friendly nation - but is it true? - Revision techniques - the good, the OK and the useless
The good and the useless, according to psychologists - VIDEO: Diseases become art under a microscope
The strange beauty of infections under the microscope
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