Patient Education and Support

Featured Resources

For further neurological information, the staff of Comprehensive Neurology & Sleep Medicine recommends the following resources. Please contact the association you are interested in, or click on the hyperlink to their websites.

• Alzheimer's Association
  Toll free: (800) 272-3900
  Email: info@alz.org
  http://www.alz.org

• The Epilepsy Foundation of America
  4351 Garden City Dr.
  Landover, MD 20785
  (800)332-1000
  (301)459-3700
  http://www.efa.org

• American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)
  19 Mantua Road
  Mt. Royal, NJ 08061
  Tel: (856) 423-0258
  Fax: (856) 423-0082
  Email: achehg@talley.com
  http://www.achenet.org

• The National Headache Foundation
  http://www.headaches.org

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  733 Third Avenue
  New York, NY 10017
  Toll free (800) FIGHT-MS (1-800-344-4867)
  Email: info@nmss.org
  http://www.nmss.org

• The Neuropathy Association
  60 E. 42nd Street, Suite 942
  New York, NY 10165
  Tel: (212) 692-0662
  Email: info@neuropathy.org
  http://www.neuropathy.org

• Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF)
  William Black Medical Building
  710 West 168th Street
  New York, NY 10032
  (212)923.4700
  Fax: (212)923.4778
  http://www.parkinsons-foundation.org/

• National Sleep Foundation
  1522 K Street, NW, Suite 500
  Washington, D.C. 20005
  Fax: (202) 347-3472 Email: nsf@sleepfoundation.org
  http://www.sleepfoundation.org

• Rare Disorders
  http://www.raredisorders.org
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• Restless Leg Syndrome
  http://www.rls.org

• The Tourette's Syndrome Association
  http://tsa.mgh.harvard.edu

Patient Education Links

The following links take you to patient-friendly diagnostic and treatment information provided by neurologychannel.com, a physician-monitored resource:

ADHD ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease Alzheimer's disease Autism Back pain Bell's palsy Botulinum toxin (BOTOX®) therapy Carpal tunnel syndrome Cephalic disorders Cerebral palsy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Chronic pain Coma Dementia Encephalitis Epidural injection Fibromyalgia Guillain-Barre syndrome Headaches Huntington's disease Hydrocephalus Lyme disease

Meningitis Migraines Movement disorders Multiple sclerosis (MS) Multisystem atrophy Myasthenia gravis Myopathies Neurofibromatosis Neurological exam Neuropathy Parkinson's disease RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) Seizures/epilepsy Sleep disorders Stroke Traumatic brain injury Tremor Trigger point injection Tumors (in the nervous system) Vagus nerve stimulation Vertigo

Support Organizations

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

ADD Resources

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

ALS

ALS Association

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Association

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR Center)

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

American Health Assistance Foundation

Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living

Eldercare Locator

Aphasia

National Aphasia Association

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Ataxia

National Ataxia Foundation (NFA)

Autism

Autism Research Institute

Growing Minds Autism Programs

The Son-Rise Program...The Autism Treatment Center Of America

Benign Essential Blepharospasm

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, Inc. (BEBRF)

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Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association Inc.

Brain Trauma Foundation

Brain Tumor

American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)

National Brain Tumor Foundation

Children's Brain Tumor Foundation

Cerebral Palsy

United Cerebral Palsy

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc.

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Dystonia

Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF)

WE MOVE

Epilepsy

American Epilepsy Society

The Epilepsy Foundation

Fibromyalgia

National Fibromyalgia Association

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Foundation International

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Headache/Migraine

American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)

National Headache Foundation

World Headache Alliance

Hemifacial Spasm

Hemifacial Spasm Association

Huntington's Disease

Caring For People with Huntington's Disease

Huntington's Disease Society of America

Lyme Disease

American Lyme Disease Foundation

Lyme Disease: A Patients Guide

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Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGF)

Neurofibromatosis

Neurofibromatosis, Inc.

National Neurofibromatosis Foundation

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Neuropathy

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association

The Neuropathy Association

Pain Management

American Chronic Pain Association, Inc. (ACPA)

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain

Spine Health

Parkinson's Disease

American Parkinson Disease Association

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.

Parkinson's Disease Foundation

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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Inc. (SPSP)

Restless Leg Syndrome

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation

Sleep Disorders

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

American Sleep Apnea Association

Center for Narcolepsy

National Sleep Foundation

sleepchannel

Spasmodic Dystonia/Torticollis

Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

ST Dystonia Inc.

National Spasmodic Torticollis Association (NSTA)

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Stroke

American Stroke Association

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Stroke Association

Tinnitus

American Tinnitus Association

Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.

Tremor

International Tremor Foundation

Tremor Action Network

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia Association (TNA)

General Neurological Resources

Aging Parents and Elder Care

American Academy of Neurology

Dana Alliance (Charles A. Dana Fund)

Christopher and Dana Reeve Resource Center

Family Caregiver Alliance

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)

The Brain Matters

The National Rehabilitation Information Center(NARIC)

neurologychannel

General Resources

Safe Medication

Clinical Trials

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