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Parkinson's Disease Organizations offer information, gather donations for research, and may provide discussion forums for PD sufferers, friends, and family members.

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• American Parkinson Disease Association

  http://www.apdaparkinson.org/
  Focuses on research, patient support, education and raising public awareness of PD.

• APDA: The Massachusetts Chapter

  http://www.apdama.org/
  Promotes parkinson's awareness in the Boston community. Information about the organization as well as the disease itself, contact details and links.

• Edinburgh Branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK

  http://edinburghparkinsons.org/
  Services and information for those in the Edinburgh area. Includes news, meetings and activities.

• Maine Parkinson Society

  http://www.maineparkinsonsociety.org/
  MEPS is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life of Maine people with Parkinson’s disease. Find news, events, and projects.

• Michael J. Fox Foundation

  http://www.michaeljfox.org/
  The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research is dedicated to ensuring the development of a cure for Parkinson's disease within this decade through an aggressively funded research agenda.

• Michigan Parkinson Foundation

  http://www.parkinsonsmi.org/
  A voluntary non-profit corporation providing people with Parkinson's disease in Michigan information on support groups state-wide, current events, research news, and clinical trials. Quarterly newsletter is available on-line.

• National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.

  http://www.parkinson.org/
  Information about Parkinson's disease, articles from their newsletters, on-lines tests for tremor and clinical depression, as well as an Ask-The-Doctor forum.

• Neurosearch

  http://www.neurosearch-usa.com/
  Clinical trials corporation that specializes in neurological diseases.

• Northwest Parkinson's Foundation

  http://www.nwpf.org/
  A non-profit organization located in the Pacific Northwest which promotes awareness, education, care and a cure for Parkinson's Disease.

• PADRECC: Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center

  http://www.parkinsons.va.gov/New_Front_Page.asp
  Network supports six facilities located in Portland/Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Richmond, and Philadelphia.

• PALS Support Group (Ireland)

  http://gofree.indigo.ie/~pdpals
  PALS Support Group has formally existed since November, 1998 and is a branch of the Parkinson's Association of Ireland. It is the brainchild of its Chairman, David Magennis, who has had PD since he was 28.

• Parkinson Association of Mecklenburg County

  http://www.parkinsonassociation.org/
  Provides support group meetings, information to the community, membership, prescription assistance to members, a swim therapy program and home health care information. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

• Parkinson Foundation of Canada

  http://www.parkinson.ca/
  Details on this not for profit, charitable organization that raises money through corporate sponsorships, public donations, and planned gifts to help find the cause and a cure for this disease.

• Parkinson's Action Network

  http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/
  PANs primary mission since its founding in 1991 has been to provide an informed, organized, and effective voice in public policy issues affecting the search for a cure for Parkinson's disease.

• Parkinson's Disease Foundation

  http://www.pdf.org/
  A national non-profit organization devoted to research, patient education, and public advocacy.

• Parkinson's Disease Society

  http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/
  Support, advice and information to people with Parkinson's in the UK, their carers, families and friends. Also provides assistance to health and social services professionals involved in management and care.

• Parkinson's Resources of Oregon

  http://www.parkinsonsresources.org/
  Provides education, support groups, telephone support, lending library for books and videos, newsletter, exercise program and information on resources available in Oregon and Southern Washington state.

• The Center for Neurologic Study

  http://www.cnsonline.org/
  CNS is a non profit foundation in La Jolla, California, dedicated to research and treatment of neurological diseases. Parkinson's disease information is in the archives.

• The Parkinson's Appeal

  http://www.parkinsonsappeal.com/
  A charity to fund the procedure known as Deep Brain Stimulation, a new treatment to alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Includes coping with PD, having the operation, eyewitness reports, and research.

• World Parkinson Congress

  http://www.worldpdcongress.org/
  A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an international forum for the best scientific discoveries, medical practices and caregiver initiatives related to Parkinson's disease.

 

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