United Patients have compiled detailed health advice & information audio tapes, in a clear and simple to understand format, on over 300 of the most commonly requested illnesses and conditions. Simply choose from one of the categories below, or enter a relevant keyword search, then click on the symbol to the right of the illness or condition you are interested in and the tape will start to play automatically.If you would prefer to have some printed information sent out to you, please email us with your request on info@upa.co.uk quoting your United Patients membership number.

no.	tape name	categories	keywords	listen
348	Abdominal/other ultrasound test	Diagnostic tests	Ultrasound scanning is a procedure using high-frequency sound waves to show a picture of your unborn baby. It also ...
366	Abortion - pregnancy termination	Pregnancy and childbirth Surgery Women's health	When faced with an unplanned pregnancy it can be extremely difficult for some women to decide what is best ...
330	Access to GP and other medical records	General practice	For adults without capacity the situation is more complex. In England Wales and Northern Ireland an enduring power of ...
059	Acne	Skin disorders	Acne is a condition of the skin which causes spots especially on the face shoulders and upper back. Acne ...
395	Acoustic Neuroma: brain tumour	Brain & nervous system disorders	An acoustic neuroma (sometimes termed a neurolemmoma or schwannoma) is a benign (non-cancerous) tissue growth that arises on the ...
402	Addison's disease	Muscular disorders	Addison's disease is an endocrine or hormonal disorder that occurs in all age groups and afflicts men and women ...
217	Adenoids	Child health Ear, nose and throat	There are four areas of tissue at the back of the throat that are concerned with the development of ...
324	After a hysterectomy or pelvic floor repair operation	Gynaecology Surgery Women's health	It's estimated that by the age of 55 one in five women will have had their womb (uterus) removed. ...
202	Agoraphobia	Mental health	Anxiety is a normal response to stress or danger. At times it is helpful because it can help prepare ...
239	AIDS and blood transfusions	Aids	Blood transfusions are given to replace blood lost in surgery or to treat anaemia (lack of red blood cells). ...
238	AIDS and the workplace	Aids Occupational health	Very little exists on policies for managing HIV/AIDS in the workplace focused directly on NGOs. International Development NGOs are ...
228	AIDS information service: guide to the Healthline tapes	Aids	HIV means 'human immunodeficiency virus'. As with all other kinds of virus HIV does not have an individual metabolism ...
252	AIDS: Advice to drug users on safer practices	Aids	Support for drug users in primary care. Access to community detoxification and residential rehabilitation advice information support counselling and ...
241	AIDS: how you can help someone who has AIDS	Aids	You may find it helpful to talk to an adult - perhaps a parent school nurse or teacher may ...
231	AIDS: information for young people	Aids Youth	It's easy to think that AIDS is something for other people to worry about - gay people drug users ...
232	AIDS: symptoms and signs	Aids	The first thing that happens after infection is that many people develop a flu-like illness. This may be severe ...
230	AIDS: testing for AIDS	Aids	As the body fights viruses it creates antibodies to that virus. HIV antibody tests measure the presence of antibodies ...
229	AIDS: who is at risk of contracting AIDS?	Aids	HIV the virus that causes AIDS is not as infectious as some other viruses. It can't be passed through ...
003	Alcohol: sensible drinking	Alcohol	Men should drink no more than 21 units of alcohol per week (and no more than four units in ...
002	Alcohol: the facts	Alcohol	Alcohol is the most widely abused drug in Britain. Deaths in England and Wales caused by alcohol-related disease have ...
175	Alzheimer's disease	Brain & nervous system disorders Elderly Mental health	Alzheimer's disease is a progressive degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment disorientation and eventually death. There ...
361	Anabolic steroids	Drug abuse	Anabolic-androgenic steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones. “Anabolic” refers to muscle-building and “androgenic” refers to increased ...
386	Angiography/angiogram procedure	Diagnostic tests Heart and circulation disorders	Angiography angiogram arteriogram are all terms used to identify a procedure that outlines blood vessels usually arteries in various ...
387	Angioplasty technique	Diagnostic tests Heart and circulation disorders	The purpose of angioplasty is to widen the coronary arteries of the heart that have been narrowed or completely ...
146	Ankylosing spondylitis	Back, bone & neck problems	Ankylosing spondylitis is a painful progressive rheumatic disease mainly of the spine. It can also affect other joints tendons ...
264	Anorexia - case study		Some people have an extreme fear of being fat even when their weight is a lot lower than is ...
082	Anorexia nervosa	Diet and healthy eating Mental health	Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder affecting mainly girls or women although boys or men can also suffer from ...
504	Anthrax		Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis spores of which can survive in the environment for years ...
297	Antibiotics	Drug treatment	Antibiotics are drugs used to kill or harm specific bacteria. Since their discovery in the 1930s antibiotics have made ...
030	Appendicitis	Digestion and internal disorders	Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix a finger-like glandular piece of tissue that connects to the beginning of ...
392	Arachnoiditis	Back, bone & neck problems Brain & nervous system disorders	Adhesive Arachnoiditis is a disorder which causes severe chronic intractable pain. It is the inflammation of one of the ...
004	Arthritis	Arthritis & rheumatism	Arthritis means inflammation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is caused by inflammation of the joints or the lining ...
019	Asthma	Breathing disorders	Asthma is inflammation of the tubes of the lungs which causes them to be obstructed and therefore air passes ...
017	Asthma in adults	Breathing disorders	Asthma is a relatively common condition – around five to eight per cent of people in the UK are ...
018	Asthma in children	Breathing disorders Child health	Small children (up to three years): a wheezing sound when breathing out coughing wheezing or breathlessness with exercise prolonged ...
109	Atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries	Heart and circulation disorders	Atherosclerosis refers to the build up of plaque in the walls of the arteries leading to a reduction in ...
267	Autism (children)	Child health	Symptoms of autism first appear in children in their first three years. In severe cases autistic behaviour may be ...