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Department of Health in England’s Information Standard Scheme sources

The MHF is committed to fully participating in the Department of Health in England’s Information Standard Scheme for health and social care information. We intend to comply with all aspects and requirements of the Scheme Standard.

A list of sources for the Haynes Woman Mini Manual follows:

Coronary Heart Disease: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coronary-heart-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Coronary Heart Disease and lifestyle (box – heart warming facts): 

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/mending-broken-hearts/british-heart-foundation-the-good-life (story based on BHF research)

Oestrogen and Coronary heart disease: 

• http://www.patient.co.uk/health/menopause-and-hrt

Hearts own blood: (description of the heart, angina and heart attack)

• http://www.metrohealth.org/body.cfm?id=1484
• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coronary-heart-disease/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

‘Classic’ symptoms of a heart attack:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coronary-heart-disease/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

Women’s experience of a heart attack: 

• http://www.bhf.org.uk/publications/view-publication.aspx?ps=1000711 

What goes wrong: Atherosclerosis: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Atherosclerosis/Pages/Causes.aspx

What causes it?:

• http://www.bhf.org.uk/publications/view-publication.aspx?ps=1000711 

Lipoproteins: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cholesterol/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Lowering lipoproteins: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cholesterol/Pages/Causes.aspx

Fat chance:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/nutrition/dietary_cvd.shtml#fat_and_your_heart

Trans fats (including box):

• http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/2145.aspx?CategoryID=51

Breast cancer Introduction:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Treatment:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Box:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Breast cancer and men:

• http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cancer-of-the-breast-male/pages/introduction.aspx

What to look out for:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

Box: lumps and X-rays: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Diagnosis.aspx

NHS screening:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Screeningbreastcancer(female).aspx

Causes:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Causes.aspx

Box – OPERA: 

• http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Causesriskfactors/Genetics/OPERA.aspx

Genes:

• http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG41NICEguidance.pdf

Other risk factors:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Causes.aspx

Main types of breast cancer:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Breast screening:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Screeningbreastcancer(female).aspx

Treating breast cancer:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-breast-female/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Targeting, trastuzumab:

• http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertreatment/Treatmenttypes/Biologicaltherapies/Monoclonalantibodies/Trastuzumab.aspx

Reconstructive surgery: 

• http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertreatment/Treatmenttypes/Surgery/Breastreconstruction/Breastreconstruction.aspx

Ovarian cancer: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cancer-of-the-ovary/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Risk factors:

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/ovary/riskfactors/uk-ovarian-cancer-risk-factors

What to look out for: 

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-ovary/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

Causes of ovarian cancer:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-ovary/Pages/Causes.aspx

Box - That’s NICE:

• http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13464/54268/54268.pdf

Diagnosing ovarian cancer:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-ovary/Pages/Diagnosis.aspx

Best treatment:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-ovary/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Box – getting personal:

• http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/science/research/who-and-what-we-fund/topic/personalised-medicine/

Cervical cancer:

• http://www.nhs.uk/conditions%5Ccancer-of-the-cervix/Pages/introduction.aspx?WT.mc_id=61001

Out of sight, out of mind?:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-cervix/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

Screening:

• http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/
• http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/publications/in-04.html

What goes wrong:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-cervix/Pages/Causes.aspx

Box - Increasing the risk:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-cervix/Pages/Causes.aspx

Screening:

• http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/

Treating cervical cancer:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-cervix/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Box - Get protected, HPV vaccination:

• http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/vaccinations/Documents/HPV.pdf