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Useful links to external sites

Parkinson's Disease Society This is the leading UK-based PD charity. It funds many research projects. It also has reliable, practical information for carers and patients. Advice is available on drug management, diet, exercise, alternative therapies and carer support.

Sarah Matheson Trust The UK support charity for people with Multiple System Atrophy and for carers. The charity also funds research and is a source of information and education for patients, carers and professionals.

The Michael J Fox Foundation is an American charity "dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease within the decade through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today." It also has useful information for people with Parkinson's.

We Move is a US web-based organisation providing information on Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders.

NICE guidelines on Parkinson's Disease The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is a UK-based independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the prevention and management of disease. In 2006 NICE issued guidance on the management of Parkinson's Disease.

Caring for someone UK government website for carers. Contains details of carers' rights, support services, carers' allowances, how to contact other carers, looking after yourself etc.

Crossroads - caring for carers UK charity aiming to support carers.

PSP (Europe) Association Organisation providing information about progressive supranuclear palsy and supporting research into this condition.

National Parkinson Foundation NPF is the largest and oldest national Parkinson foundation in the United States. NPF supports Parkinson-related research, patient care, education, training, and outreach.

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