Links

If you would like to find out more about how your heart works then there is a lot of useful information on the British Heart Foundation web site.

Other useful sources of information include:

National Centre for Anticoagulation Training

Anticoagulation Europe - for people who use warfarin and any other anticoagulant therapy

Arrhythmia Alliance (heart rhythm charity)

Arrhythmia Awareness Week

Best Treatments – evidence based patient information on diseases and their treatments

London Bridge Hospital – specialising in AF treatment and patient care

The Blood Pressure Association

British Cardiac Patients Association

The British Cardiac Society

The British Heart Foundation

The British Heart Foundations statistics website

The Circulation Foundation

Cardiac risk in the young (CRY)

H.E.A.R.T. UK a cholesterol charity

Cardiomyopathy Association

Chest, Heart and Stroke Association Scotland

Children’s Heart Federation, UK

Hearts for life – an owner’s guide to understanding the heart and its problems

Heart reference site

Heart Research UK

Heart Rhythm Society

The National Heart Forum

NHS Directory of complimentary and alternative practitioners

Patient UK - Comprehensive, free, up-to-date health information as provided by GPs to patients during consultations

Pulmonary Hypertension Association

SADS (charity) Sudden Adult Death Syndrome Trust

The Stroke Association

Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures

This Morning’s Dr Chris Steele’s website

Women’s Health Concern

As well as these health-related sites, you may wish to visit the following lifestyle sites specifically created for the over 50’s:

50 Connect – the UK’s largest website for the over 45’s

Over 50’s websites (part of Uk250.co.uk) - a comprehensive collection of over 50’s websites

Saga – focusing exclusively on the provision of high quality, value for money services for people 50 and over.

Seniority.co.uk - exists to enable like-minded people aged 50 (ish!) and over to share their experiences, gain knowledge from one another and have fun with the Internet by becoming part of the UK's leading over 50s interactive community.

Silver Surfers - provides links to the best resources and websites, including foreign sites, for UK over 50’s

Sixty Plus Surfers – a comprehensive online magazine for the over 60’s

Please Note: While we may recommend sites to you, we cannot be held responsible for information that you may collect from these sites.