Sources of Information on the Internet

A : General medicine sites and information

The World Health organization http://www.who.int/en/

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov

Anatomy expert – a cool free resource containing anatomical information

about the whole human body.
http://www.anatomyexpert.com

World health rankings – a clever interactive site that allows you to study the
life expectancy and disease data for your own home country. We will visit this
in week three of the course
http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-health-rankings

Most deadly disease : This is quite similar to the site above but gives an
instant graphical demonstration of the most deadly disease by country
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/health/140610/map-most-deadly-
diseases-by-country

Google scholar – you may not have come across this subsection of Google
that allows you to search the academic literature for information.
http://scholar.google.com

Pubmed searching – this is where scientists and clinicians go to look up

research papers. You can search key words or names.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

B: Want to check out your teachers?

Find out more about science, treatment and research in Birmingham at these
sites :

The University of Birmingham main webpage

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx

The Liver group webpage

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/mds/centres/liver/index.aspx

Our Hospital website with links to all departments, research and staff
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
C: Clinical and Patient Associations

These sites have areas for patients and families as well as detailed clinical
guidance on latest treatment strategies for example. All are excellent sources
of information regardless of your background.

The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

http://www.easl.eu

The African Association for the Study of Liver Disease

http://www.afasld.org/index.htm

The American Association for the Study of the Liver (AASLD)

http://www.aasld.org/Pages/Default.aspx

Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver( APASL)

http://apasl.info

American Liver Foundation

 http://www.liverfoundation.org

British Liver Trust (BLT) - this is an excellent website with really good
resources written in easy to understand language. Highly recommended
http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk

Childrens Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF)

http://www.childliverdisease.org

European Liver Patients Association (ELPA)

http://www.elpa-info.org

AIH Support – help for patients who have autoimmune related liver disease
http://autoimmunehepatitis.org.uk

Hepatitis C Trust
http://www.hepctrust.org.uk

Alcohol concern
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk