The RLS Foundation
Related Links
The RLS Foundation often lists links to other organizations within the pages of NightWalkers, as well as partners with related organizations and groups. Below is a listing of some related links you may find useful in your study of RLS. You can also view our Sleep & International Links page to view organizations related to the RLS Foundation.
Other Organizations
Center on Medical Record Rights and Privacy: Based at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute, a non-partisan multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health policy and health services research, the Center is dedicated to raising public awareness of the rights and responsibilities associated with medical records and other health information.
Demos Medical Publishing: Contemporary publishing for healthcare professionals and consumers with chronic conditions. The company publishes world-class texts in neurology, rehabilitation medicine, growing lists in oncology, pathology, and cardiovascular medicine, and acclaimed patient books.
FDA Press Releases: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides an FDA (Food & Drug Administration) press release page.
Fibromyalgia Network: Keeps you current on fibromyalgia treatments, coping tips, and research.
Health On the Net Foundation (HON): Promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.
Mayo Clinic.com: More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health.
NCCAM: The National Institute of Health has a specific focus on complimentary and alternative medicine.
National Fibromyalgia Association: A 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and execute programs dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with fibromyalgia.
National Fibromyalgia Partnership: Offers medically accurate information on the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and research of fibromyalgia.
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC): An information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Parkinson Foundation: The mission of the National Parkinson Foundation is to improve the quality of care for people with Parkinson’s disease through research, education and outreach.
NSF International: An independent, not-for-profit organization, is committed to safer consumer decisions.
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation: PDF is working for the nearly one million people in the US who live with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by funding promising research to find the causes of and a cure for PD while supporting people with Parkinson’s, their families and caregivers through educational programs and support services.
REM Sleep NYC: REM Sleep is a full service diagnostic and treatment sleep laboratory specializing in the evaluation, education and treatment of sleep/wake disorders located in New York.
Restless Legs Syndrome: Relief and Hope for Sleepless Victims of a Hidden Epidemic: Book written by Robert Yoakum.
Tardive dyskinesia: Organization for TD, a condition typically caused by certain psychoactive drugs such as anti-depressants, or "dopamine antagonists" (drugs that block dopamine receptors, used to treat disorders of the nervous or circulatory system).
WebMD: Provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.