Parkinson's Disease Research Web - Information for Patients & Caregivers

Parkinson's Disease Highlights for Patients & Caregivers

Tai Chi Increases Balance in Parkinson’s Patients -recent results from NINDS-funded studies by Dr. Fuzhong Li and colleagues.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) The mission of the NCATS, a new Center at NIH, is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing, and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions.
NIH information on stem cell research.

NINDS Parkinson's Disease Information

FDA Approved Drug Products Search for information on FDA-approved treatments for Parkinson's disease.

Patient Recruitment for Studies Conducted by the NINDS.
ClinicalTrials.gov - Registry of federally & privately supported Parkinson's Disease clinical trials
PDtrials.org - Find up-to-date information on Parkinson’s disease trials currently enrolling participants in the U.S. and Canada
Fox Trial Finder- Service created by The Michael J. Fox Foundation to help match volunteers with and without Parkinson's disease with clinical trails
Parkinson’s Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI) the mission of PPMI is to identify one or more biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease (PD) progression, a critical next step in the development of new and better treatments for PD.

Last updated March 27, 2012