Parkinson's Disease, Health Information

Parkinson's Disease

More than 1 million Americans live with Parkinson's disease, and 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. -Parkinson's Action Network

BOOKS

100 Questions & Answers about Parkinson Disease.
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Abraham Lieberman
Boston: Jones and Bartlett, c2003

American College of Physicians Home Medical Guide to Parkinson's Disease.
616.833 A
David R. Goldmann, editor
New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000

Healing the Brain: A Doctor's Controversial Quest for a Cure for Parkinson's Disease.
616.833 F
Curt Freed
New York: Time Books/Henry Holt, c2002

Living Well with Parkinson's.
616.833 A
Glenna Atwood
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, c2005

Parkinson's: Everything You Need to Know.
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David A. Grimes
Tonawanda, NY: Firefly, c2004

Parkinson's Disease: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier.
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Shelley Peterman Schwarz
New York: Demos, c2002

Parkinson's Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families.
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William J. Weiner
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001

Parkinson's Disease: A Guide for Patient and Family.
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Roger C. Duvoisin
Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, c2001

Parkinson's Disease: A Self-Help Guide.
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Marjan Jahanshahi
New York: Demos, c2000

Shaking Up Parkinson Disease: Fighting Like a Tiger, Thinking Like a Fox: A Book for the Puzzled, the Hopeful, the Willing, and the Prepared.
616.833 L
Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, c2002

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Parkinson's Disease: A Holistic Program for Optimal Wellness.
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Jill Marjama-Lyons and Mary J. Shomon
New York: Warner Books, c2003

When Parkinson's Strikes Early: Voices, Choices, Resources, and Treatment.
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Barbara Blake-Krebs & Linda Herman, editors
Alameda, CA: Hunter House, c2001

WEB SITES

Helping Cure Parkinson's Disease-Welcome to the National Parkinson Foundation
http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=71125
Founded in 1957, the National Parkinson Foundation is dedicated to improving the care and quality of life of persons with Parkinson and their families. The organization's site offers a primer on the disease, featuring treatment options, lifestyle concerns, surveys, personal stories and useful websites. A page is dedicated to the maintenance of optimum wellness.

MedlinePlus: Parkinson's Disease
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parkinsonsdisease.html
MedlinePlus provides authoritative health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. The page on Parkinson's Disease contains overviews, news and overviews. Information about alternative therapies, nutrition, coping, disease management, clinical trials and research is featured. Dictionaries, directories and links to organizations are also included.

Parkinson's Action Network
http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/aboutparkinsons/whatisparkinsons.htm The Parkinson's Action Network has been a leading advocate for the Parkinson's community since 1991. The organization's web site offers recent scientific updates.

We Move: Parkinson's Disease
http://www.wemove.org/par/
Since 1991, We Move has been dedicated to "facilitating the communication of emerging clinical advances and therapeutic approaches to the management and treatment of movement disorders." The site provides information on symptoms, risk factors, environmental causes, treatments and medical procedures.

Miriam Tuliao, August 2005