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If you are suffering from a disease or condition for which there is no immediate remedy, sharing experience and concerns with others has been found to be immensely helpful in most cases.  The following list of some local and national groups may include what you are looking for.  If not, try Self-Help  - a dedicated website with a comprehensive database.

ABCs of Parenting

Age Concern

Alcoholics Anonymous

Anaphylaxis Campaign

ARC Young People's Counselling Service

Berkshire County Blind Society

Berkshire Disability Information Network

Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre

Best Treatments

Bodyworks Exercise Classes

British Colostomy Association

British Heart Foundation

British Red Cross

CancerBACUP

Cancer Care Society

Citizens Advice Bureau (Henley branch)

Clinnix

Digestive Disorders Foundation

Deafax

Diabetes

DIPEX.org - personal experiences of health & issues

Eating Disorders Association

Embarrassing problems

Family Planning Association

GP Websites

Green Gym

Health on the Net

Health Walks

Help the Aged

Imperial Cancer Research Fund

LIFE Pregnancy Care Service

Mayo Clinic

Mirago

National Association for Colitis and Chrohn's Disease

National Childbirth Trust

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Net Doctor

NHS Direct

NHS Choices Health A-Z

No 5 Youth Counselling and Information

OnYourBike

Oxfordshire County Council

Patient UK

PharmInfoNet

Reading Association for the Blind

Reading Carers' Centre

Royal National Institute for the Blind

Royal National Institute for Deaf People

Samaritans

Self-Help

Social Services

stop-tabac

Stroke Association 

The People's Ark

The Well Advice Service

Travel Health

US National Library of Health