Parkinson's Disease

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes a leaflet called Parkinson's disease.

 Parkinsons Disease Society

Aims: To help patients and their relatives with the problems arising from Parkinson's disease, to collect and disseminate information on Parkinson's disease, to encourage and provide funds for research into Parkinson's disease.

 YPN - Younger Parkinsons Network

YPN is a subsidiary body within the Parkinson's Disease Society with the specific aim of representing all young onset people, families and carers.

 The European Parkinsons Disease Association

Aims to: promote international understanding of Parkinson's disease, enable patients and carers to draw on best caring practice worldwide, access the latest medical and surgical advice, make informed choices to achieve the best quality of life possible.

 Parkinson's Disease

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Parkinson's Disease.

 Subthalamotomy for Parkinson's disease

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Subthalamotomy for Parkinson's disease.

 Medicine Guide for Parkinson's Disease

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Parkinsons disease (From The Adrienne Coles Memorial Trust)

Parkinson's Disease information, mailing lists, and links to other relevant Internet sites.

 British Brain and Spine Foundation

Have very good information booklets which you can download, including one called 'Parkinson's Disease and parkinsonism'

 National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions

The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (NCC-CC) is a collaborative, multi-professional centre undertaking commissions to develop clinical guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales. The site provides an information service sourced from the Royal College of Physicians. Includes a section on Parkinson's disease.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.