Helping you to make better health decisions
We have in-depth information on more than 150 common conditions, from depression to cancer to heart attacks.
We tell you in plain English about the causes and the symptoms of your medical condition and help you understand how it might affect your life. We'll let you know what you can do to help yourself.
We rate about 1,500 treatments, as well as surgery and lifestyle changes. We can help you decide which treatments are best for you, based on the best and latest medical research. As new research is published, our site is regularly updated.
Our information comes from BMJ Clinical Evidence, the British Medical Journal's survey of the best medical research, which is read by doctors all over the world. We look at the same studies your doctor does, but we use plain English. You can use our website to decide with your doctor which treatment is right for you.
A
- Absence seizures in children
- Acne
- ADHD
- AIDS
- Allergy, seasonal
- Alzheimer's disease
- AMD
- Amoebic dysentery
- Anal fissure
- Anal tears
- Angina, stable
- Angina, unstable
- Ankle sprain
- Anorexia
- Anxiety
- Appendicitis (update)
- Apthous ulcers
- Arrhythmia
- Arthritis
- Asthma in adults
- Asthma in children (update)
- Athlete's foot
- Atopic eczema
- Atrial fibrillation
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Autism
B
- Back pain
- Bacterial vaginosis
- Bad breath
- Bedsores
- Bedwetting
- Bell's palsy
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Bipolar disorder
- Blood clot in leg
- Bowel cancer
- Bowel cancer screening
- Breast cancer
- Breast pain
- Brittle bones
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis
- Bulimia (update)
- Bunions
- Burning mouth syndrome
- Burning tongue syndrome
- Burns and scalds
C
- Candida vaginal infection
- Candidiasis, mouth
- Cardiac arrest
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cataracts
- Cellulitis
- Chickenpox
- Childbirth, heavy bleeding
- Childbirth, tear or cut (update)
- Chlamydia
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cold sores
- Colic in babies
- Colon and rectal cancer
- Colon and rectal cancer screening
- Colonic diverticular disease
- Common cold
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation in adults
- Cot death
- Constipation in children
- Cough
- Cystitis in women
D
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Dementia
- Depression in adults
- Depression in children
- Diabetes: heart and circulation problems
- Diabetes, type 1 (update)
- Diabetes, type 2
- Diarrhoea in adults
- Diarrhoea in children
- Diverticulitis
- DVT
- Dysmenorrhoea
E
- Ear infection
- Ear infection, outer ear
- Ear infection with discharge
- Ear pain during air travel
- Ear wax
- Eczema
- Elbow pain
- Emphysema
- Endometriosis
- Epilepsy
- Episiotomy (update)
- Erection problems (update)
- Erysipelas
- Essential tremor (update)
- Eye infection
H
- H. pylori infection
- Haemorrhoids
- Halitosis
- Hay fever
- Head lice
- Headache, chronic tension type
- Heart attack
- Heartburn
- Heart failure
- Heavy periods
- Heel pain
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hernia (update)
- Herpes, genital (update)
- Herpes, lips or mouth
- Herpes simplex eye infection
- High blood pressure
- High blood pressure in pregnancy
- High cholesterol
- HIV infection
- Human papillomavirus
- Hyperactivity
- Hypothyroidism
I
- IBS
- Incontinence in women
- Infection in newborn babies (group B streptococcus)
- Infertility
- Influenza
- Inguinal Hernia
- Insomnia in adults
- Insomnia in children
- Irregular heartbeat
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Irritable colon
M
- Macular degeneration
- Malaria prevention
- ME
- Measles, mumps and rubella: prevention
- Melanoma
- Meniere's disease
- Meningitis (update)
- Meningococcal disease (update)
- Menopause
- Menstrual pain
- Migraine in adults
- Migraine in children
- MMR vaccine
- Morning sickness
- Mouth ulcers
- Multiple sclerosis
N
- Nail infection, fungal
- Neck pain
- NHL, fast-growing
- Nicotine addiction
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Nosebleeds in children (update)
P
- Painful periods
- Pancreas cancer
- Panic attacks
- Parkinson's disease
- PCOS
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Petit mal
- Piles
- Pimples
- Plantar heel pain
- Pneumonia
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Postnatal depression
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Postpartum haemorrhage
- Pregnancy, nausea
- Pre-eclampsia
- Premature birth (update)
- Pressure sores
- Prostate, enlarged
- Prostate cancer
- Prostatitis, chronic
- Psoriasis
- PTSD
- Pylonephritis
S
- Scabies
- Schizophrenia
- Septicaemia (update)
- Shoulder pain
- Sickle cell anaemia
- Sickle cell disease
- SIDS
- Sinusitis
- Skin cancer (melanoma)
- Skin cancer, squamous cell
- Sleep apnoea
- Sleep problems in adults
- Sleep problems in children
- Slipped disc
- Smoking
- Sore throat
- Spastic colon
- Spots
- Sprained ankle
- Stomach ulcers
- Strep throat
- Stress headache
- Stress incontinence
- Stroke, emergency care
- Stroke, prevention
- Sudden infant death syndrome