All material provided on the BARC website is provided for educational purposes only. Consult your own physician regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical condition.

The BARC website content has been adapted from the Arthritis Research Campaign (Uk) leaflets, and further developed by doctors in the Department of Rheumatology, Birmingham University (UK). The research, development and design of the website has been implemented by webmaster John Connor (www.connorwebdesigns.co.uk), with advisement and guidance by Jo Connors and Roz Farr.

To achieve upto date information and to make this site as user friendly as possible, material for the types of arthritis section has been gathered from the following online associations, society's and encyclopaedia's: -

• NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia
• Medinfo®
• WebMD
• MayoClinic.com
• eMedicineHealth
• Arthritis Research Campaign
• Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association
• National Osteoporosis Society
• UK Gout Society
• National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society
• Lupus UK
• Dermatology & Rheumatology "On-line Atlas"

External links disclaimer

Throughout our site you may find links to external websites. Although we make every effort to ensure these links are accurate, up to date and relevant, BARC cannot take responsibility for the content and maintenance by external providers.

If you come across any external links that don't work, we would be grateful if you could report them to the webmaster

Thank you.