Accurian, Inc., is a company specializing in facilitating direct recruitment of patients to clinical trials. Increasingly, patients interested in participating in clinical trials are relying less on health care providers for referral doing more independent research, primarily on the Internet, with the goal of self referral. According to their Web site, Acurian "provides patients and their caretakers with the broadest aggregation of clinical trials on the Internet, as well as news on current, newly approved, and emerging medical therapies." 

Center Watch is a private company affiliated with the Thomson Corporation "dedicated to providing patients and their advocates with a variety of information services and educational materials on clinical research. Our web site ..provides an extensive list of IRB approved clinical trials being conducted internationally. Many of these trials may be appropriate for your participation. Our web site also lists promising therapies newly approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)."

ClinicalTials.Gov is maintained by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). It lists "approximately 26,100 clinical studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, other federal agencies, and private industry. Studies listed in the database are conducted in all 50 States and in over 120 countries." It provides "information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals."

Current Controlled Trials Ltd is a web-based publishing company that provides a range of databases and services for scientists, medical practitioners, pharmaceutical companies, patients and others with an interest in controlled trials." "The Current Controlled Trials website has been developed by Current Controlled Trials Ltd, part of the Science Navigation Group of companies (http://www.sciencenavigation.com). The Group has its head office in London (UK), with additional offices in Philadelphia, Chicago, Geneva, Amsterdam, Oslo and Tel Aviv." "Current Controlled Trials allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials. Access to all the information on this site is free; charges for the registration services offered by Current Controlled Trials are available on request. Publication services are also available via the range of open access peer-reviewed journals published by our sister company, BioMed Central."

International site--"This service is provided by the IFPMA, on behalf of its Member Companies and Associations. The portal has been designed as a single entry allowing you to search for comprehensive information on on-going clinical trials (registry) or results of completed trials (database) conducted by the innovative pharmaceutical industry."

This Web site is sponsored by the journal Neurology, which is the Official Publication of the American Academy of Neurology. The journal Neurology "is widely read by clinicians and Neurology online is heavily accessed by the public. Information on clinical trials submitted for publication in the clinical trials recruiting section and all advertisements for clinical trials must be IRB approved."

"VeritasMedicine.com is an online health resource focused on improving patient access to clinical trials and information about therapies in development for serious medical conditions. The centerpiece of VeritasMedicine.com is a comprehensive clinical trials database that allows patients to be matched to clinical trials based on information submitted confidentially. (quoted from the Veritas Medicine WebSite home page). Alzheimer and Other Dementias

WebMD is an organization whose mission is to provide reliable health and medical information to the public via the Internet. Their staff consists of board certified physicians, journalists and community experts. WebMD provides health sciences content, reference links and links to support resources.

"ABLEDATA provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources. Although ABLEDATA does not sell any products, we can help you locate the companies that do."

International professional association whose mission includes ensuring appropriate access to neurological care, offering professional education in the neurosciences to physicians and allied health professionals, supporting clinical trials and basic research.

The mission of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is to promote the interests of and provide the highest quality services for professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech and hearing science, and to advocate for people with communication disabilities.

"BrainNet distributes or assists in the distribution of information related to the central nervous system and various neurological disorders. What make us unique is that most of the information we distribute cannot be found on the Internet. Sometimes this information deals with the disorder itself and other times it refers to related matters such as medications, therapies, legislation and other related information.We then arrange for you to receive this information, FREE of charge, via the method of your choosing directly from BrainNet, the Health Agency, Pharmaceutical Company or other providers."

"CNS is a non profit organization dedicated to research and treatment of neurological diseases. The Center was founded in 1979 with the intent of helping patients and families who have been affected by presently incurable neurologic disease"

Open Resource projects features links to: Clinical Neurophysiology, Evidence Based Practice, Neuroanatomy, Neurological Disorders, Pediatrics, Acaddemic Departments and Institutes, Associations, Journals and Neurologists.

List of lists of neurology resources on the Internet, divided into large, medium and small lists.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1950, NINDS is one of the more than two dozen research institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mission of the NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease-a burden borne by every age group, every segment of society, and people all over the world. To accomplish this goal the NINDS supports and conducts research, both basic and clinical, on the normal and diseased nervous system, fosters the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences, and seeks better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

Maintained by Neil A. Busis, MD, Chief, Division of Neurology, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Academic: Basic, Academic: Clinical, Organizations, Images, Software, Journals, Diseases, Newsgroups/Web Forums, Mailing Lists, Biology, Medicine and WWW resources.

Information for patients and clinicians, including free newsletters, message board, free continuing education courses, pain-oriented news archive, interviews with clinicians, pain resources, library and online journal. Sponsored by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation and several healthcare companies.

International non-governmental organization associated with the World Federation of Neurology. It promotes "prevention and the care of persons with disorders of the entire nervous system by: Fostering the best standards of neurological practice; Educating, in collaboration with neuroscience and other international public and private organisations; and Facilitating research through its Research Groups and other means.

Part of the WWW Virtual Library Project. One long list of resources, some with annotations. Maintained by Daniel Gardner, Dep't of Neurology & Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College.