Educational Materials

Do you want to know more about Parkinson's? PDF's materials provide information about symptoms, medications, resources & more.
Past Print Newsletters
2013
- Winter - Feature Story: The Big Picture: Studying Populations to Understand Parkinson's Disease (HTML format | PDF format)
2012
- Fall - Feature Story: Going to the Hospital with Parkinson's: How to Be Prepared (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer - Feature Story: "The Placebo Effect," How It Complicates Parkinson’s Disease Research (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring - Feature Story: Seeking Out A Parkinson's Specialist to Optimize Your Care (HTML format | PDF format)
- Winter - Feature Story: Genetics: A Foundation for Future Parkinson's Treatments (HTML format | PDF format)
2011
- Fall - Feature Story: The Problem of Failed Trials — and One Piece of the Solution (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer - Feature Story: PDF Announces $5.5 Million in Parkinson’s Research Awards (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring - Feature Story: Environmental Factors and Parkinson's: What Have We Learned? (HTML format | PDF format)
- Winter - Feature Story: Parkinson's Clinical Research: Changing the Way Business is Done (HTML format | PDF format)
2010
- Fall - Feature Story: The Ups and Downs of Dopamine: Impulse Control and Parkinson's (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer - Feature Story: What's in the Parkinson's Pipeline? (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring - Feature Story: A Clinical Trials Expert Asks: Is Neuroprotection Our Only Goal in the Fight Against Parkinson's? (HTML format | PDF format)
- Winter - Feature Story: Health Care Reform: Principles for the Parkinson's Community (HTML format | PDF format)
2009
- Fall - Feature Story: Chasing the Cure: A Decade of Advances in Parkinson's Disease Research (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer - Feature Story: Improving Brain Function with Exercise, Connectedness and Creativity (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring - Feature Story: The Era of "Change": New Pathways for Research in Parkinson's (HTML format | PDF format)
- Winter - Feature Story: Genetics and Parkinson's Disease: What Have We Learned? (HTML format | PDF format)
2008
- Fall - Feature Story: Medications for Parkinson's Disease: What's on the Horizon? (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer – Feature Story: Repairing the Parkinson’s Pipeline (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring – Feature Story: A New Generation of Anti-Parkinson Treatments: Are We There Yet? (HTML format | PDF format)
2007
- Winter – Feature Story: State of Parkinson’s Science is Focus of PDF’s 50th Anniversary Symposium (HTML format | PDF format)
- Fall – Feature Story: PDF Awards Nearly $900K to Fund 18 Promising PD Research Projects (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer – Feature Story: PDF Celebrates its 50th with Unique Symposium on Parkinson’s Disease (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring – Feature Story: New Scale for Measuring PD Increases Role of Patients and Caregivers (HTML format | PDF format)
2006
- Winter – Feature Story: Citing Progress and Charting Prospects: The New NIH Parkinson's Research Plan (HTML format | PDF format)
- Fall – Feature Story: PD: More Than a Movement Disorder (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring/Summer – Feature Story: WPC 2006: A Culture of Collaboration (HTML format | PDF format)
2005
- Winter – Feature Story: Spreading the Word on Parkinson's Trials (HTML format | PDF format)
- Fall – Feature Story: Strengthening the Udall Centers (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer – Feature Story: PDF Awards More Than $700K To 24 Emerging Parkinson’s Scientists (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring – Feature Story: Stem Cells: Their Potential in Treating PD (HTML format | PDF format)
2004
- Winter – Feature Story: Trial of New PD Treatment Halted (HTML format | PDF format)
- Fall – Feature Story: Nature Versus Nurture: What Causes PD? (HTML format | PDF format)
- Summer – Feature Story: PDF Awards $700,000 in 18 Seed Grants for Promising Parkinson's Research (HTML format | PDF format)
- Spring – Feature Story: Assessing a New Generation of Potential Anti-Parkinson Treatments (HTML format)
2003
- Winter – Feature Story: An Interview with NINDS Director, Dr. Story Landis (HTML format)
- Fall – Feature Story: Dedicated to PD – A Special Tribute to A Remarkable Lady (HTML format)
- Summer – Feature Story: Diagnosing Parkinson's - Techniques Old and New (HTML format)
- Spring – Feature Story: The Parkinson’s Mailbag-Improving Manual Dexterity (HTML format)











