Parkinson's Disease

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Parkinson's Disease

Here's some specific information about Parkinson's Disease. There is a lot more than this; I have tried to point out just some to get you started.

Some of these pages are on this site; others take you to parts of other sites.

Some sites are "suspicious", by that I mean they claim things which aren't commonly accepted as fact, or their apparent interests may not be consistent with their actual agenda. I'm not placing any judgement on these sites, they are included in a special section "Outside the mainstream" (most sites wouldn't link to these at all).

Introductory Information about PD
A Parkinson's Primer by Dennis Greene
A Young Onset Parkinson's page
Animated descriptions of the action of many PD drugs
Excellent overview of Parkinson's from International Health News
Introduction to Parkinson's Disease from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Neuro Science for Kids
Neuroscience for Kids
Parkinson's Disease Explained - Illustrated guide
Parkinson's Disease FAQ from NIDS
Parkinson's Disease Glossary

Treatments
Fetal Pig Cell treatment - Dec '99 article
Halifax Neural Transplantation Program
Pallidotomies at Loma Linda, CA
Treatment for Drooling (SAL-TROPINETM)

Intermediate Information about PD
A Doctor's Guide to Parkinson's Disease
A fact sheet on Lewy body dementia
A teaching presentation on Parkinson's Disease
Booklet on Parkinson's Disease
Brian Collins's work on Drug Management
C-Health Library, featuring lots of information form the NPF of Canada
Demystifying the Neurological Examination
Guide to Liquid Sinemet
Information about the UK Parkinson's Disease nurse specialists
Parkinson's disease and pesticide exposure
Parkinson's Drug Review from AgeNet
Personality changes and depression in PD
Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
"Parkinson's Disease: New Treatments Slow Onslaught of Symptoms" from the US FDA web site

Deeply Technical/Medical information about PD
Abstract of a paper "Possible environmental, occupational, and other etiological factors for Parkinsons disease - case-control study in Germany."
Current Science Reviews from J. R. Bruman
MEDLINEplus: Parkinson's Disease
US-Based clinical trials for PD drugs, from CenterWatch
US Prescribing information for Requip (ropinirole) from SmithKline Beecham

Living with Parkinson's
Kathrynne Holden's site about Nutrition and PD
A book on "Designing and Furnishing a Home For Your Later Years"
A code of ethical behaviour for patients
A project examining the Needs of Sufferers & Carers
Assistance dogs
Canine companions - assistance dogs for people with disabilities
Care4U - Aids for Daily Living
David Boot's personal page
Humorous Stories about Parkinson's Disease from Parkinsaw, MI, A View from the Lighter Side
Parkinson's Patients web sites (from Arthur Hirsch)
People magazine on Michael J. Fox and Parkinson's
Poetry from Bernard Shaw
"A little wisdom" for Doctors and Patients
"An old age pensioner at 18" by Helen Rose
"Fall Safe" Strategy
"The .....otomy" by Gary Hattie. One Scotsman's experience of Thalamotomy.

Related conditions
Links to MSA/Shy-Drager Resources
The US PSP Society

Other Web Sites about Parkinsons
A review of Parkinson's Disease from the Mining Co.
AgeNet's Parkinson's Disease section
Bruce Warr's Parkinson's Disease Page
Jeana's Parkinson's Page
Jeffrey Kaye's Parkinson's Disease Information Centre
LewyNet - a site about dementia with Lewy bodies
National Institute of Health Research News Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease entry at Better Health
Parkinson's Disease Resource Centre from Heal Well
Parkinson's Information in Spanish
Searchable Drug Information
The excellent "Awakenings" site sponsored by Roche
The excellent "Parkinson's Web" at Harvard Uni.
The Mulligan Foundation
WE MOVE - Movement disorders

Projects, Reports, and Initiatives
A Study of Siblings with Parkinson's Disease
PDUK survey, Feb 1999
The Rochester Review of The Mystery of the Shaking Palsy

Publications
"Parkinson Post", a paper newsletter from the Parkinson Foundation of Canada (French and English available)

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