Healthy Santa Cruz County - neurological disorders

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Multiple Sclerosis
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about multiple sclerosis. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: local information, multiple sclerosis, neurological disorders
• Local Help & Information: Parkinson's Disease
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about Parkinson's Disease. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: local information, neurological disorders, parkinson's disease
• Local Help & Information: Stroke
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about strokes. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: local information, neurological disorders, stroke

Library Resources

• Find Books: Multiple Sclerosis
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, multiple sclerosis, neurological disorders
• Find Books: Parkinson's Disease
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about Parkinson's Disease and other neurological disorders. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, neurological disorders, parkinson's disease
• Find Books: Stroke
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about strokes and other neurological disorders. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, neurological disorders, stroke

Recommended Websites

• NINDS Stroke Information Page
  Features include up-to-date information about clinical trials as well as current research updates; also offers information about organizations to contact and a wide variety of disease-related brochures to download.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, healthy lifestyle, neurological disorders, recommended website, research, stroke
• Multiple Sclerosis - MedlinePlus
  Special features: News; research and treatment updates; interactive tutorial; Spanish available. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, MedlinePlus, multiple sclerosis, neurological disorders, recommended website, research, research database, support
• Multiple Sclerosis Information Page (NINDS)
  Special features: Clinical trials and research updates; links to local / national organizations; publications and fact sheets. From: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH).
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, multiple sclerosis, neurological disorders, recommended website, research, support
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  Special features: Multiple Sclerosis Information Sourcebook, providing easy-to-access (links to web or PDF formats) information on more than 50 related topics; KIP (Knowledge Is Power) 6-part e-mail program for the newly-diagnosed; news and research updates; MS Learn Online webcasts; reproducible brochures / fact sheets; multiple languages available. From: National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, medications, multiple sclerosis, neurological disorders, recommended website, research
• National Parkinson Foundation
  Special features: Discussion Corner - send questions to physicians and related health specialists; message board; personal stories; surveys and questionnaires. From: National Parkinson Foundation.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, neurological disorders, parkinson's disease, recommended website, research, support
• National Stroke Association
  Special features: Emergency stroke center locator; warning signs; specialized links for survivors, caregivers, women and African Americans; large text format available. From: Natonal Stroke Association.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, healthy lifestyle, neurological disorders, recommended website, research, stroke
• Parkinson's Disease - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorial; diagnosis and treatment; alternative therapy options; lifestyle management; news and updates on research and clinical trials. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, MedlinePlus, neurological disorders, parkinson's disease, recommended website, research
• Parkinson's Disease Information Page (NINDS)
  Special features: Fact sheets; research and trials updates; links to organizations across the country; link to in-depth NINDS coverage, Parkinson's Disease: Challenges, Progress, and Promise. From: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS / NIH).
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, healthy lifestyle, neurological disorders, parkinson's disease, recommended website, research
• Stroke - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Research, news, clinical trial updates. Several interactive tutorials, and Spanish available. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, healthy lifestyle, MedlinePlus, neurological disorders, recommended website, research, stroke

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.