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This page contains help and advice to enable you to deal with situations, and find out more about specific health subjects. You can browse by topic or alphabetically using the letters
Please note that your pharmacist can offer information and guidance about
many common illnesses. You can also find advice on the Internet from NHS Choices or contact them by telephone 24 hours a day on 0845 4647
Advice topics in subject order...
COMMON ILLNESS // CONTRACEPTION // SEXUAL HEALTH // MENTAL HEALTH // LIFESTYLE // TRAVEL HEALTH // ADMINISTRATION
Advice topics in alphabetic order...
Acne
Antibiotic prescribing
Asthma
Back pain - modern management
Burns, scalds and sunburn
Carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty gas heaters or fires
Cholesterol
Colds and coughs in children
Colds & Flu
Computer ergonomics Posture guidance to help prevent neck, back, and arm pain
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Coughs
Cuts & lacerations
Cystitis bladder infection and what to do about it
Diabetes
Diarrhoea in adults and children
Ear infection
Epilepsy
Exams and illness what you need to do to certify illness which will cause you to miss an examination
Fever and temperature
Food poisoning (avoiding it!)
Gastroenteritis
Glandular Fever
Hay Fever
Headache
Healthy eating
Healthy eating for students
Hypertension - high blood pressure
Hypothyroidism / Hyperthyroidism
IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ingrowing toenail
Measles
Meningitis
Migraine
Mumps
Neck pain - modern management
Pharmacy First - you don't have to see a doctor
Physiotherapy (private)
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Scabies
Stings & bites
Sleep problems coping techniques
Sore throat
Sports Injuries What to do for simple sports injuries
Strains and sprains
Temperatures in children
Thrush
Tonsillitis
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)
Verrucae and wart treatment
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Antibiotics and oral contraception
CONTRACEPTION AND SEXUAL HEALTH INDEX PAGE (quick information about popular choices)
Contraceptive comparison study
Emergency contraception
Family Planning Clinics in Leeds for contraceptive advice and supplies including condoms
Missed contraceptive pill guidelines
Pharmacists supplying emergency contraception
Pregnancy testing
Reproduction a guide eggs, sperm and conception
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AIDS & HIV
Breast examination
Centre for Sexual Health for information and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
Cervical Smear test
Chlamydia
Cystitis bladder infection and what to do about it
Date rape
Menstruation
Pre-conceptual care
Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
Sexually Transmitted Infections (Centre for Sexual Health)
Sexual health and contraception index page
Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Testicular Self Examination
Thrush
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Our Contact Us page also contains
telephone and web site contacts for organisations that can help when you
need support
Alcohol advice and self-help
Anger
management coping techniques
Anxiety
Anxiety coping techniques
Assertiveness
Bereavement coping techniques
Counselling organisation contact details (for rape, sexual assault abuse & health, generic counselling)
Depression
Depression coping techniques
Exams, stress, deadlines, sleep
FLASH Clinic help with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression
Listening service - lonely or isolated and want to talk to someone?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder coping techniques
Panic attacks coping techniques
Post Traumatic Stress coping techniques
Relaxation technique
Seasonal
Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self help - Mental Health resources
Shyness coping techniques
Sleep problems coping techniques
Stress coping techniques
St John's Wort
WoW - Workshops on Wednesdays run by the UNL Student Counselling Centre (this is a web link)
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Adjusting to University life
Alcohol advice and self-help
BMI calculation and management
Caffeine
Dietary Fibre
Drugs of abuse
Exercise for health
Health checks for over 40s
Healthy eating
Healthy eating for students
Medication and weight gain
Moles - checking for changes
Obesity
Organ donor register
Smoking What it does and how to stop
Weight management
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Bird (Avian) flu
Cuts & lacerations
DVT (deep vein thrombosis) & air travel
HIV risk & post exposure prophylaxis (for students on overseas medical electives)
Medical kit for travellers to tropical, sub-tropical, and altitude
Travel pages Links to our main menu travel section
Stings & bites
Swine flu
Tuberculosis
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Access to health records / data protection notice
Baby clinics
Complaints about our service
Commissioning
Dentists & telephone number for Emergency Dentist
Exams and illness what you need to do to certify illness which will cause you to miss an examination
Faecal samples (how to give a stool sample)
Forms - useful forms available to download in Word
and Adobe 
formatInternational students' eligibility for free healthcare
Looking for a new GP? If you've graduated you'll need to find a new GP
Out of hours medical care when the surgery is closed
Patient Participation Group and patient surveys
Referrals (to hospital and other care providers)
Repeat prescription system
Sick notes When do you need one for your Department or employer?
Summary Care Record (centrally held medical record)
Telephone numbers of useful organisations
Web services - using EMIS Access and the Internet to make appointments, request repeat prescriptions, and update contact details
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Advice topics in alphabetic order...
Access to health records / data protection notice
Acne
Adjusting to University life
AIDS & HIV
Alcohol advice and self-help
Anger management coping techniques
Antibiotic prescribing
Antibiotics and oral contraception
Anxiety
Anxiety coping techniques
Assertiveness
Asthma
Baby clinics
Back pain - modern management
Bereavement coping techniques
Bird (Avian) flu
BMI calculation and management
Breast examination
Burns, scalds and sunburn
Caffeine
Carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty gas heaters or fires
Centre for Sexual Health for information and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
Cervical Smear test
Chlamydia
Cholesterol
Colds and coughs in children
Colds & Flu
Commissioning
Complaints about our service
Computer ergonomics Posture guidance to help prevent neck, back, and arm pain
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
CONTRACEPTION AND SEXUAL HEALTH INDEX PAGE (quick information about popular choices)
Contraceptive comparison study
Coughs
Counselling organisation contact details (for rape, sexual assault abuse & health, generic counselling)
Cuts & lacerations
Cystitis bladder infection and what to do about it
Access to health records / data protection notice
Date rape
Dentists & telephone number for Emergency Dentist
Depression
Depression coping techniques
Diabetes
Diarrhoea in adults and children
Dietary Fibre
Drugs of abuse
DVT (deep vein thrombosis) & air travel
Ear infection
Emergency contraception
EMIS Access - using EMIS Access and the Internet to make appointments, request repeat prescriptions, and update contact details
Epilepsy
Exams and illness what you need to do to certify illness which will cause you to miss an examination
Exams, stress, deadlines, sleep
Exercise for health
Faecal samples (how to give a stool sample)
Family Planning Clinics in Leeds for contraceptive advice and supplies including condoms
Fever and temperature
FLASH Clinic help with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression
Flu clinics
Food poisoning (avoiding it!)
Forms - useful forms available to download in Word
and Adobe format Gastroenteritis
Glandular Fever
Hay Fever
Headache
Health checks for over 40s
Healthy eating
Healthy eating for students
HIV & AIDS
HIV risk & post exposure prophylaxis (for students on overseas medical electives)
Hypertension - high blood pressure
Hypothyroidism / Hyperthyroidism
IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ingrowing toenail
International students' eligibility for free healthcare
Listening service - lonely or isolated and want to talk to someone?
Looking for a new GP?
Measles
Medical kit for travellers to tropical, sub-tropical, and altitude
Medication and weight gain
Meningitis
Menstruation
Migraine
Missed contraceptive pill guidelines
Moles - checking for changes
Mumps
Neck pain - modern management
Obesity
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder coping techniques
Organ donor register
Out of hours medical care when the surgery is closed
Panic attacks coping techniques
Patient Participation Group and patient surveys
Pharmacy First - you don't have to see a doctor
Pharmacists supplying free emergency contraception
Physiotherapy (private)
Post Traumatic Stress coping techniques
Pre-conceptual care
Pregnancy testing
Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
Referrals (to hospital and other care providers)
Relaxation technique
Repeat prescription system
Reproduction a guide eggs, sperm and conception
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Scabies
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self help - mental health resources
Sexual health and contraception index page
Sexually Transmitted Infections (Centre for Sexual Health)
Shyness coping techniques
Sick notes When do you need one for your Department or employer?
Sleep problems coping techniques
Smoking What it does and how to stop
Sore throat
Sports Injuries What to do for simple sports injuries
Stings & bites
Strains and sprains
Stress coping techniques
St John's Wort
Summary Care Record (centrally held medical record)
Swine flu
Telephone numbers for useful organisations
Temperatures in children
Termination of pregnancy (abortion)
Testicular Self Examination (TSE)
Thrush
Tonsillitis
Travel advice Links to our main menu travel section
Tuberculosis
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)
Verrucae and wart treatment
Web services - using EMIS Access and the Internet to make appointments, request repeat prescriptions, and update contact details
Weight management