September 1996 National Library of Medicine Health Hotlines: 800 Numbers from DIRLINE Health Hotlines is a compilation of organizations with toll-free telephone numbers. It is derived from DIRLINE, the National Library of Medicine's Directory of Information Resources Online. This database contains descriptions of more than 17,000 biomedical information resources including organizations, databases, research resources, etc. Some of the subject areas included in Health Hotlines are AIDS, cancer, maternal and child health, aging, substance abuse, disabilities, and mental health. Health Hotlines also lists a variety of groups disseminating information on a number of specific diseases and disorders. Organizations fall into many categories including Federal, State and local government agencies, information and referral centers, professional societies, support groups and voluntary associations. Health Hotlines is provided as a community service to assist the public in locating health-related information. The toll-free telephone numbers in Health Hotlines were provided by the organizations and verified at the time of printing. The National Library of Medicine has not reviewed or evaluated the services of the organizations listed. The inclusion of an organization in this publication does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by the Federal Government of an organization's services or views. Symbols Within Text * Spanish spoken + Spanish publications available ------------------------------ Septiembre de 1996 Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina Lineas Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud: Numeros 800 de DIRLINE Lineas Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud es una recopilacion de organizaciones con numeros de telefonos gratuitos. Esta recopilacion se deriva de DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online), Directorio de Medios de Informacion por Computadora de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina. Esta base de datos contiene las descripciones de mas de 17,000 recursos sobre informacion biomedica, incluyendo organizaciones, bases de datos y recursos de investigacion, ademas de otra informacion util. Algunos de los topicos incluidos en Las Lineas Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud son el SIDA, el cancer, la salud materno-infantil, la vejez, la drogadiccion, la invalidez y la salud mental. Las Lineas Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud tambien contienen una variedad de numeros de telefonos de grupos encargadas de diseminar informacion acerca de enfermedades especificas y trastornos de la salud. Estas organizaciones se agrupan bajo varias categorias incluyendo agencias de los gobiernos locales, estales y federal, centros de informacion y referencia, asociaciones de profesionales, grupos de apoyo y asociaciones de voluntarios. Las Lineas Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud se proveen como un servicio a la comunidad para asistir al publico a localizar informacion relacionada con la salud. Los numeros de telefonos gratuitos que aparecen en Las Lineas Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud fueron provistos por las organizaciones y verificados al momento de imprimirse. La Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina no ha revisado o evaluado los servicios prestados por las organizaciones aqui nombradas. El gobierno Federal no esta recomendando o endorsando los servicios o los puntos de vista de las organizaciones que se incluyen en esta publicacion. Simbolos: * Se habla Espanol + Pubicaciones disponibles en Espanol ------------------------------ ABLEDATA [*+] (Product information for the handicapped and disabled) (Informacion acerca de productos para el invalido y el incapacitado) (800) 227-0126 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 935 Silver Spring, MD 20901-3319 The Access Group [+] El Grupo de Acceso (Children with disabilities born to Vietnam veterans) (Ninos minusvalidos hijos de veteranos de la guerra de Vietnam) (800) 821-8580 222 Cherokee Street NE Marietta, GA 30060 Adoption Information Center Centro de Informacion sobre Adopcion (800) 522-6882 1212 South 70th Street West Allis, WI 53214 Aeronational [*] Aeronacional (Air ambulance transport) (Transporte de ambulancia aereo) (800) 245-9987 P.O. Box 538 Washington, PA 15301 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [*+] (AHCPR) Clearinghouse Centro de Informacion de la Agencia sobre la Politica de el Cuidado e Investigacion de la Salud (800) 358-9295 P.O. Box 8547 Silver Spring, MD 20907-8547 AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) [*+] Servicio de Informacion sobre Ensayos Clinicos del SIDA (800) TRIALS-A (874-2572) (800) 243-7012 (TTY) P.O. Box 6421 Rockville, MD 20849-6421 Air Ambulance America [*+] Ambulancia Aerea de America (800) 262-8526 (800) 843-8418 5804 Sunset Drive Miami, FL 33156 Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Hotline Linea de Informacion del Grupo de Familia Alateen de Al-Anon (800) 344-2666 (800) 245-4656 (within New York) (800) 443-4525 (within Canada) 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617 Alcohol and Drug Helpline Linea de Ayuda en la Lucha contra el Alcohol y las Drogas (800) 821-4357 4578 Highland Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84117 Alcohol, Drug and Pregnancy Helpline National Center for Perinatal Addiction, Research and Education (NAPARE) Linea de Ayuda en la Lucha contra el Alcohol, las Drogas y el Embarazo Centro Nacional de Investigacion y Educacion acerca de la Adiccion Perinatal (800) 638-2229 200 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60601 Alcohol Rehab for the Elderly Rehabilitacion del Anciano Alcoholico (800) 354-7089 (800) 344-0824 (within Illinois) P.O. Box 267 Hopedale, IL 61747 Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics [+] Red de Alergias y Asma/Madres de Asmaticos (800) 878-4403 3554 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 200 Fairfax, VA 22030 Alliance of Genetic Support Groups [*+] Alianza de Grupos de Apoyo para Enfermedades Geneticas (800) 336-GENE (336-4363) 35 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 440 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7015 ALM International [+] (American Leprosy Missions) (Misiones Americanas para la Lucha Contra la Lepra) (800) 537-7679 One ALM Way Greenville, SC 29601 Alzheimer's Association [*+] Asociacion de Alzheimer (800) 272-3900 919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000 Chicago, IL 60611-1676 Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center [+] Centro para la Educacion y Consulta sobre la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (800) 438-4380 P.O. Box 8250 Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250 AMC Cancer Information and Counseling Line [*+] AMC Linea de Informacion y Consejeria Acerca del Cancer (800) 525-3777 1600 Pierce Street Denver, CO 80214 America Belongs to Our Children [*+] America le Pertenece a Nuestros Ninos (Educates about effects of alcohol and drugs during pregnancy) (Provee educacion acerca de los efectos del alcohol y las drogas durante el embarazo) (800) 783-6396 Scott Newman Center 6255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1906 Los Angeles, CA 90028 American Academy of Allergy and Immunology [*] Academia Americana de Alergias e Inmunologia (800) 822-2762 611 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Academia Americana de Cirugia Plastica y Reconstruccion Facial (800) 332-FACE (USA) (800) 523-FACE (Canada) 1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 220 Washington, DC 20005 American Academy of Family Physicians [+] Academia Americana de Medicos de Generales (800) 274-2237 8880 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114-2797 American Academy of Ophthalmology [*+] Academia Americana de Oftalmologia (800) 222-EYES (Elderly/Low Income Helpline) P.O. Box 7424 San Francisco, CA 94120-7424 American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric AIDS Coalition Academia Americana de Pediatria Coalicion Pediatrica del SIDA (800) 336-5475 601 13th Street NW, Suite 400 North Washington, DC 20005 American Association of Kidney Patients [+] Asociacion Americana de Pacientes con Enfermedades del Rinon (800) 749-2257 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 280 Tampa, FL 33602 American Association on Mental Retardation [*+] Asociacion Americana para el Retraso Mental (800) 424-3688 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 846 Washington, DC 20001-1512 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Asociacion Americana de Cirujanos Maxilofaciales y Orales (800) 822-6637 9700 Bryn Mawr Avenue Rosemont, IL 60018 American Association of Retired Persons [*+] Asociacion Americana de Personas Jubiladas (800) 424-2277 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 American Behcet's Association, Inc. Asociacion Americana de la Enfermedad de Behcet, Inc. (800) 7-BEHCET (723-4238) P.O. Box 27494 Tempe, AZ 85285-7494 American Board of Medical Specialties Consejo Americano de Especialidades Medicas (800) 776-2378 47 Perimeter Center East, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30346 American Brain Tumor Association [+] Asociacion Americana sobre Tumores del Cerebro (800) 886-2282 2720 River Road, Suite 146 Des Plaines, IL 60018 American Burn Association Asociacion Americana de las Victimas de Quemaduras (800) 548-2876 Department of Surgery University of Utah School of Medicine 50 North Medical Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84132 American Cancer Society [*+] National Office Asociacion Americana del Cancer Oficina Nacional (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) 1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 American Chiropractic Association [+] Asociacion Americana de Quiropracticos (800) 327-1129 1701 Clarendon Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209 American College of Legal Medicine [+] Colegio Americano de Medicina Legal (800) 433-9137 611 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 American College of Physicians [*] Colegio Medico Americano (800) 523-1546 Independence Mall West Sixth Street at Race Philadelphia, PA 19106 American Council on Alcoholism [*] Consejo Americano sobre el Alcoholismo (800) 527-5344 2522 St. Paul Street Baltimore, MD 21218 American Council of the Blind (ACB) National Legislative Hotline Consejo Americano del Invidente Linea de Informacion Nacional sobre Legislacion (800) 424-8666 1155 15th Street NW, Suite 720 Washington, DC 20005 American Dental Association [*+] Department of Public Information and Education Asociacion Dental Americana Departamento de Informacion y Educacion Publica (800) 947-4746 211 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 American Diabetes Association [*+] Asociacion Americana de la Diabetes (800) 232-3472 1660 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 American Dietetic Association [*+] Asociacion Dietetica Americana (800) 877-1600 216 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 American Foundation for the Blind [*+] Fundacion Americana para los Invidentes (800) 232-5463 11 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10001 American Heart Association [*+] Asociacion Americana del Corazon (800) 242-8721 415 North Charles Street P.O. Box 17025 Baltimore, MD 21203 American Heart Association Stroke Connection [*+] Asociacion Americana del Corazon--Division de Apoplejia (800) 553-6321 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231-4596 American Humane Association/Children's Division [*+] Asociacion Humanistica Americana/Division Pediatrica (Protection of children from abuse and neglect) (Proteje a los ninos contra el abuso y el abandono) (800) 227-4645 63 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 80112-5117 American Institute for Cancer Research Nutrition Hotline Linea de Informacion sobre la Nutricion del Instituto Americano para la Investigacion del Cancer (800) 843-8114 1759 R Street NW Washington, DC 20009 American Institute for Preventive Medicine [+] Instituto Americano para la Medicina Preventiva (800) 345-AIPM (345-2476) 30445 Northwestern Highway, Suite 350 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 American Institute of Stress Instituto Americano de la Tension Nerviosa (800) 24-RELAX (247-3529) 124 Park Avenue Yonkers, NY 10703 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine [*+] Instituto Americano de Ultrasonidos en Medicina (800) 638-5352 14750 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 100 Laurel, MD 20707-5906 American Kidney Fund [*+] Fondo Americano del Rinon (800) 638-8299 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 1010 Rockville, MD 20852 American Liver Foundation [*+] Hepatitis Hotline Linea de Informacion sobre la Hepatitis de la Fundacion Americana del Higado (800) 223-0179 1425 Pompton Avenue Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 American Lupus Society [+] Sociedad Americana del Lupus (800) 331-1802 260 Maple Court, Suite 123 Ventura, CA 93003 American Mental Health Counselors Association Asociacion Americana de Concejeros de la Salud Mental (800) 326-2642 801 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314 American Osteopathic Association [+] Asociacion Americana de Osteopatia (800) 621-1773 142 East Ontario Street Chicago, IL 60611 American Paralysis Association Asociacion Americana sobre la Paralisis (800) 225-0292 500 Morris Avenue Springfield, NJ 07081 American Parkinson's Disease Association Asociacion Americana de la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 223-2732 125 Hylan Boulevard, Suite 4B Staten Island, NY 10305 American Physical Therapy Association Asociacion Americana de Terapia Fisica (800) 999-2782 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314 American Podiatric Medical Association [*+] Asociacion Medica Americana de Podiatria (800) FOOT-CARE (366-8227) 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814-1698 American Rehabilitation Association Asociacion Americana de Rehabilitacion (800) 368-3513 1910 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191 American Running and Fitness Association [*] Asociacion Americana de Trotadores y Fisiculturistas (800) 776-2732 4405 East-West Highway, Suite 405 Bethesda, MD 20814 American School Food Service Association [*] Asociacion Escolar Americana de Servicios de Alimentacion (800) 877-8822 1600 Duke Street, 7th Floor Alexandria, VA 22314 American Society for Deaf Children [+] Sociedad Americana Para Ninos Sordos (800) 942-ASDC (942-2732) 2848 Arden Way, Suite 210 Sacramento, CA 95825-1373 American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO/Lamaze) [+] Sociedad Americana para la Psicoprofilaxis en Obstetricia (800) 368-4404 1200 19th Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association [*+] Consumer Helpline Asociacion Americana del Habla-Lenguaje-Audicion Linea de Ayuda al Consumidor (800) 638-8255 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute [+] Instituto Americano del Sindrome de Muerte Subita Infantil (800) 232-7437 6065 Roswell Road, Suite 876 Atlanta, GA 30328 American Suicide Foundation Fundacion Americana del Suicidio (800) 531-4477 1045 Park Avenue New York, NY 10028 American Syringomyelia Alliance Project Proyecto de la Alianza Americana de Seringomelia) (800) ASAP-282 (24-hour answering machine) P.O. Box 1586 Longview, TX 75606-1586 American Trauma Society Sociedad Americana de Traumatologia (800) 556-7890 8903 Presidential Parkway, Suite 512 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA) [*+] Asociacion de la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrofica (800) 782-4747 21021 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 321 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America [+] Fundacion Americana de la Anemia Aplasica (800) 747-2820 P.O. Box 613 Annapolis, MD 21404 Aquatic Injury Safety Foundation [+] Fundacion para la Prevencion de Lesiones Acuaticas (800) 342-0330 1310 Ford Building Detroit, MI 48226 ARCH National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries and Respite Care Services Centro Nacional de Recursos de ARCH para Crisis en los Centros de Envejecientes y en los Servicios de Apoyo (800) 473-1727 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Junta para la Implementacion de Acuerdos Respecto alas Barreras Arquitectonicas y de Transporte (800) USA-ABLE (872-2253) 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1111 Arthritis Consulting Services Servicios de Consulta Sobre la Artritis (800) 327-3027 4620 North State Road 7, Suite 206 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319 Arthritis Foundation [*+] Fundacion para la Artritis (800) 283-7800 1330 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 Assistance for Babies and Children with Carnitine Deficiency [*+] Ayuda para Bebes y Ninos con Deficiencia por Carnitina (800) 554-ABCD (554-2223) 720 Enterprise Drive Oak Brook, IL 60521 Association of American Physicians and Surgeons [*] Asociacion Americana de Medicos y Cirujanos (800) 635-1196 1601 North Tucson Boulevard, Suite 9 Tucson, AZ 85716 Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback [+] Asociacion para la Psicofisiologia Aplicada y la Retroalimentacion (800) 477-8892 10200 West 44th Avenue, Suite 304 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Association of Birth Defect Children Asociacion de Ninos con Defectos Congenitos (800) 313-ABDC (Birth Defect Registry Hotline) 827 Irma Avenue Orlando, FL 32803 Association for the Care of Children's Health [+] Asociacion Para el Cuidado de la Salud infantil (800) 808-2224 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 Association of Child Care Consultants International Asociacion Internacional de Consultores para el Cuidado Infantil (800) 874-9383 109 Bloodworth Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses [*] Asociacion de Enfermeras Especializadas en la Salud de la Mujer, Obstetricia y Neonatologia (800) 673-8499 700 14th Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Fundacion Americana del Asma y las Alergias (800) 7-ASTHMA (727-8462) 1125 15th Street NW, Suite 502 Washington, DC 20005 Autism Society of America Sociedad Americana del Autismo (800) 3-AUTISM (328-8476) 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 650 Bethesda, MD 20814-3015 Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [*] Linea de Informacion acerca de la Seguridad Automovilistica Administracion Nacional para la Seguridad del Trafico en las Carreteras (800) 424-9393 400 7th Street SW, Room 5319 Washington, DC 20590 Back Pain Hotline Texas Back Institute Linea de Informacion sobre el Dolor de Espalda del Instituto de la Espalda de Texas (800) 247-BACK (247-2225) 6300 West Parker Road Plano, TX 75093 Batten Disease Support and Research Association Asociacion para el Apoyo y la Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Batten (800) 448-4570 2600 Parsons Avenue Columbus, OH 43207 Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network Red de Apoyo de Beckwith-Wiedemann (800) 837-2976 3206 Braeburn Circle Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Beginnings for Parents of Hearing Impaired Children Consejo de Iniciacion para Padres de Ninos con Problemas Auditivos (800) 541-HEAR (541-4327) 3900 Barrett Drive Raleigh, NC 27609 Be Healthy Positive Pregnancy and Parenting Fitness Sea Saludable Embarazo y Paternidad Positiva (800) 433-5523 RR1 Box 172 Glenview Road Waitsfield, VT 05673 Best Start [*+] Buen Comienzo (Promotes breastfeeding for the economically disadvantaged) (Promueve la lactancia de los ninos desposeidos economicamente) (800) 277-4975 3500 East Fletcher Avenue, Suite 519 Tampa, FL 33613 Better Hearing Institute [+] Hearing Helpline Linea de Informacion del Instituto para una Buena Audicion (800) 327-9355 5021-B Backlick Road Annandale, VA 22003 Better Vision Institute Instituto Para una Buena Vision (800) 424-8422 1800 North Kent Street, Suite 904 Rosslyn, VA 22209 Black Community Crusade for Children Cruzada Infantil de la Comunidad Negra Americana (800) 274-2222 25 E Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Blind Children's Center [*+] Centro para Ninos Ciegos (800) 222-3566 (800) 222-3567 (within California) 4120 Marathon Street Los Angeles, CA 90029 Blinded Veterans Association [*] Asociacion de Veteranos Ciegos (800) 669-7079 477 H Street NW Washington, DC 20001-2694 Bone Marrow Transplant Family Support Network Red de Apoyo a las Familias para el Transplante de Medula Osea (800) 826-9376 P.O. Box 845 Avon, CT 06001 Braille Institute [+] Instituto Braille (800) BRAILLE (272-4553) 741 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029-3594 Bureau of Aging and In-Home Services Agencia de la Vejez y Servicios en el Hogar (800) 545-7763 P.O. Box 7083 Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083 Cancer Information Service [*+] Office of Cancer Communications Servicio de Informacion sobre el Cancer Departamento de Comunicaciones (800) 4-CANCER 550 North Broadway, Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21205 Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation [*+] Fundacion "Candlelighters" para el Cancer Infantil (800) 366-CCCF (366-2223) 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460 Bethesda, MD 20814 CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse [*+] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centro Nacional de Informacion del SIDA del CDC Centros para el Control y Prevencion de las Enfermedades (800) 458-5231 (800) 243-7012 (TTY) P.O. Box 6003 Rockville, MD 20849-6003 CDC National AIDS Hotline [*+] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Servicio Nacional de Informacion del SIDA del CDC Centros para el Control y Prevencion de las Enfermedades (800) 342-AIDS (342-2437) (800) 344-SIDA (Spanish) (800) AIDS-TTY (Hearing impaired) P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 CDC National STD Hotline Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre Enfermedades Venereas Centros para el Control y Prevencion de las Enfermedades (800) 227-8922 P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association [+] Asociacion de Charcot-Marie-Tooth (Inherited neuromuscular disorder) (Desorden neuromuscular hereditario) (800) 606-2682 601 Upland Avenue Upland, PA 19015 Chemical Information Referral Center [*+] Centro de Informacion y Consulta sobre Compuestos Quimicos (800) 424-9300 1300 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209 Chemocare [*+] Cuidado Quimioterapeutico (Patients and families dealing with chemotherapy) (Para pacientes y familiares enfrentados a la quimioterapia) (800) 55-CHEMO (552-4366) 231 North Avenue West Westfield, NJ 07090-1428 Child Find of America [+] Encuentra al Nino America (800) I-AM-LOST (Locating missing children) (800) A-WAY-OUT (Mediation line for parents) P.O. Box 277 New Paltz, NY 12561 Child Help USA [*+] Ayuda al Nino USA (800) 422-4453 P.O. Box 630 Hollywood, CA 90025 Child Reach [*+] Alcanza al Nino (Foster parents) (Padres adoptivos) (800) 556-7918 155 Plan Way Warwick, RI 02886 Children of Alcoholics Foundation [*+] Fundacion de Ninos de Alcoholicos (800) 359-COAF (359-2623) 555 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor New York, NY 10022 Children's Craniofacial Association [+] Asociacion de Ninos con Defectos Craneofaciales (800) 535-3643 9441 LBJ Freeway, Suite 115, LB 46 Dallas, TX 75243 Children's Hospice International Hospicio de Ninos Internacional (800) 242-4453 2202 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Suite 3C Alexandria, VA 22301 Choice in Dying, Inc. [*+] Alternativa en la Muerte, Inc. (800) 989-9455 200 Varick Street, Number 1001 New York, NY 10014-4810 Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association (CFIDS) Asociacion del Sindrome de la Fatiga Cronica y el Sindrome de Disfuncion Inmune (800) 442-3437 P.O. Box 220398 Charlotte, NC 28222 Cleft Palate Foundation [*+] Fundacion del Labio Leporino (800) 242-5338 1218 Grandview Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15211 Coast Guard Hotline Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Linea de Informacion del Servicio de Guardacostas Oficina para la Seguridad en la Navegacion y sus Vias (800) 368-5647 (800) 689-0816 (TTY) 7323 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22310 Cocaine Anonymous [*] Cocainomanos Anonimos (800) 347-8998 3740 Overland Avenue, Suite H Los Angeles, CA 90034 Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) Asociacion Americana de Transporte Comunitario (800) 527-8279 1440 New York Avenue NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20005 Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [*+] Comision sobre la Seguridad en los Productos para el Consumidor (800) 638-2772 (Product Safety Line) (800) 638-8270 (TTY Nationwide) (800) 492-8104 (TTY within Maryland) Washington, DC 20207 Contact Lens Manufacturers Association Asociacion de Fabricantes de Lentes de Contacto (800) 556-2562 4480 East-West Highway, Suite 33 Bethesda, MD 20814 Cooley's Anemia Foundation [+] Fundacion de la Anemia de Cooley (800) 522-7222 129-09 26th Avenue Flushing, NY 11354 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation [+] Fundacion del Sindrome Cornelia de Lange (Birth defects information) (Informacion acerca de los defectos congenitos) (800) 223-8355 (800) 753-2357 (Connecticut and Canada only) 60 Dyer Avenue Collinsville, CT 06022 The Coronary Club El Club Coronario (Heart attacks and heart conditions) (Informacion sobre ataques cardiacos y otras deficiencias cardiacas) (800) 478-4255 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail Code EE3-37 Cleveland, OH 44195 Council of Guilds for Infant Survival [*] Concilio de Gremios para la Supervivencia Infantil (800) 247-4370 P.O. Box 17432 Irvine, CA 92713-7432 Covenant House [*] La Casa del Convenio (Homeless youth-various locations in U.S. and Canada) (Locales en los Estados Unidos y en el Canada para jovenes sin hogar) (800) 999-9999 (800) 999-9915 (TTY) 346 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America [+] Fundacion Americana para la Enfermedad de Crohn y la Colitis (800) 932-2423 386 Park Avenue South, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016-8804 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [+] Fundacion para la Fibrosis Cistica (800) 344-4823 6931 Arlington Road Bethesda, MD 20814 Danny Foundation [+] Fundacion Danny (Baby crib and nursery safety) (Informacion acerca de la seguridad de las cunas y las guarderias) (800) 83-DANNY (833-2669) P.O. Box 680 Alamo, CA 94507 Deafness Research Foundation [*] Fundacion para la Investigacion de la Sordera (800) 535-3323 15 West 39th Street New York, NY 10018 Department of Nutrition Sciences University of Alabama Departamento de Ciencias de la Nutricion de la Universidad de Alabama (800) 231-DIET (231-3438) 1675 University Boulevard, UAB Station Birmingham, AL 35294 Depression After Delivery--National Grupo Nacional sobre la Depresion Post-Parto (800) 944-4773 P.O. Box 1282 Morrisville, PA 19067 DES Action, USA [*+] Accion DES, USA (Diethylstilbestrol exposure) (Exposicion al Diethylstilbestrol) (800) DES-9288 (337-9288) 1615 Broadway, Suite 510 Oakland, CA 94612 Devereux Foundation [+] Fundacion Devereux (Treatment of emotionally, developmentally, and mentally handicapped) (Tratamiento para personas con problemas emocionales, mentales y del desarrollo) (800) 345-1292 19 South Waterloo Road Devon, PA 19333 Disabilities Information Access Line (DIAL) [+] Lineas de Acceso a Informacion sobre Incapacidades (800) 922-3425 P.O. Box 3455 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3455 Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center [+] Centro de Asistencia Tecnica para Personas Incapacitadas y su Lugar en la Empresa (800) 949-4232 (main/TTY) 2111 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400 Arlington, VA 22201 Edna Gladney Center [*] Centro Edna Gladney (Maternity home and infant placement agency) (Hogar de maternidad y agencia de adopcion infantil) (800) GLADNEY (452-3639) 2300 Hemphill Fort Worth, TX 76110 Eldercare Locator [*] National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Centro Localizador de Servicios de Cuidado para el Anciano Asociacion Nacional de Agencias para Envejecientes (800) 677-1116 1112 16th Street NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036 Endometriosis Association [+] Asociacion de la Endometriosis (800) 992-ENDO (992-3636) 8585 North 76th Place Milwaukee, WI 53223 Epilepsy Foundation of America [*+] Fundacion Americana de la Epilepsia (800) EFA-1000 (332-1000) (800) 332-2070 (TTY) 4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 406 Landover, MD 20785 Epilepsy Information Service [*+] Bowman Gray School of Medicine Servicio de Informacion sobre la Epilepsia de la Facultad de Medicina Bowman Gray (Comprehensive epilepsy program) (Programa epileptico comprensivo) (800) 642-0500 Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1078 Families Anonymous [+] Familias Anonimas (Families coping with drug abuse and alcohol) (Familias enfrentando la drogadicion y el alcoholismo) (800) 736-9805 P.O. Box 3475 Culver City, CA 90231-3475 Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Asociacion de Familias de Personas con Atrofia Musculoespinal (800) 886-1762 P.O. Box 196 Libertyville, IL 60048-0196 Family Service America [+] Servicios para la Familia Americana (Resolution of family problems) (Solucion a los problemas familiares) (800) 221-2681 11700 West Lake Park Drive Milwaukee, WI 53224 Feingold Association of the US [+] Asociacion Feingold de US (Non-drug treatment of attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity) (Tratamiento del deficit de atencion e hiperactividad sin el uso de farmacos) (800) 321-3287 127 East Main Street Riverhead, NY 11901 Fibromyalgia Network [*+] Red sobre la Fibromialgia (800) 853-2929 P.O. Box 31750 Tucson, AZ 85751-1750 Food Allergy Network [*] Red de Informacion sobre Alergias a los Alimentos (800) 929-4040 10400 Eaton Place, Suite 107 Fairfax, VA 22030-2208 Forward Face Cara Enfrente (Charity foundation for children with craniofacial problems) (Fundacion benefica para ninos con problemas craneofaciales) (800) FWD-FACE (393-3223) 317 East 34th Street, Suite 901A New York, NY 10016 Foundation Center Customer Service [*] Fundacion para los Servicios al Consumidor (Information on grantmaking foundations) (Informacion acerca de fundaciones que ayuda) (800) 424-9836 79 Fifth Avenue at 16th Street New York, NY 10003 Foundation Fighting Blindness Fundacion para Combatir La Ceguera (800) 683-5555 Executive Plaza 1, Suite 800 11350 McCormick Road Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1014 Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types [+] Fundacion para la Ictiosis y otras Enfermedades de la Piel (800) 545-3286 P.O. Box 20921 Raleigh, NC 27619 Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Fundacion para la Prevencion de Lesiones del Cordon Espinal (800) 342-0330 1310 Ford Building Detroit, MI 48226 French Foundation for Alzheimer's Research [+] Fundacion French para la Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (800) 477-2243 11620 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 820 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Good Samaritan Project Teen [*+] Teaching AIDS Prevention Program Proyecto de Adolescentes el Buen Samaritano Programa Educativo Para Prevenir el SIDA (800) 234-8336 (4-8 pm Central Time) 3030 Walnut Street Kansas City, MO 64108 Grief Recovery Helpline Linea de Apoyo en Momentos de Afliccion (800) 445-4808 8306 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 21A Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Guardians of Hydrocephalus Research Foundation [*+] Guardianes de la Fundacion para la Investigacion de la Hidrocefalia (800) 458-8655 2618 Avenue Z Brooklyn, NY 11235-2023 Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind [*] Fundacion de Perros Guias para Ciegos (800) 548-4337 371 East Jericho Turnpike Smithtown, NY 11787 Hartgrove Hospital Program for Treatment of Self Injury (PTSI) Programa para el tratamiento de lesiones autoinfligidas del Hospital de Hartgrove (800) DONT-CUT (366-8288) 520 North Ridgeway Chicago, IL 60624 Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center [*] Centro de Recursos de Tejido Cerebral de Harvard (800) BRAIN-BANK (272-4622) McLean Hospital 115 Mill Street Belmont, MA 02178-9106 The Health Connection [+] La Coneccion de Salud (Drug and violence prevention teaching materials) (Materiales educativos para prevenir la violencia y la drogadiccion) (800) 548-8700 55 West Oak Ridge Drive Hagerstown, MD 21740 Health Resources and Services Administration [*+] Office of Health Facilities Department of Health and Human Services Oficina de Centros Sanitarios de la Administracion de Recursos y Servicios de Salud Departamento de Salud y Recursos Humanos (800) 492-0359 (English & Spanish, within Maryland) (800) 638-0742 (English & Spanish, outside Maryland) 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 Heart Information Service [*+] Texas Heart Institute Servicio de Informacion sobre el Corazon del Instituto de Cardiologia de Texas (800) 292-2221 P.O. Box 20345, MC 1-194 Houston, TX 77225-0345 Heartspring (Formerly Institute of Logopedics) Manantial del Corazon (Se llamaba: Instituto de Logopedia) (Programs for multi-handicapped children) (Programas para ninos con incapacidades multiples) (800) 835-1043 2400 Jardine Drive Wichita, KS 67219 Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI) [*+] Red para la Diseminacion de Informacion sobre la Hemofilia y el VIH/SIDA (800) 424-2634 110 Greene Street, Suite 303 New York, NY 10012 Hepatitis Foundation International [*+] Fundacion Internacional de la Hepatitis (800) 891-0707 30 Sunrise Terrace Cedar Grove, NJ 07009-1423 Herpes Resource Center American Social Health Association Centro de Recursos acerca del Herpes Asociacion Americana de Salud Social (800) 230-6039 P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Hill-Burton Free Hospital Care Hotline [*+] Health Resources and Services Administration Linea de Informacion Acerca del Servicio Hospitalario Gratuito de Hill-Burton Administracion de Recursos y Servicios de Salud (800) 638-0742 (800) 492-0359 (within Maryland) 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-74 Rockville, MD 20857 Histiocytosis Association of America [*+] Asociacion Americana de la Histiocitosis (800) 548-2758 609 New York Road Glassboro, NJ 08028 HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) [*+] Servicio de Informacion sobre los Tratamientos para el VIH/SIDA (800) HIV-0440 (448-0440) P.O. Box 6303 Rockville, MD 20849-6303 Hospice Education Institute Instituto de Educacion sobre Hospicios (800) 331-1620 190 Westbrook Road Essex, CT 06426 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Drug Information and Strategy Clearinghouse Centro de Informacion y Estrategias sobre las Drogas del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (800) 578-3472 P.O. Box 6424 Rockville, MD 20850 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) USER [*+] Departamento de la Vivienda y el Desarrollo Urbano (Database searches, bibliographies, document delivery) (Usted puede electronicamente buscar informacion en los bancos de datos, y ordenar documentos y bibliografias a vuelta de correo) (800) 245-2691 (800) 483-2209 (TTY) P.O. Box 6091 Rockville, MD 20850 Human Growth Foundation [*+] Fundacion del Crecimiento Fisico Humano (Child growth abnormalities) (Ofrece ayuda a ninos con problemas del crecimiento) (800) 451-6434 7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 202S Falls Church, VA 22043 Huntington's Disease Society of America [+] Sociedad Americana de la Enfermedad de Huntington (800) 345-4372 140 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10011-2420 Immune Deficiency Foundation [+] Fundacion para las Deficiencias Inmunologicas (800) 296-4433 25 West Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 206 Towson, MD 21204 Impotence Information Center [+] Centro de Informacion sobre la Impotencia (800) 843-4315 P.O. Box 9 Minneapolis, MN 55440 Impotence Institute of America (IIA) Instituto Americano de La Impotencia (800) 669-1603 10400 Patuxent Parkway, Suite 485 Columbia, MD 21044-3502 Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse [*] Centro de Informacion Acerca de la Calidad del Aire en el Interior de las Viviendas y los Negocios (800) 438-4318 Environmental Protection Agency P.O. Box 37133 Washington, DC 20013-7133 Inspector General's Hotline Department of Health and Human Services [*] Linea de Informacion del Inspector General del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (800) 368-5779 P.O. Box 23489 Washington, DC 20026 Insurance Information Institute Instituto de Informacion sobre Seguros (800) 331-9146 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 International Cancer Alliance Alianza Internacional Contra el Cancer (800) ICARE-61 (422-7361) 4853 Cordell Avenue, Suite 11 Bethesda, MD 20814 International Childbirth Education Association [+] Asociacion Internacional de Educacion sobre el Parto (800) 624-4934 P.O. Box 20048 Minneapolis, MN 55420-0048 International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline Sociedad Internacional de Sordos Linea de Ayuda/Informacion sobre Aparatos de Audicion para Sordos (800) 521-5247 20361 Middlebelt Road Livonia, MI 48152 International Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF) Fundacion Internacional de la Diabetes Juvenil (800) 223-1138 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10005-4001 International Myeloma Foundation Fundacion Internacional del Mieloma (800) 452-CURE (452-2873) 2120 Stanley Hills Drive Los Angeles, CA 90046 International Rett Syndrome Association [+] Asociacion Internacional del Sindrome de Rett (800) 818-7388 9121 Piscataway Road, Number 2B Clinton, MD 20735 Interstitial Cystitis Association Asociacion de la Cistitis Intersticial (800) HELP-ICA (435-7422) P.O. Box 1553, Madison Square Station New York, NY 10159 Job Accommodation Network [*+] Red para la Ubicacion de Empleo (For persons with disabilities seeking employment) (Para personas minusvalidas en busca de empleo) (800) 526-7234 West Virginia University 918 Chestnut Ridge Road P.O. Box 6080, Suite 1 Morgantown, WV 26506-6080 Just Say No International [*] Sociedad Internacional: Simplemente Diga No a Las Drogas (800) 258-2766 2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300 Oakland, CA 94612 Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse Department of Justice Centro de Informacion sobre Justicia Juvenil Departamento de Justicia (800) 638-8736 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20850-6000 Kidsrights [+] Derecho infantil (Children's rights and family issues) (Derecho infantil y asuntos familiares) (800) 892-5437 10100 Park Cedar Drive Charlotte, NC 28210 La Leche League International Liga Internacional La Leche (Breastfeeding) (Lactancia) (800) LA LECHE (525-3243) 1400 North Meacham Road P.O. Box 4079 Schaumburg, IL 60168-4079 Laser Institute of America Instituto Laser de America (800) 34-LASER (345-2737) 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 125 Orlando, FL 32826-3274 Leukemia Society of America [*+] Sociedad Americana de la Leucemia (800) 955-4572 (212) 573-8484 600 Third Avenue, 4th Floor New York, NY 10016 Living Bank [*] Banco de Vida (Organ donation) (Donacion de organos) (800) 528-2971 P.O. Box 6725 Houston, TX 77265 Look Good...Feel Better [*+] American Cancer Society Vease Bien...Sientase Mejor Sociedad Americana Contra el Cancer (800) 395-LOOK (395-5665) 1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Lupus Foundation of America [*+] Fundacion Americana del Lupus (800) 558-0121 Four Research Place, Suite 180 Rockville, MD 20850 Lyme Disease Foundation Fundacion de la Enfermedad de Lyme (800) 886-5963 One Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103-2610 Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States [+] Asociacion Estadounidense sobre la Hipertermia Maligna (800) 98-MHAUS (986-4287) P.O. Box 1069 Sherbourne, NY 13460-1069 Meat and Poultry Hotline [+] Department of Agriculture Linea de Informacion sobre la Salubridad e Inspeccion de la Carne de Res y Aves de Corral del Departamento de Agricultura (800) 535-4555 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Room 2925-S Washington, DC 20250-3700 Medic Alert Foundation International [*+] Fundacion Internacional de Alerta Medica (Identification system for medical conditions) (Sistema de identificacion de condiciones medicas) (800) ID-ALERT (432-5378) (800) 344-3226 (within California) 2323 Colorado Turlock, CA 95381-1009 Medicare Issues Hotline [+] Health Care Financing Administration Linea de Informacion de Asuntos de MEDICARE Administracion para el Financiamiento del Cuidado de la Salud (800) 638-6833 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Meniere's Network of the Ear Foundation at Baptist Hospital Red de Meniere de la Fundacion del Oido en el Hospital Bautista (800) 545-4327 1817 Patterson Street Nashville, TN 37203 Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) [*+] Programa Para Educar a las Minorias sobre los Transplantes de Organos y Tejidos (800) 393-2839 2041 Georgia Avenue NW Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3100 Washington, DC 20060 Missing Children Help Center [*+] Centro de Ayuda para Ninos Desaparecidos (800) USA-KIDS (872-5437) 410 Ware Boulevard, Suite 400 Tampa, FL 33619 Morris Animal Foundation Fundacion Morris para Animales (Veterinary medicine and humane health studies) (Medicina veterinaria y estudios de la salud humana) (800) 243-2345 45 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 80112-5480 Mothers Against Drunk Driving [+] Madres en Contra de Conductores Embriagados (800) 438-6233 (Victim hotline) 511 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700 Irving, TX 75062 Muscular Dystrophy Association [*+] Asociacion de la Distrofia Muscular (800) 572-1717 3300 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation [+] Fundacion de la Miastenia Grave (800) 541-5454 222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1540 Chicago, IL 60606 National Abortion Federation [+] Federacion Nacional del Aborto (800) 772-9100 1436 U Street NW, Suite 103 Washington, DC 20009 National Adoption Center Centro Nacional para la Adopcion (800) 862-3678 1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701 Philadelphia, PA 19102 National Alliance of Blind Students [+] American Council of the Blind Affiliate Alianza Nacional de Estudiantes Ciegos Concilio Americano Afiliado del Ciego (800) 424-8666 1155 15th Street NW, Suite 720 Washington, DC 20005 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill [*+] Alianza Nacional para el Enfermo Mental (800) 950-6264 200 North Glebe Road, Suite 1015 Arlington, VA 22203-3754 National Association for Continence (NAFC) Asociacion Nacional para la Continencia (800) 252-3337 P.O. Box 8310 Spartanburg, SC 29305-8310 National Association for the Craniofacially Handicapped Asociacion Nacional para Personas con Malformaciones Craneofaciales (800) 3-FACES-3 (332-2373) P.O. Box 11082 Chattanooga, TN 37401 National Association for the Education of Young Children [*+] Asociacion Nacional para la Educacion de los Ninos Pequenos (800) 424-2460 1509 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036-1426 National Association for Families and Addiction Research and Education Asociacion Nacional para el Estudio y la Educacion de Familias acerca de la Drogadiccion (800) 638-BABY (638-2229) 200 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60601 National Association for Family Child Care Asociacion Nacional de Guarderias Infantiles de Tipo Familiar (800) 359-3817 (Child care) (800) 628-9163 (Day care) 1331A Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 348 Washington, DC 20004 National Association for Hearing and Speech Action [*+] Asociacion Nacional Para la Accion en Favor de las Personas con Problemas del Habla y la Audicion (800) 638-8255 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired [+] Asociacion Nacional de Padres de Hijos con Problemas Visuales (800) 562-6265 P.O. Box 317 Watertown, MA 02272 National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)[*+] Asociacion Nacional de Personas con SIDA (800) 808-8060 (Pharmacy) 1413 K Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20005 National Association of Radiation Survivors Asociacion Nacional de Sobrevivientes de las Radiaciones (800) 798-5102 P.O. Box 2815 Weaverville, CA 96093 National Attention-Deficit Disorder Association Asociacion Nacional de Informacion sobre el Deficit en la Atencion (800) 487-2282 P.O. Box 972 Mentor, OH 44062-0972 National Brain Tumor Foundation [*] Fundacion Nacional de Tumores del Cerebro (800) 934-CURE (934-2873) 785 Market Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94103 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children [*+] Centro Nacional para Ninos Desaparecidos y Explotados (800) 843-5678 (800) 826-7653 (TTY) 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 550 Arlington, VA 22201 National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics [*] American Dietetic Association Centro Nacional de Nutricion y Dietetica Asociacion Dietitica Americana (800) 366-1655 (800) 366-1655 (TTY) 216 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60606-6995 National Center for Stuttering Centro Nacional sobre la Tartamudez (800) 221-2483 200 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016 National Center for Vision and Aging [*+] The Lighthouse Centro Nacional sobre los Problemas de la Vejez y la Vista El Faro (800) 334-5497 111 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 National Child Abuse Hotline [*+] Linea Nacional de Informacion Contra el Abuso de los Ninos (800) 422-4453 Box 630 Hollywood, CA 90028 National Child Safety Council [+] Childwatch Concilio Nacional para la Seguridad del Nino Vigilancia del Nino (800) 222-1464 P.O. Box 1368 Jackson, MI 49204 National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information [*+] Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre Alcohol y Drogas (800) SAY-NOTO (729-6686) (800) 487-4889 (TTY) P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20852 National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect[+] Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre el Abuso y Negligencia Infantil (800) FYI-3366 (394-3366) P.O. Box 1182 Washington, DC 20013 National Clearinghouse on Family Support and Children's Mental Health Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre la Salud Mental Infantil y Servicios de Apoyo a sus Familiares (800) 628-1696 Portland State University P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97202-0751 National Clearinghouse on Post Secondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities Health Resource Center Centro de Informacion sobre Educacion Post Secundaria para Individuos Incapacitados Centro de Recursos de Salud (800) 544-3284 One Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-1193 National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse [+] Comite Nacional para la Prevencion del Abuso de los Ninos (800) 835-2671 (Publications only) 332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60604 National Council on the Aging Consejo Nacional sobre la Vejez (800) 424-9046 409 Third Street SW, 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20024 National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline [+] Linea de Esperanza del Consejo Nacional sobre la Dependencia del Alcohol y las Drogas (800) NCA-CALL (622-2255) 12 West 21st Street, Suite 700 New York, NY 10010 National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence [*+] Consejo Nacional sobre el Abuso al Nino y la Violencia Domestica (800) 222-2000 1155 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 National Council on Problem Gambling [*+] Consejo Nacional sobre el Vicio del Juego (800) 522-4700 One Mall North 10025 Governor Warfield Parkway, Suite 301-B Columbia, MD 21044 National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) National Institute of Justice Servicio Nacional de Referencia sobre la Justicia Criminal Instituto Nacional de Justicia (Clearinghouse for criminal justice information and referrals) (Centro de Informacion y Consultas sobre Justicia Criminal) (800) 851-3420 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 National Dairy Council [*+] Consejo Nacional de Lecherias (800) 426-8271 10255 West Higgins, Number 900 Rosemont, IL 60018 National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association [*] Asociacion Nacional para la Depresion y la Psicosis Maniaco Depresiva (800) 82-NDMDA (826-3632) 730 North Franklin, Suite 501 Chicago, IL 60610 National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre las Enfermedades Gastrointestinales (800) 891-5389 2 Information Way Bethesda, MD 20892-3570 National Down Syndrome Congress [*+] Congreso Nacional del Sindrome de Down (800) 232-NDSC (232-6372) 1605 Chantilly Drive, Suite 250 Atlanta, GA 30324 National Down Syndrome Society [+] Sociedad Nacional del Sindrome de Down (800) 221-4602 666 Broadway New York, NY 10012 National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Routing Service [*+] National Institute on Drug Abuse Linea Nacional de Informacion y Consulta sobre Estupefacientes del Instituto Nacional para el Abuso de las Drogas (800) 662-HELP (662-4357) 107 Lincoln Street Worcester, MA 01605 National Easter Seal Society [*+] Sociedad Nacional Easter Seal (Rehabilitation services for the disabled) (Servicio de rehabilitacion para incapacitados) (800) 221-6827 230 West Monroe, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60606 National Eldercare Institute on Transportation [+] Community Transportation Association of America Instituto Nacional sobre Medios de Transporte para el Envejeciente Asociacion Americana del Transporte Comunitario (800) 527-8279 1440 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20005 National Eye Care Project [+] Proyecto Nacional para el Cuidado de los Ojos (Medical and surgical care for the elderly at no out-of-pocket expense) (Atencion medica y quirurgica gratuita para los ancianos) (800) 222-EYES (222-3937) P.O. Box 429098 San Francisco, CA 94142-9098 National Eye Research Foundation Fundacion Nacional para la Investigacion de Enfermedades Oculares (800) 621-2258 910 Skokie Boulevard, Number 207A Northbrook, IL 60062 National Family Caregivers Association Asociacion Nacional de Familias que Proveen Cuidados (800) 896-3650 9621 East Bexhill Drive Kensington, MD 20895-3109 National Fire Protection Association [*+] Asociacion Nacional para la Proteccion contra los Incendios (800) 344-3555 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02269 National Foundation for Depressive Illness [*+] Fundacion Nacional contra las Enfermedades Depresivas (800) 248-4344 P.O. Box 2257 New York, NY 10116 National Fragile X Foundation Fundacion Nacional del Cromosoma X Fragil (800) 688-8765 1441 York Street, Suite 303 Denver, CO 80206 National Fraud Information Center National Consumers League Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre Fraudes Liga Nacional del Consumidor (800) 876-7060 815 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 National Gaucher Foundation Fundacion Nacional de la Enfermedad de Gaucher (800) 925-8885 11140 Rockville Pike, Suite 350 Rockville, MD 20852 National Head Injury Foundation [*+] Fundacion Nacional sobre las Lesiones en la Cabeza (800) 444-6443 1176 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036-1904 National Headache Foundation [+] Fundacion Nacional para el Dolor de Cabeza (800) 843-2256 428 West St. James Place Chicago, IL 60614 National Health Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre la Salud (800) 336-4797 P.O. Box 1133 Washington, DC 20013-1133 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Education Programs Information Center Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades del Corazon, Los Pulmones y la Sangre Centro de Informacion acerca de los Programas Educativos (800) 575-WELL (575-9355) P.O. Box 30105 Bethesda, MD 20824-0105 National Helpline [*+] Linea Nacional de Ayuda (Substance abuse information and referral) (Informacion sobre abuso de sistemia y referidos) (800) 262-2463 c/o Phoenix House 164 West 74th Street New York, NY 10023 National Hospice Organization [+] Organizacion Nacional de Hospicios (800) 658-8898 1901 North Moore Street, Suite 901 Arlington, VA 22209 National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities [*+] Centro Nacional de Informacion para Ninos y Jovenes Minusvalidos (800) 695-0285 P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013 National Information Clearinghouse for Infants with Disabilities and Life-Threatening Conditions [+] Center for Developmental Disabilities Centro Nacional de Informacion para Ninos Minusvalidos con Enfermedades Graves Centro de Ninos con Incapacidades del Desarrollo (800) 922-9234, ext. 201 University of South Carolina Benson Building Columbia, SC 29208 National Information System for Health Related Services [+] Sistema Nacional de Informacion sobre Servicios Relacionados con la Salud (For developmentally disabled and chronically ill children) (Servicio para ninos con problemas del desarrollo y con otras enfermedades cronicas) (800) 922-9234 (800) 922-1107 (within South Carolina) University of South Carolina Benson Building Columbia, SC 29208 National Institute on Aging Information Center [*] Centro Nacional de Informacion del Instituto Nacional de la Vejez (800) 222-2225 (800) 222-4225 (TTY) P.O. Box 8057 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [+] Hereditary Hearing Impairment Resource Registry Instituto Nacional de la Sordera y otros Problemas de la Comunicacion Registro de Recursos para Personas con Problemas Auditivos de Tipo Hereditario (800) 320-1171 (also TTY) 555 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131-9909 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) [+] Information Clearinghouse Centro Nacional de Informacion del Instituto Nacional sobre la Sordera y otros Problemas del Habla (800) 241-1044 (800) 241-1055 (TTY) 1 Communication Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892-3456 National Institute of Environmental Health Services Instituto Nacional de los Servicios sobre Salud Ambiental (800) 643-4794 P.O. Box 12233, Mail Drop B2-05 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 National Institute of Mental Health [+] Information Resources and Inquiries Branch Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Division de Fuentes de Informacion e Investigacion (800) 64-PANIC (Panic Disorder Line) (800) 421-4211 (Depression Awareness) 1401 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30309 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) [+] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Instituto Nacional para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo Centros para el Control y Prevencion de las Enfermedades (800) 356-4674 4676 Columbia Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45226 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Instituto Nacional de los Desordenes Neurologicos y la Apoplejia (800) 352-9424 Building 31, Room 8A-06 31 Center Drive, MSC2540 Bethesda, MD 20892-2540 National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering [*+] Instituto Nacional de Ingenieria Rehabilitativa (Devices for the severely and multiply handicapped) (Dispositivos para personas con incapacidades multiples y severas) (800) 736-2216 P.O. Box T Hewitt, NJ 07421 National Institutes of Health, DHHS [*+] Division of Public Information Institutos Nacionales de la Salud Division de Informacion Publica (800) 633-3425 (NIH Radio News Service) 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 1, Room 344 Bethesda, MD 20892-0188 National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine [*] LUNG LINE Linea del Pulmon del Centro Nacional Judio de Medicina Inmunologica y Respiratoria (800) 222-LUNG (222-5864) 1400 Jackson Street Denver, CO 80206 National Kidney Foundation [+] Fundacion Nacional del Rinon (800) 622-9010 30 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016 National Lead Information Center [*] Centro Nacional de Informacion acerca del Plomo (800) 424-LEAD (Clearinghouse) (800) LEAD-FYI (Hotline) 1019 19th Street NW, Suite 401 Washington, DC 20036-5105 National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped [*+] Library of Congress Servicio Bibliotecario Nacional para Invidentes e Incapacitados Fisicos Biblioteca del Congreso (800) 424-8567 (202) 707-0744 (TTY) 1291 Taylor Street NW Washington, DC 20542 National Lymphedema Network [+] Red Nacional sobre el Linfaedema (800) 541-3259 2211 Post Street, Suite 404 San Francisco, CA 94115-3427 National Marfan Foundation [+] Fundacion Nacional del Sindrome de Marfan (800) 8-MARFAN (862-7326) 382 Main Street Port Washington, NY 11050 National Marrow Donor Program [*+] Programa Nacional para Donantes de Medula Osea (800) MARROW-2 (627-7692) (800) 654-1247 3433 Broadway Street NE, Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55413-1762 National Medicare Issues Hotline Linea de Informacion Nacional sobre Asuntos Relacionados con el Medicare (800) 638-6833 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 National Mental Health Association Information Center [*+] Centro de Informacion de la Asociacion Nacional de Salud Mental (800) 969-6642 1021 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314-2971 National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse [+] Centro Nacional de Informacion de Autoayuda para Problemas de Salud Mental (800) 553-4539 (215) 751-9655 (TTY) 1211 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) [*+] Sociedad Nacional de la Esclerosis Multiple (800) 344-4867 733 Third Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10017-3288 National Native American AIDS Prevention Center [*] Indian AIDS Hotline Centro Nacional para la Prevencion del SIDA en los Nativo Americanos Linea de Informacion sobre el SIDA para los Nativo Americanos (800) 283-AIDS (283-2437) 2100 Lake Shore Avenue, Suite A Oakland, CA 94606 National Neurofibromatosis Foundation [*+] Fundacion Nacional de la Neurofibromatosis (800) 323-7938 120 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation Organizacion Nacional para el Albinismo y la Hipopigmentacion (800) 473-2310 1530 Locust Street, Number 29 Philadelphia, PA 19102 National Organization for Rare Disorders [*] Organizacion Nacional sobre Enfermedades Exoticas (800) 999-6673 (203) 746-6927 (TTY) P.O. Box 8923 New Fairfield, CT 06812 National Organization for Victim Assistance [+] Organizacion Nacional de Ayuda a las Victimas (800) TRY-NOVA (Victims/Survivors only) 1757 Park Road NW Washington, DC 20010 National Parkinson Foundation [*+] Fundacion Nacional del Parkinson (800) 327-4545 (800) 433-7022 (within Florida) 1501 NW 9th Avenue Miami, FL 33136 National Pediatric HIV Resource Center [*] Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre el VIH Pediatrico (800) 362-0071 15 South 9th Street Newark, NJ 07107 National Pediculosis Association Asociacion Nacional de Pediculosis (800) 446-4672 P.O. Box 149 Newton, MA 02161 National Pesticide Telecommunications Network [*] Red Nacional de Telecomunicaciones sobre los Pesticidas (800) 858-7378 Ag-Chem-Extension Oregon State University 333 Weniger Corrallis, OR 97331 National Psoriasis Foundation Fundacion Nacional de la Psoriasis (800) 248-0886 P.O. Box 14070 Portland, OR 97293 National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics [+] Centro Nacional de Referencia sobre Literatura Bioetica Instituto de Etica de Joseph y Rose Kennedy (800) MED-ETHX (633-3849) Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057-1212 National Rehabilitation Information Center Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre la Rehabilitacion (800) 34-NARIC (346-2742) (800) 495-5626 (TTY) 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 935 Silver Spring, MD 20910 National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect [*+] Centro Nacional de Recursos Contra el Abuso y el Descuido de los Ninos (800) 227-5242 63 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 80112-5117 National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre Enfermedades Mentales y la Indigencia (800) 444-7415 262 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, Inc. [+] Fundacion Nacional del Sindrome de Reye, Inc. (800) 233-7393 P.O. Box 829 Bryan, OH 43506 National Runaway Switchboard [*] Central Telefonica Nacional para Fugitivos del Hogar (800) 621-4000 (outside Illinois) (800) 621-3230 (within Illinois) 3080 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 National Second Surgical Opinion Program Health Care Financing Administration Programa Nacional de Informacion sobre una Segunda Opinion Pre-Quirurgica de la Administracion para el Financiamiento de los Servicios de Salud (800) 638-6833 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 National Sjogren's Syndrome Association [*] Asociacion del Sindrome de Sjogren (800) 395-NSSA (395-6772) P.O. Box 42207 Phoenix, AZ 85080 National Spasmodic Torticollis Association Asociacion Nacional de la Torticolis Espasmodica (800) HURTFUL (487-8385) P.O. Box 424 Mucwonago, WI 53149-0424 National Spinal Cord Injury Association Asociacion Nacional de Lesiones del Cordon Espinal (800) 962-9629 545 Concord Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 National Stroke Association [+] Asociacion Nacional de la Apoplejia (800) 787-6537 96 Inverness Drive East, Suite I Englewood, CO 80112-5112 National Tuberous Sclerosis Association [+] Asociacion Nacional de la Esclerosis Tuberosa (800) 225-6872 8181 Professional Place, Suite 110 Landover, MD 20785 National Women's Resource Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse and Mental Illness [*] Centro Nacional de Recursos para la Prevencion y el Tratamiento del Alcoholismo, el Tabaquismo, la Drogadiccion y otras Enfermedades Mentales (800) 354-8824 515 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Neurofibromatosis, Inc. (800) 942-6825 8855 Annapolis Road, Suite 100 Lanham, MD 20706-2924 New England Center for Headache [*] Centro de New England Contra el Dolor de Cabeza (800) 245-0088 778 Long Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06902 North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) Asociacion Norteamericana de Equitacion para Minusvalidos (800) 369-7433 P.O. Box 33150 Denver, CO 80233 Nutrition Information Service Servicio de Informacion sobre Nutricion (800) 231-DIET (231-3438) University of Alabama at Birmingham Webb Building, Room 447, UAB Station Birmingham, AL 35294 Occupational Hearing Service Dial A Hearing Screen Test Servicio acerca de Problemas de Audicion por Razones de Trabajo Marque para Hacerse un Examen de Audicion (800) 222-3277 (outside Pennsylvania) (800) 345-3277 (within Pennsylvania) P.O. Box 1880 Media, PA 19063 Office of Minority Health Resource Center [*+] Centro de Recursos de la Oficina para la Salud de las Minorias (800) 444-6472 (301) 589-0951 (TTY) P.O. Box 37337 Washington, DC 20013-7337 Office of Orphan Products Development Oficina para el Desarrollo de Productos Farmaceuticos con poca Demanda (800) 300-7469 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 873 (HF35) Rockville, MD 20857 Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center Centro de Recursos para las Victimas del Crimen (800) 627-6872 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 Older Women's League Liga de Mujeres Mayores de Edad (800) 825-3695 666 11th Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20001 Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Fundacion Oley para Proveer Nutricion Parenteral y Enteral en el Hogar (800) 776-6539 214 Hun Memorial, A23 Albany Medical Center Albany, NY 12208 ONDCP Drugs and Crime Clearinghouse Centro de Informacion sobre Drogas y Criminalidad (800) 666-3332 1600 Research Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850 Organ Transplant Fund, Inc. Fondo para el Transplate de Organos, Inc. (800) 489-3863 1102 Brookfield, Suite 202 Memphis, TN 38119 Orton Dyslexia Society Sociedad Orton para la Dislexia (800) ABCD-123 (222-3123) Chester Building, Suite 382 8600 La Salle Road Baltimore, MD 21286-2044 Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation [+] Fundacion de la Osteogenesis Imperfecta (800) 981-BONE (981-2663) 5005 West Laurel, Suite 210 Tampa, FL 33607-3836 Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center [+] National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre Osteoporosis y otras Enfermedades Oseas Instituto Nacional de Artritis, Enfermedades Musculoesqueleticas y de la Piel (800) 624-BONE (624-2663) 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036-4603 Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation Fundacion para Prevenir la Oxalosis y la Hiperoxaluria (800) 484-5031, x5100 37R Thompson Street Maynard, MA 01754 Paget's Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders Fundacion para la Enfermedad de Paget y otras Enfermedades Oseas (800) 23-PAGET (237-2438) 200 Varick Street, Suite 1004 New York, NY 10014-4810 Parkinson's Disease Foundation [+] Fundacion de la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 457-6676 Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center 710 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032 Pediatric Projects, Inc. [+] Proyectos Pediatricos (Advocates for mental health care for chronically ill, disabled or hospitalized children and their families) (Activistas en lucha por los servicios de salud mental para personas con enfermedades cronicas o incapacitadas y para ninos hospitalizados y sus familiares) (800) 947-0947 P.O. Box 571555 Tarzana, CA 91357 People's Medical Society Sociedad Medica del Pueblo (Supports patients involved in their own medical care) (Apoya a los pacientes que estan participando activamente en su tratamiento medico) (800) 624-8773 462 Walnut Street Allentown, PA 18102 Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors [+] Sociedad Fenix para los Sobrevivientes de Quemaduras (800) 888-2876 11 Rust Hill Road Levittown, PA 19056 Planned Parenthood Federation of America Federacion Americana Para la Planificacion Familiar (800) 829-7732 (National Office) (800) 230-7526 (for nearest local office) 810 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Foundation [+] Fundacion para la Investigacion de la Enfermedad del Rinon Poliquistico (800) PKD-CURE (753-2873) 4901 Main Street, Suite 320 Kansas City, MO 64112 Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, USA [+] Asociacion Estadounidense del Sindrome de Prader-Willi (800) 926-4797 2510 South Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63144-2326 Prevent Blindness America [+] America Previene la Ceguera (800) 331-2020 500 East Remington Road Schaumburg, IL 60173-5611 Pride Institute [*] Instituto Pride (Addiction treatment center for gay and lesbian population) (Centro para el tratamiento de la toxicomania en la poblacion homosexual y lesbiana) (800) 54-PRIDE (547-7433) 14400 Martin Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Project Inform [+] Proyecto Informar (Information on experimental drugs for HIV/AIDS) (Informacion sobre drogas experimentales contra el SIDA, el complejo relacionado con el SIDA y la infeccion por el VIH) (800) 334-7422 (within California) (800) 822-7422 (outside California) 1965 Market Street, Suite 220 San Francisco, CA 94103 RCRA Superfund and EPCRA Hotline (5101) [*+] United States Environmental Protection Agency Linea de Informacion de EPCRA y el Superfondo de RCRA Agencia de Proteccion Ambiental de Los Estados Unidos (800) 535-0202 (800) 553-7672 (TTY) 401 M Street SW Washington, DC 20460 Reach to Recovery Program Programa de Rehabilitacion para Mujeres Con Cancer de Mama (800) 227-2345 (in various regions) American Cancer Society 1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic [+] Audio-Grabaciones para los Ciegos y los Dislexicos (800) 221-4792 20 Roszel Road Princeton, NJ 08540 RP Foundation Fighting Blindness Fundacion RP para la Lucha contra la Ceguera (800) 683-5555 (800) 683-5551 (TTY) Executive Plaza 1, Suite 800 11350 McCormick Road Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1014 Runaway Hotline [*] Linea de Informacion para Fugitivos del Hogar (800) 231-6946 (800) 392-3552 (within Texas) 3080 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 Rural Information Center Health Service Centro de Informacion sobre Servicios Rurales de Salud (800) 633-7701 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 304 Beltsville, MD 20705 Safe Drinking Water Hotline U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Linea de Informacion sobre Agua Potable Agencia Estadounidense para la Proteccion Medioambiental (800) 426-4791 EPA, Mail Stop 4604 401 M Street SW Washington, DC 20460 Sarcoidosis Family Aid and Research Foundation Fundacion para la Investigacion y Ayuda a las Familias con Sarcoidosis (800) 223-6429 268 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard Newark, NJ 07102 Scleroderma Foundation Fundacion de la Escleroderma (800) 422-1113 Peabody Office Building 1 Newbury Street Peabody, MA 01960 Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) Fundacion para la Investigacion sobre el Escleroderma (800) 637-4005 P.O. Box 200 Columbus, NJ 08022 Scoliosis Association [*+] Asociacion de la Escoliosis (800) 800-0669 P.O. Box 811705 Boca Raton, FL 33481-1705 Shriners Hospital Referral Line [*+] Linea de Consultas del Hospital Shriners (Free orthopedic or burn care for children) (Cuidado medico gratuito para los ninos con problemas ortopedicos o con quemaduras) (800) 237-5055 2900 Rocky Point Drive Tampa, FL 33607 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. [+] Asociacion Americana de la Enfermedad de la Anemia Falciforme, Inc. (800) 421-8453 200 Corporate Point, Suite 495 Culver City, CA 90230 Simon Foundation [*] Fundacion Simon (Incontinence information) (Informacion sobre la incontinencia) (800) 237-4666 3621 Thayer Street Evanston, IL 60201 Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation [+] Fundacion del Sindrome de Sjogren (800) 475-6473 333 North Broadway, Suite 2000 Jericho, NY 11753 Social Security Administration [*+] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administracion del Seguro Social del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos (800) 772-1213 8515-A Liberty Road Randallstown, MD 21133 Sound Options, Inc. Opciones Solidas, Inc. (Eldercare issues) (Asuntos relacionados con el cuidado de los ancianos) (800) 628-7649 5929 Westgate Boulevard, Suite C Tacoma, WA 98406 Spina Bifida Association of America [+] Asociacion Americana de la Espina Bifida (800) 621-3141 4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20007 Spinal Cord Injury Hotline Linea de Informacion acerca de las Lesiones del Cordon Espinal (800) 526-3456 2200 Kernan Drive Baltimore, MD 21207 Spondylitis Association of America [+] Asociacion de la Espondilitis Aniquilosante (800) 777-8189 P.O. Box 5872 Sherman Oaks, CA 91413 Starlight Foundation International [*] Fundacion Internacional Luz de las Estrellas (Wish-granting, entertainment, recreation for seriously ill children) (Provee entretenimiento, recreacion y ayuda a satisfacer los deseos a los ninos que estan muy enfermos) (800) 274-7827 12424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1050 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Stepfamily Association of America, Inc. (SAA) Asociacion Americana de Familias Adoptivas (800) 735-0329 215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 212 Lincoln, NE 68508 Sturge-Weber Foundation [*+] Fundacion Sturge-Weber (800) 627-5482 P.O. Box 418 Mount Freedom, NJ 07970-0418 Stuttering Foundation of America [+] Fundacion Americana de la Tartamudez (800) 992-9392 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance [+] Alianza del Sindrome de la Muerte Subita Infantil (800) 221-SIDS (221-7437) 10500 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 420 Columbia, MD 21044 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation [*+] Fundacion Susan G. Komen para el Cancer de Mama (800) IM-AWARE (462-9273) 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 270 Dallas, TX 75244 Texas Back Institute [*+] Instituto Tejano sobre Enfermedades de la Espalda (800) 247-2225 6300 West Parker Road Plano, TX 75093 Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc. [+] Fundacion Americana de la Tiroides, Inc. (800) 832-8321 Ruth Sleeper Hall, RSL 350 40 Parkman Street Boston, MA 02114 TOUGHLOVE, International [+] AMOR TENAZ (800) 333-1069 P.O. Box 1069 Doylestown, PA 18901 Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) [*+] Asociacion del Sindrome de Tourette (800) 237-0717 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 205 Bayside, NY 11361-2820 Treacher Collins Foundation Fundacion Treacher Collins (800) TCF-2055 (823-2055) P.O. Box 683 Norwich, VT 05055 Tripod Grapevine (Hearing-impaired children) (Para ninos con problemas de la audicion) (800) 352-8888 (outside California) (800) 287-4763 (within California) 2901 North Keystone Street Burbank, CA 91504 Turner's Syndrome Society of the US [+] Sociedad Estadounidense del Sindrome de Turner (800) 365-9944 811 Twelve Oaks Center 15500 Wayzata Boulevard Wayzata, MN 55391-9949 United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. [+] Asociaciones Unidas sobre la Paralisis Cerebral, Inc. (800) USA-5UCP (872-5827) (202) 973-7197 (TTY) 1660 Eye Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 United Leukodystrophy Foundation [+] Fundacion Unida de la Leucodistrofia (800) 728-5483 2304 Highland Drive Sycamore, IL 60178 United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) [+] Red Unida para la Donacion de organos (800) 24-DONOR (243-6667) P.O. Box 13770 Richmond, VA 23225-8770 United Ostomy Association [+] Asociacion Unida de la Ostomia (800) 826-0826 36 Executive Park, Suite 120 Irvine, CA 92714 United Scleroderma Foundation [+] Fundacion Unida de la Esclerodermia (800) 722-4673 P.O. Box 399 Watsonville, CA 95077-0399 USP Practitioners Reporting Network [*] Informes de la Red de Facultativos Medicos de USP sobre Productos Defectuosos (Reporting of product defects) (Quejas sobre productos defectuosos) (800) 487-7776 12601 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, MD 20852 Vestibular Disorders Association [+] Asociacion sobre los Desordenes Vestibulares (800) 837-8428 P.O. Box 4467 Portland, OR 97208-4467 Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors (VOICES) Las Victimas del Incesto Pueden Sobrevivir (800) 7-VOICE-8 (786-4238) P.O. Box 148309 Chicago, IL 60614 Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Victims, Inc. Veteranos del Vietnam Victimas del Agente Naranja (800) 521-0198 (outside Connecticut) (800) 228-5940 (within Connecticut) P.O. Box 2465 Darien, CT 06820-0465 Visiting Nurse Association of America Asociacion Americana de Enfermeras Domiciliarias (800) 426-2547 3801 East Florida Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, CO 80210 Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Family Alliance [+] Alianza de Familias Afectadas por la Enfermedad de Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) (800) 767-4VHL (767-4845) 171 Clinton Road Brookline, MA 02146 Well Spouse Foundation [*] Fundacion para la Pareja Sana (Support to partners of the chronically ill or disabled) (Ofrece apoyo a las parejas de los enfermos cronicos o incapacitados) (800) 838-0879 610 Lexington Avenue, Suite 814 New York, NY 10022-6005 Wilson's Disease Association Asociacion de la Enfermedad de Wilson (800) 399-0266 P.O. Box 75324 Washington, DC 20013 Wisconsin Clearinghouse [*+] Centro de Informacion de Wisconsin (Drug and alcohol prevention educational materials and publications) (Materiales y publicaciones educativas para la prevencion del alcoholismo y la drogadiccion) (800) 322-1468 University of Wisconsin P.O. Box 1468 Madison, WI 53701-1468 Women in Community Service (WICS) [*] Mujeres Proveyendo Servicio Comunitario (800) 442-9427 1900 Beauregard Street, Suite 103 Alexandria, VA 22311 Women's Sports Foundation Information and Referral Service Servicio de Informacion y Consultas de la Fundacion para Promover Deportes Femeninos (800) 227-3988 Eisenhower Park East Meadow, NY 11554 YMCA of the USA [*] YMCA de los Estados Unidos de America (800) USA-YMCA (872-9622) 101 North Wacker Chicago, IL 60606 Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization [*+] Organizacion Nacional del Cancer de Mama Y-ME (800) 221-2141 (9-5 Central Time) 212 West Van Buren, 5th Floor Chicago, IL 60607 ------------------------------ STATE HIV/AIDS HOTLINES (CDC National AIDS Hotline: (800) 342-AIDS) Alabama (800) 228-0469 Alaska (800) 478-2437 Arizona (800) 334-1540 Arkansas (800) 364-2437 California (800) 367-2437 (Northern) (800) 922-2437 (Southern)(800) 345-AIDS (Filipino) Colorado (800) 252-2437 (303) 782-5186 (Denver only) Connecticut (800) 203-1234 Delaware (800) 422-0429 District of Columbia (202) 332-2437 Florida (800) 352-2437 (800) 243-7101 (Haitian Creole) (800) 545-SIDA (Spanish) Georgia (800) 551-2728 Hawaii (800) 321-1555 Idaho (800) 677-2437 Illinois (800) 243-2437 Indiana (800) 848-2437 Iowa (800) 445-2437 Kansas (800) 342-AIDS (CDC National AIDS Hotline) Kentucky (800) 840-2865 Louisiana (800) 992-4379 Maine (800) 851-2437 Maryland (800) 638-6252 Massachusetts (800) 235-2331 (617) 437-1672 (TTY) Michigan (800) 872-2437 (800) 750-TEEN (Teen Line) (800) 826-SIDA (Spanish) (800) 522-0399 (Health Care Workers) Minnesota (800) 248-2437 Mississippi (800) 826-2961 Missouri (800) 533-2437 Montana (800) 233-6668 Nebraska (800) 782-2437 Nevada (800) 842-2437 New Hampshire (800) 752-2437 New Jersey (800) 624-2377 New Mexico (800) 545-2437 New York (800) 541-2437 North Carolina (800) 342-AIDS (CDC National AIDS Hotline) North Dakota (800) 472-2180 Ohio (800) 332-2437 Oklahoma (800) 535-2437 Oregon (800) 777-2437 Pennsylvania (800) 662-6080 Puerto Rico (800) 981-5721 Rhode Island (800) 726-3010 South Carolina (800) 322-2437 South Dakota (800) 592-1861 Tennessee (800) 525-2437 Texas (800) 299-2437 Utah (800) 366-2437 Vermont (800) 882-2437 Virginia (800) 533-4148 (800) 322-7432 (Spanish) Washington (800) 272-2437 West Virginia (800) 642-8244 Wisconsin (800) 334-2437 Wyoming (800) 327-3577 ------------------------------ INDEX ACCIDENT PREVENTION (PREVENCION DE ACCIDENTES) Mothers Against Drunk Driving National Fire Protection Association ADOPTION (ADOPCION) Adoption Information Center Edna Gladney Center National Adoption Center AFRICAN AMERICANS (AFROAMERICANOS) Black Community Crusade for Children AGING (ENVEJECIMIENTO) American Association of Retired Persons Bureau of Aging and In-Home Services Eldercare Locator National Center for Vision and Aging National Council on the Aging National Eldercare Institute on Transportation National Institute on Aging Information Center Older Women's League Sound Options, Inc. AIDS (SIDA) AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS) American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric AIDS Coalition CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse CDC National AIDS Hotline Good Samaritan Project Teen Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI) HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) National Native American AIDS Prevention Center National Pediatric HIV Resource Center Project Inform AIR POLLUTION (CONTAMINACION AMBIENTAL) Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse ALBINISM (ALBINISMO) National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation ALCOHOLISM (ALCOHOLISMO) Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Hotline Alcohol and Drug Helpline Alcohol, Drug and Pregnancy Helpline Alcohol Rehab for the Elderly American Council on Alcoholism Children of Alcoholics Foundation Families Anonymous Mothers Against Drunk Driving National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline Pride Institute Wisconsin Clearinghouse ALLERGY (ALERGIA) Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Food Allergy Network ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE ALZHEIMER) Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center French Foundation for Alzheimer's Research AMBULANCES (AMBULANCIAS) Aeronational Air Ambulance America AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) (ESCLEROSIS LATERAL AMIOATROFICA) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA) APLASTIC ANEMIA (ANEMIA APLASTICAS) Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America AQUATIC INJURIES (LESIONES ACUATICAS) Aquatic Injury Safety Foundation ARCHITECTURE (Arquitectur) Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ARTHRITIS (ARTRITIS) Arthritis Consulting Services Arthritis Foundation ASTHMA (ASMA) Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (DESORDEN DEL DEFICIT DE ATENCION) Feingold Association of the US National Attention-Deficit Disorder Association AUTISM (AUTISMO) Autism Society of America BACKACHE (DOLOR DE ESPALDA) Back Pain Hotline Texas Back Institute BATTEN DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE BATTEN) Batten Disease Support and Research Association BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME (SINDROME DE BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN) Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network BEHCET'S SYNDROME (SINDROME DE BEHCET) American Behcet's Association, Inc BIOFEEDBACK (RETROALIMENTACION) Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback BIRTH DEFECTS (DEFECTOS DEL NACIMIENTO) Association of Birth Defect Children Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation National Easter Seal Society BLINDNESS (CEGUERA) American Council of the Blind (ACB) American Foundation for the Blind Blind Children's Center Blinded Veterans Association Braille Institute Foundation Fighting Blindness Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind National Alliance of Blind Students National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Prevent Blindness America BONE MARROW (MEDULA OSEA) Bone Marrow Transplant Family Support Network National Marrow Donor Program BRAIN INJURIES (LESIONES DEL CEREBRO) Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center BRAIN TUMORS (TUMORES DEL CEREBRO) American Brain Tumor Association National Brain Tumor Foundation BREAST CANCER (CANCER DE MAMA) Reach to Recovery Program Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization BREAST FEEDING (LACTANCIA MATERNA) Best Start La Leche League International BURNS (QUEMADURAS) American Burn Association Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors Shriners Hospital Referral Line CANCER (CANCER) AMC Cancer Information and Counseling Line American Cancer Society American Institute for Cancer Research Cancer Information Service Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Chemocare International Cancer Alliance Look Good...Feel Better 35 CARNITINE DEFICIENCY (DEFICIENCIA EN CARNITINA) Assistance for Babies and Children with Carnitine Deficiency CEREBRAL PALSY (PARALISIS CEREBRAL) United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. 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Inspector General's Hotline National Health Information Center People's Medical Society Rural Information Center Health Service Wisconsin Clearinghouse YMCA of the USA HEARING (AUDICION) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Beginnings for Parents of Hearing Impaired Children Better Hearing Institute Deafness Research Foundation International Hearing Society National Association for Hearing and Speech Action Occupational Hearing Service/Dial A Hearing Screen Test Tripod Grapevine HEARING AIDS (APARATOS PARA SORDOS) International Hearing Society HEART DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DEL CORAZON) American Heart Association The Coronary Club Heart Information Service National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute HEPATITIS (HEPATITIS) American Liver Foundation Hepatitis Foundation International HISTIOCYTOSIS (HISTIOCITOSIS) Histiocytosis Association of America HOSPICES (HOSPICIOS) Children's Hospice International Hospice Education Institute National Hospice Organization HOUSING (VIVIENDA) HUD Drug Information and Strategy Clearinghouse HUD USER HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE HUNTINGTON) Huntington's Disease Society of America HYDROCEPHALUS (HIDROCETALOS) Guardians of Hydrocephalus Research Foundation ICTHYOSIS (ICTIOSIS) Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types IMMUNE DEFICIENCY (DEFICIENCIA INMUNE) Immune Deficiency Foundation IMMUNOLOGY (INMUNOLOGIA) American Academy of Allergy and Immunology National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine IMPOTENCE (IMPOTENCIA) Impotence Information Center Impotence Institute of America INCONTINENCE (INCONTINENCIA) National Association for Continence Simon Foundation INTESTINAL DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES INTESTINAL) Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America KIDNEY (RINON) American Association of Kidney Patients American Kidney Fund National Kidney Foundation Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Foundation LASER SURGERY (CIRUGIA CON LASER) Laser Institute of America LEAD POISONING (ENVENENAMIENTO POR PLOMO) National Lead 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Mentally Ill National Clearinghouse on Family Support and Children's Mental Health National Institute of Mental Health Information Resources and Inquiries Branch National Mental Health Association Information Center National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ESCLEROSIS MULTIPLE) National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (DISTROFIN MUSCULAR) Muscular Dystrophy Association MYASTHENIA GRAVIS (MIASTENIA GRAVE) Myasthenia Gravis Foundation MYELOMA (MIELOMA) International Myeloma Foundation NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (NEUROFIBROMATOSIS) National Neurofibromatosis Foundation Neurofibromatosis, Inc. NURSING (ENFERMERA) Visiting Nurse Association of America NUTRITION (NUTRICION) American Dietetic Association American Institute for Cancer Research American School Food Service Association Department of Nutrition Sciences National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Information Service Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition OBSTETRICS (OBSTETRICIA) American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO/Lamaze) Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SALUD OCUPACIONAL) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ORGAN DONATION (DONACION DE ORGANOS) Living Bank Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) Organ Transplant Fund, Inc. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) ORPHAN DRUGS (DROGAS HUERFANAS) Office of Orphan Products Development ORTHOPEDICS (ORTOPEDIA) Shriners Hospital Referral Line OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA) Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (MEDICINA OSTEOPATICA) American Osteopathic Association OSTEOPOROSIS (OSTEOPOROSIS) Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center Paget's Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders OSTOMY (OSTOMIA) United Ostomy Association OXALOSIS AND HYPEROXALURIA (HIPEROXALURIA Y OXALOSIS) Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation PARALYSIS (PARALISIS) American Paralysis Association PARENTS (PADRES) National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired PARKINSON'S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE PARKINSON) American Parkinson's Disease Association National Parkinson Foundation Parkinson's Disease Foundation PEDICULOSIS (PEDICULOSIS) National Pediculosis Associaiton PESTICIDES (PESTICIDAS) National Pesticide Telecommunications Network PHYSICAL FITNESS (BUENA SALUD FISICA) American Running and Fitness Association YMCA of the USA PHYSICAL THERAPY (TERAPIA FISICA) American Physical Therapy Association PHYSICIANS (MEDICOS) American Academy of Family Physicians American College of Physicians Association of American Physicians and Surgeons PODIATRY (PODIATRIA) American Podiatric Medical Association PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME (SINDROME DE PRADER-WILLI) Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, USA PREGNANCY/PREGNANCY ALTERNATIVES (EMBARAZO/ALTERNATIVAS AL EMBARAZO) Alcohol, Drug and Pregnancy Helpline America Belongs to Our Children Be Healthy Edna Gladney Center International Childbirth Education Association National Abortion Federation Planned Parenthood Federation of America PRENATAL CARE (CUIDADO PRENATAL) Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses Be Healthy PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (MEDICINA PREVENTIVA) American Institute for Preventive Medicine PSORIASIS (PSORIASIS) National Psoriasis Foundation RADIATION (RADIACION) National Association of Radiation Survivors RARE DISEASES(ENFERMEDADES EXOTICAS) National Organization for Rare Disorders REHABILITATION (REHABILITACION) ABLEDATA American Rehabilitation Association National Easter Seal Society National Rehabilitation Information Center RESPITE CARE (CUIDADO PARA EL AGOTAMIENTO ESPIRITAND) Arch National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries and Respite Care Services RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA) RP Foundation Fighting Blindness RETIREMENT (JUBILACION) American Association of Retired Persons RETT SYNDROME (SINDROME DE RETT) International Rett Syndrome Association REYE'S SYNDROME (SINDROME DE REYE) National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, Inc. RUNAWAYS (FUGITIVOS DEL HOGAR) Covenant House National Runaway Switchboard Runaway Hotline SAFETY (SEGURIDAD) Chemical Information Referral Center Coast Guard Hotline Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Meat and Poultry Hotline SARCOIDOSIS (SARCOIDOSIS) Sarcoidosis Family Aid and Research Foundation SCLERODERMA (ESCLERODERMA) Scleroderma Foundation Scleroderma Research Foundation United Scleroderma Foundation SCOLIOSIS (ESCOLIOSIS) Scoliosis Association SELF-HELP GROUPS (GRUPOS DE AUTO-AYUDA) Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Hotline National Gaucher Foundation TOUGHLOVE SELF INJURY (LESION AUTOINFLINGIDA) Hartgrove Hospital SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES TRANSMITIDAS SEXUALMENTE) CDC National STD Hotline Herpes Resource Center SICKLE CELL DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE LAS CLULAS FALCIFORMES) Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. SJOGREN'S SYNDROME (SINDROME DE SJOGREN) National Sjogren's Syndrome Association Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation SOCIAL SECURITY (SEGURO SOCIAL) Social Security Administration SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS (TORTICOLIS ESPASMODICA) National Spasmodic Torticollis Association SPEECH DISORDERS (DESORDENES DEL HABLA) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Center for Stuttering Stuttering Foundation of America SPINA BIFIDA (ESPINA BIFIDA) Spina Bifida Association of America SPINAL CORD INJURIES (LESIONES DEL CORDON ESPINAL) Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention National Spinal Cord Injury Association Spinal Cord Injury Hotline SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (ATROFIA) Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy SPONDYLITIS (ESPONDILITIS) Spondylitis Association of America SPORTS MEDICINE (MEDICINA DEPORTIVA) Women's Sports Foundation STEP FAMILIES (FAMILIAS ADOPTIVAS) Stepfamily Association of America, Inc. STRESS (TENSION) American Institute of Stress STROKE (ATAQUE DE APOPLEGIA) American Heart Association Stroke Connection National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) National Stroke Association STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME (SINDROME DE STURGE-WEBER) Sturge-Weber Foundation STUTTERING (TARTAMUDEZ) National Center for Stuttering Stuttering Foundation of America SUBSTANCE ABUSE (ABUSO DE SUSTANCIAS) Alcohol and Drug Helpline Alcohol Rehab for the Elderly Cocaine Anonymous The Health Connection HUD Drug Information and Strategy Clearinghouse Just Say No International National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Routing Service National Helpline ONDCP Drugs and Crime Clearinghouse Pride Institute Wisconsin Clearinghouse SUDDEN INFANT DEATH (MUERTE SUBITA INFANTIL) American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance SUICIDE (SUICIDIO) American Suicide Foundation Choice in Dying, Inc. 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VETERINARY MEDICINE (MEDICINA VETERINARIA) Morris Animal Foundation VICTIM ASSISTANCE (AYUDA A LAS VICTIMAS) National Organization for Victim Assistance Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center VISION (VISION) American Academy of Ophthalmology Better Vision Institute National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired National Center for Vision and Aging National Eye Research Foundation Prevent Blindness America Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE VON-HIPPEL-LINDAU) Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Family Alliance WATER (AGUA) Safe Drinking Water Hotline WILSON'S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE WILSON) Wilson's Disease Association WOMEN'S HEALTH (SALUD DE LA MUJER) Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses National Women's Resource Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse and Mental Illness Older Women's League Women in Community Service Women's Sports Foundation ------------------------------ Dear Health Hotline User: Do you like Health Hotlines? 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