Useful Links

Organisations and websites, UK and international

The following external links are provided for your convenience and as an aid to research. Remember, if you are concerned about your health or the health of someone you know, talk to a healthcare professional.

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Health services

» Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
» Urology on Call: Online Urology Patient Resource
» Urosoc: Find a Urologist
» Australian Health Directory
» Dept of Health and Aging - Healthcare systems
» Dept of Health and Aging: Resources/Contacts for continence management
» Continence foundation of Australia
» NICE - National Insititute of Health and Clinical Excellence
» Best Treatments from the BMJ UK: Clinical Evidence for Patients: Digestive diseases
» NHS DIRECT Health Encyclopedia
» Colorectal Surgical Society fo ANZ CSSA
» Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia
» New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology

Patient associations and public health information

» Australian Public Toilet Map
» Australian Health Directory
» Help for people who care for someone with bladder/bowel problems
» World Toilet Organisation

Gastrointestinal information websites

» Insite: Digestion and Stomach Disorders
» Continence foundation of Australia
» IBIS Irritable Bowel Information and Support Association of Australia
» Australian Physiotherapy Assoc (APA): Continence - Media Info Sheet
» Australian Physiotherapy Assoc (APA): Continence in Older People
» Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia - GENCA
» corecharity.org.uk - Maintaining Bowel Control
» Continence Foundation UK
» Bowel Information UK
» St Mark’s Hospital UK: Patient Leaflets

Children

» Paediatric Continence Association
» Continence Foundation - What is bedwetting
» Continence Foundation - Who is at Risk?
» Continence Foundation - Management and Treatment
» ERIC: Enuresis Resource and information Centre UK
» Trusteric UK: Continence information for young people

Other associations

» National Stroke Foundation, Australia
» Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCI)
» Parkinson's Australia
» Multiple Sclerosis Australia
» Australian Crohn's and Colitis Assoc.
» Diabetes Australia
» Cancer and Bowel Research Trust: FAQ
» Urological Society of ANZ
» Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
» Nutrition Australia
» IBIS Irritable Bowel Information and Support Association of Australia
» Australian Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association
» Alzheimer's Australia
» Age Concern UK
» Help the Aged UK
» Cancer Backup

Healthcare professional organisations

» Australian Assoc. of Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons
» Australian Physiotherapy Assoc (APA)
» Royal ANZ College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
» Colorectal Surgerical Society of ANZ CSSA
» Royal College of Nursing, Australia RCNA
» Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
» GESA - Gastroenterological Society of Australia
» Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
» ANZUNS - ANZ Urological Nurses Society

Specific gastrointestinal disorder websites

» Australian Crohn's and Colitis Assoc.
» IBS Network UK
» Colostomy Association UK
» International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (USA)

Bowel Cancer

» Cancer and Bowel Research Trust: FAQ
» Cancer back up UK/Bowel

Bladder Incontinence and Interstitial cystitis

» Insite: Cystitis
» International Painful Bladder Foundation
» The Cystitis and Overactive Bladder Foundation UK
» Continence Foundation UK
» Incontact UK

Media and general Links

ABC
» ABC: Interstitial Cycstitis

BBC
» BBC Science: Human Body: Large intestine
» BBC NI: Faecal Incontinence
» BBC Northern Ireland. Mind Yourself. Men’s Health
» BBC Radio 4. Gut Reactions (Audio)
» Health over 50: Incontinence

Wikipedia
» Wikipedia: Fecal Incontinence
» Wikipedia: Proctologist definition

UK

» Medtronic UK: Bowel Control

USA

» National Institutes of Health. Health Information Homepage
» National Institutes of Health. Health Information Digestive system
» NIDDK US: Homepage
» WEB MD. Digestive Disorders: Bowel Incontinence
» International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (USA)
» IFFGD’s “About IBS” website
» IFFGD’s “About Incontinence” website
» IFFGD’s “About Constipation” website
» National Association For Continence
» Shands Surgeries and Procedures and Encyclopedia
» American College of Gastroenterology/Fecal Incontinence page
» The Simon Foundation for Continence

Product specific

» Continence Foundation - Incontinence Products
» Dept of Health and Aging - Bowel Problems
» Continence Foundation: Products directory

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