Parkinson's Disease Health information topics about Parkinson's Disease: Alternative Therapy 1. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Parkins National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=132603 Children 1. Parkinson's Disease Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/parkinson.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Parkinson Disease National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D010300&recruiting... Coping 1. Living with Parkinson's Disease National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=71356 2. Parkinson's Disease: Caring and Coping National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/atf/cf/{F0E9372E-94BC-4BFF-89A3-AF6BAB57D6CF}/Cari... 3. Maintaining Optimum Wellness National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=71357 Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Common Symptoms of Parkinson's Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/symptoms.cfm 2. Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis We Move http://www.wemove.org/par/par_dia.html Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary of Terms We Move http://www.wemove.org/glossary/ Directories 1. Find a Neurologist American Academy of Neurology http://www.aan.com/public/find.cfm 2. Parkinson's Research Centers Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/centers.cfm Disease Management 1. Parkinson's Disease: Fitness Counts National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/atf/cf/{F0E9372E-94BC-4BFF-89A3-AF6BAB57D6CF}/Fitn... 2. Role of the Patient Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/roleofpatient.cfm 3. Living with Parkinson's Disease American Occupational Therapy Association http://www.aota.org/featured/area6/links/link02am.asp Genetics 1. Major New Finding on Genetics of Parkinson's National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, N http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2003/nia-30.htm 2. Genes and Disease: Parkinson Disease National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd... 3. Scientists Detect Probable Genetic Cause of Some P National Institute on Aging http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2005/nia-17.htm 4. Researchers Discover Gene Mutations for Parkinson& National Institute on Aging http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nia-22.htm 5. Scientists Pinpoint Gene Influencing Age-at-Onset National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/NewsAndEvents/PressReleases/PR20031021Scientists.htm... 6. Learning about Parkinson's Disease National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001217 7. Genetics Home Reference: Parkinson disease National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=parkinsondisease National Institutes of Health 1. Parkinson's Disease Backgrounder National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease_ba... 2. Parkinson's Disease: Challenges, Progress, an National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_research.h... 3. Parkinson's Disease: Hope through Research National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/detail_parkinsons_dis... 4. Parkinson's Disease National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.ht... Nutrition 1. Parkinson's Disease: Nutrition Matters National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/atf/cf/{F0E9372E-94BC-4BFF-89A3-AF6BAB57D6CF}/Nutr... Organizations 1. We Move http://www.wemove.org/ 2. Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/ 3. National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/ 4. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and S http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ Other Languages 1. Parkinson's Disease Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=816 Overviews 1. Parkinson's Disease We Move http://www.wemove.org/par/ 2. Parkinson's Disease Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00295 3. Parkinson Primer: Overview of Parkinson Disease National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=71354 Related Issues 1. What You Should Know about Young Onset Parkinson D National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=99843 2. Dementia Explained: Parkinson Disease Dementia, Le National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=108269&ct=89... 3. Depression and Parkinson's Disease National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depparkinson.cfm 4. Muscle Cramps National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=108269&ct=89... 5. Driving When You Have Parkinsonâ??s Disease National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/Parkinsons%20Web/index.html... Research 1. What's in a Connection? A Look at Protein Pat National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_synapses.htm 2. What Causes Parkinson's? Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/causes.cfm 3. Procedure Appears to Boost Motor Skills in Patient American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ1GXTKSVD&sub_... 4. Combination of Two Widely Used Pesticides Linked t National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/centers/2001news/ctrnews5.htm 5. Life and Death of a Neuron National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/ninds_neuron.htm 6. New Findings about Parkinson's Disease: Coffe National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_parkinson_caffeine_hr... Treatment 1. Medications for Parkinson's Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/med_treatment.cfm 2. Thalamotomy We Move http://www.wemove.org/par/par_thal.html 3. Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Diseas National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/deep_brain_stimulation/deep_brain_stimul... 4. Parkinson's Disease: Nonpharmacologic Treatme We Move http://www.wemove.org/par/par_nphm.html 5. Parkinson's Disease: Treatment Options National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=71355 6. FDA Approves Apokyn for the Acute Treatment of Epi Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/answers/2004/ans01284.html   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! Health News Yahoo! Health News 'Record births' after New Zealand quake A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday. 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