Rheumatoid Arthritis Petition

Useful Addresses and links for further information:

Arthritis Research Campaign
PO Box 177
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TQ

Arthritis Care
18 Stephenson Way
London
NW1 2HD
Freephone: 0800 289 170

Web site Links:

Arthritis Related - National

www.arc.org.uk
The Arthritis Research Campaign's Web site

www.arc.man.ac.uk
Epidemiology Unit

www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Arthritis Care

www.bbc.co.uk/health/arthritis
BBCi Health Arthritis Guide

www.rheumatoid.org.uk
In 2001 a new charity was set up (National Society for Rheumatoid Arthritis). This is their web site which was developed by a fellow RA sufferer.

Arthritis Related - International

www.arthritis.org
Arthritis Foundation (based in the USA)

www.rheumatology.org
American College of Rheumatology

www.athritis.ca
Arthritis Canada

www.arthritis-foundation.com
Arthritis Foundation of Ireland

www.eular.org
European League Against Rheumatism

www.ilar.org
International League of Associations for Rheumatology

Arthritis Research Organisations

http://www.arc.man.ac.uk/stivea/stiveapublic.htm
STIVEA Project

wwwfom.sk.med.ic.ac.uk/med/about/divisions/kennedy/
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology based at Imperial College, London

www.mrc.ac.uk
Medical Research Council

www.ncl.ac.uk/rheumatology
University of Newcastle Department of Rheumatology

rheumb.bham.ac.uk/home.html
University of Birmingham Rheumatology Department

rheumb.bham.ac.uk/lupus/intro.html
University of Birmingham Rheumatology Department: Lupus Help!

www.twin-research.ac.uk
Contains results of the Chingford study on osteoarthritis and osteoporosis risk factors

www.ucl.ac.uk/medicine/bloomsbury-rheumatology
UCL Centre for Rheumatology

www.wellcome.ac.uk
The Wellcome Trust

Other Related Charities

www.ageconcern.org.uk
Age Concern

www.charity-commission.gov.uk
Charity Commission

www.dlf.org.uk
Disabled Living Foundation

www.free2give.co.uk
Free2Give

www.hypermobility.org
Hypermobility Syndrome Association

www.helptheaged.co.uk
Help the Aged

www.nass.co.uk
National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS)

www.nacc.org.uk
National Association for Colitis and Crohns' Disease (NACC)

www.nos.org.uk
National Osteoporosis Society

www.rsd-crps.co.uk
RSD UK

Shopping

www.charitycards.org
Charity Christmas Card Council

www.glucosamine-arthritis.org/
At the Arthritis & Glucosamine Information Center you'll find top quality information on arthritis and glucosamine, the latest research, details on arthritis medications and treatments, and tips for effectively managing your pain.

General Health

www.backpain.org
Back Care

www.bbc.co.uk/health
BBC Health home page

www.bmj.com
British Medical Journal (facility for searching BMJ articles from 1996

http://www.healthnetuk.com/pages/conditions/condition.htm
Public information created by a Rheumatologist in Manchester

www.healthtouch.com
US Site giving information compiled from professional organisations. Patient Friendly.

www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk
Health Education Board for Scotland - good general site for consumer health information

www.hfht.org
The Help for Health Trust (UK) provides consumer health information and seeks to link consumers to responsible health sites

www.omni.ac.uk
The UK's Gateway to High Quality Internet Resources in Health and Medicine

www.painsociety.org
The Pain Society

www.patient.co.uk
Patient UK reference site, providing information for the lay person

www.netdoctor.co.uk
The Net Doctor

www.nelh.nhs.uk
National Electronic Library for Health giving consumer information.

Miscellaneous

www.bbc.co.uk/webwise
BBC's entertaining and helpful guide to many aspects of using the internet

www.hon.ch
Health on the Net Foundation (HON) established the HONcode as a code of conduct to evaluate health sites on the internet

www.quackwatch.org
US non-profit organisation aiming to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads etc.

www.nlm.nih.gov
US national Library of Medicine. The world's largest library and creator of Medline. You can link up to Medline and Medlineplus directly through this web site. (Medline is the world's largest database of medical papers; Medlineplus is a user friendly offshoot of Medline, includes pre-prepared searches)

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