ANXIETY UK is a national registered charity formed 30 years ago by a sufferer of agoraphobia for those affected by anxiety disorders. Today we are still a user-led organisation, run by sufferers and ex-sufferers of anxiety disorders supported by a high-profile medical advisory panel.

The Arthritis Research Campaign, founded in 1936, raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions; to educate medical students, doctors and allied healthcare professionals about arthritis; and provide information to the general public.

We are the UK’s leading charity for people with ataxia, their families and carers. We support people affected by ataxia and fund research into causes and potential treatments.

Baby Lifeline came into being in 1981 after Judy Ledger, now Chief Executive, suffered the personal loss of three premature babies. It is a unique national charity offering loving care and support to pregnant mothers and new born babies all over the UK. However, it is an unfortunate fact that even with the advances in medical care and science today, more than 8,500 babies still die at or around the time of birth.

BackCare is a registered charity that aims to reduce the burden of back pain by providing information and support, promoting good practice and funding research.

This web site is dedicated to sufferers of iatrogenic benzodiazepine tranquilliser addiction everywhere. Launched on July 6, 2000 with around a dozen pages this site now has more than 650 pages of articles and information, expert medical documents, news stories and personal accounts

CHARMS provides assistance, advice, therapies and counselling (fully qualified with access to a neuro psychologist) for people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions. We are pleased for you to drop in on T/Th/S mornings or all day W/F.

Coeliac UK is the leading charity working for people with coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH).

CRY was founded in 1995 to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS)

DebRA is the national charity working on behalf of people in the UK with the genetic skin blistering condition Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).

Group B Strep Support To inform health professionals and the general public about Group B Strep, how it can infect and kill babies, the signs of Group B Strep (GBS) and how it can be prevented; To offer information and support to families affected by Group B Strep To generate funds for GBS research. The charity produces medically approved leaflets and posters that are sent to appropriate medical professionals and made available to the general public

To make health a top priority for everyone in Northern Ireland.

SignHealth wants to see a world where deaf people are as healthy as hearing people. Deaf people can find it hard to get equal access to health care and health information. Because of this, deaf people are more likely to become ill.

Isabel is an award-winning, clinical decision support system designed to enhance the quality of diagnosis decision making.

Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity wishes to increase awareness of thrombosis among the public and health professionals and to raise research funds to improve patient care through improved prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolic disease.

The Louise Gergel Fellowship is a medical research charity, established to fund research into Hughes Syndrome, or "sticky blood", and to raise public awareness of the disease.We operate as part of the Hughes Syndrome Foundation.Antiphospholipid Syndrome, otherwise known as Hughes Syndrome or "sticky blood" can cause a wide range of clinical problems including migraine, deep vein thrombosis , memory loss or heart attack.

LUCIA, or ‘Life Uplifted by Change In Africa’, is a West Midlands based charity run entirely by enthusiastic volunteers, four of whom act as the charity’s board of trustees. The aim of the charity is to improve the lives of people living in poor areas of Africa, particularly women and children in Ethiopia.

Lyme Disease Action accepts and adopts the medical guidelines issued by The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).

Mercy Ships run hospital ships and on-land health programmes in West Africa, providing much needed surgeries and partnering with local communities in construction projectsfor health facilities and ongoing health education. We work with local people to build water and sanitation facilities, and on agricultural projects being the pre-requisite for health and wellbeing. Our volunteer medical teams provide operations on conditions such as cataracts and corneal growths, cleft lip and palate, maxillo facial reconstructive surgeries, removal of benign tumours, orthopaedics for polio and landmine victims, fistula repair for those suffering with VVF, and many other needs. Hundreds of such operations are currently being carried out by the service of our ship, the Anastasis. Our new ship, the Africa Mercy will sail to Liberia in Spring 2007. Formerly a Danish rail ferry, the Africa Mercy has been re-fitted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and will provide 6 operating theatres, including 2 ophthalmic

The Migraine Action Association bridges the gap between the sufferer and the medical world by providing unbiased information on all aspects of migraine, its causes, diagnosis and treatment. MAA’s mission statement is “to relieve the burden of headache by facilitating informed awareness and encouraging research”

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common and most severe type of muscular dystrophy, and is caused by a faulty gene that prevents the production of a protein called dystrophin.

Muscular dystrophy (MD) refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases that cause progressive muscle weakness. source: Wikipedia