National Resources
The links below are to societies, associations, organizations, and other national sources of information. You can search:
- General Health Information
- By Disorder or Condition
- ALS
- Brain Tumors
- Cerebral Palsy
- Epilepsy
- Headache
- Head Injury
- Huntington's Disease
- Memory Disorders
- Movement Disorders
- Neurology, General
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pituitary Tumors
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
- ALS
- ALS Association
- Brain Tumors
- Oncolink, The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource, is an online clearinghouse for Cancer information. Funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, it offers up-to-date information and resources on all aspects of cancer.
- National Cancer Institute - Online information center for the latest cancer information. All information located on CancerNet is reviewed by oncology experts and is based on the results of current research, making it a good source for accurate and dependable information on cancer. CancerNet is also the home of the PDQ databases of site-specific cancer facts.
- CancerGuide is a cancer resource maintained by Steve Dunn, a cancer patient/survivor. It is a collection of cancer resources organized to approximate a cancer patient's decision-making process in finding out about their illness.
- The American Cancer Society's main website of information about cancer and ACS programs and services.
- Medweb: This is a large index of medical information on the net. The section on oncology (cancer treatment) is rather long and technical, but provides a dizzying amount of links to cancer information.
- The Brain Tumor Society
- Cerebral Palsy
- About-Cerebral-Palsy.org provides useful information on
Cerebral Palsy, Diagnosis, Causes of CP, and classification of Cerebral
Palsy. Also, allows users to contact doctors with their questions, and
offers free evaluation for lifetime benefits. - Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Foundation of America
- Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia
- American Epilepsy Society
- Headache
- National Headache Foundation
- American Council for Headache Education
- Head Injury
- Brain Injury Association
- Huntington's Disease
- Huntington's Disease Society of America
- Caring for People with HD
- Heriditary Disease Foundation
- Memory Disorders
- Alzheimer's Association
- Virginia Chapters
- Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center
- Movement Disorders
- Movement Disorders Society
- Spasmodic Torticollis Dystonia / Cervical Dystonia Organization is an association truly dedicated to helping people find a faster diagnosis and more effective treatment; thus empowering them to achieve a higher quality of life. ST affects approximately 500,000 people in the USA alone.
- Tremor Action Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting grassroots advocacy, research activity, and awareness for the millions afflicted with Essential Tremor.
- Neurology, General
- Chemo Care - Chemotherapy Drugs and Side Effects Information. Scott Hamilton’s chemotherapy site offers the latest chemo information for cancer patients and their families, caregivers and friends. Outlines all you should know about chemotherapy and cancer treatment.
Medweb is a large index of medical information on the net. The section on Neurology is rather long and technical, but provides a dizzying amount of links to Neurology information. - Neuromuscular Diseases
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Myositis Association of America
- Parkinson's Disease
- American Parkinson Disease Association
- American Parkinson Disease Association Information & Referral Center of Virginia
- Pituitary Tumors
- National Cancer Institute information
- Spinal Cord Injury
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
- Stroke
- National Stroke Assocation
- American Heart Association
- American Heart Association/Virginia Chapters
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