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Whether you are searching for information for yourself or your family, on
this page we include information that should be of interest. Also see our related
back pain and living
aids section. This includes products to help arthritis sufferers, ease back pain and
assist with many other disabilities.
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| Ageing |
The Life
Extension Foundation. The Life Extension Foundation claims to be the
world’s largest organisation dedicated to scientific methods to slow and
reverse ageing. Their history sounds impressive, and the web site is well worth a read. They also describe anti-ageing
treatments, and disease therapies. You can join them from this site. |
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The British Longevity Society site includes
news and information about developments in living longer and a range of information on
anti-ageing matters. It also includes details of a computer application to estimate your
personal rate of ageing. The medical adviser to the site is Dr Marios Kyriazis who is an
anti-ageing physician and his book is shown opposite. You can click on the book image to
link to Amazon to view more details and order it. |
| General Health |
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MediChecks offer
professional and confidential Health Services to individuals and companies.
Services include Health Screening Packages, Blood Tests and Diagnostic Tests. |
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For a great range of health products online, visit our Health Products Section with
links to a small number of selected stores covering a wide range of traditional and
alternative health products.
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Netdoctor is a UK
health site launched during 2000. It offers content to both medical professionals and the
general public and contains comprehensive databases of both medicines and diseases, it
also has news and an 'Ask The Doctor' section |
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homehealth-uk is a
web site providing lots of health information, but in particular it sells a variety of
simple health tests you or members of your family can carry out in your own home:
from menopause tests for women, to prostate disorder tests for men. |
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Patient Information
Publications This is a UK site. Its aim is to help non-medical people find
information about health issues. Health professionals may also find the information
useful. If you can't connect through this link try the patient.co.uk
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Arthritis |
ArthritisCare If you or someone close to you
suffer from arthritis this site can help show you ways to deal with it, and people who can
help or you can help.
Our section on Back Pain and
Arthritis brings together a number of resources and articles
You can also visit our living aids section
for products that can make life easier for arthritis sufferers.
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Disabled Living Foundation
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If you are disabled or have a disabled friend
or relative the Disabled Living Foundation provides a
useful site with fact sheets available on a range of issues to do with choosing disability
equipment.
You can also phone an advice line or email questions to
the DLF.
If you would like to get involved with fundraising events for people
with disabilities there is an Active8 section. There are opportunities for individuals,
groups of friends and corporates - each event can be tailored to your needs.
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Independent Age A
national charity dedicated to helping older people remain independent.
IndependentAge provides financial help in times of crisis, a regular small
extra income, equipment to aid independence such as power bath seats and the
friendship of a volunteer visitor. The free information guides 60-Wise and
60-Wise at Home give details of the help available to older people. |
| Terminal illness |
The Natural Death Centre.
The Natural Death Centre offers advice for sufferers of terminal illness and their
families. They have links to societies and sites who can offer sensitive advice. The NDC
is a non-profit organisation who can help arrange funerals for sufferers and their carers. |
| Impotence |
Impotence Partnerships
Whether you suffer from impotence, are in a relationship with someone with
erection problems or are a health care professional with an interest in erectile
dysfunction, this site has something for everybody
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 Dutiful Daughters  women caring for aging parents recount their experiences
With totally curable conditions suffered by 90 per cent of the population The
Back Sufferer's Bible is something of a godsend. |
Click on any book to see more details at Amazon
 The first comprehensive hip guide--avoiding injury,
preventing deterioration, working out on land and in water, and considering the entire
range of surgery options
 This selection of neurobic exercises aims to help everyone
whose memory is slipping with a regimen of mental cross-training that can be done
anywhere, by anyone at any time
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Garden for You: A Practical Guide to Tools, Equipment and Design for
Older People and People with Disabilities
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Health is important to us all, but health in later life is particularly
important to us. Fortunately, our generation can in general look forward to longer years of
good health than previous ones, but arthritis and other ailments can hit us at any time.
