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B2 Keeping healthy

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/health_and_nursing.shtml
  This website has useful links to some news stories about health and disease.
• http://www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk/
  This government website has information on different health topics, such as healthy eating and exercise.
• http://altmedicine.about.com/od/herbsupplementguide/a/TeaTreeOil.htm
  http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2015729,00.html
  These websites talk about the use of tea tree oil as an antiseptic.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/humansasorganisms/maintaininghealthrev6.shtml
  A website with basic information about your immune system.
• http://www.howstuffworks.com/immune-system.htm
  A website with a lot of detail about how your immune system works.
• http://www.abpischools.org.uk/resource/resource.asp?id=68
  This website has more information than you need for your exams, but it’s great for research. Good topics for this module are 'Infectious diseases', 'Human immune system', 'The heart and circulation', and 'History of medicine'.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/humansasorganisms/maintaininghealthrev8.shtml
  Basic information about how vaccines work.
• http://www.abpi.org.uk/publications/publication_details/prevention/default.asp
  A website with a lot of information about how vaccines work, and how they help prevent disease.
• http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/vaccines.htm
  Information on vaccinations you may have if you travel abroad.
• http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/mmr/index.asp
  Looking for the science behind the MMR debate? This interactive website from the Science Museum has answers to lots of your questions.
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/antibiotics/464739.stm
  This website gives you a briefing on antibiotics and 'superbugs'.
• www.pfizer.co.uk/pdf/Long%20road%20to%20a%20new%20medicine.pdf
  A flowchart showing the steps in making a new drug.
• http://www.abpi-careers.org.uk/htm/devcycle.htm
  These websites (from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry) explain how new drugs are developed.
• http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/menuforthistopic.asp?page=51
  This website (from Cancer Research UK) gives detailed information about how new drugs are tested.
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4815780.stm
  http://www.pjonline.com/Editorial/20060930/news/news_tgn1412.html
  In 2006 healthy volunteers taking part in a UK drug trial suffered serious harm. These are two news reports of the story, from the BBC and the Pharmaceutical Journal.