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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

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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

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ABLEDATA [*+]
(Product information for the handicapped and disabled)
(Informacion acerca de productos para el invalido y el
incapacitado)
[phone]
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)
[phone]
222 Cherokee Street NE
Marietta, GA 30060

Adoption Information Center
Centro de Informacion sobre Adopcion
[phone]
1212 South 70th Street
West Allis, WI 53214

Aeronational [*]
Aeronacional
(Air ambulance transport)
(Transporte de ambulancia aereo)
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone] (TTY)
P.O. Box 6421
Rockville, MD 20849-6421

Air Ambulance America [*+]
Ambulancia Aerea de America
[phone]
[phone]
5804 Sunset Drive
Miami, FL 33156

Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Hotline
Linea de Informacion del Grupo de Familia Alateen
de Al-Anon
[phone]
[phone] (within New York)
[phone] (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
[phone]
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
[phone]
200 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601

Alcohol Rehab for the Elderly
Rehabilitacion del Anciano Alcoholico
[phone]
[phone] (within Illinois)
P.O. Box 267
Hopedale, IL 61747

Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics [+]
Red de Alergias y Asma/Madres de Asmaticos
[phone]
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)
[phone]
One ALM Way
Greenville, SC 29601

Alzheimer's Association [*+]
Asociacion de Alzheimer
[phone]
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
[phone]
P.O. Box 8250
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250

AMC Cancer Information and Counseling Line [*+]
AMC Linea de Informacion y Consejeria Acerca del Cancer
[phone]
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)
[phone]
Scott Newman Center
6255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1906
Los Angeles, CA 90028

American Academy of Allergy and Immunology [*]
Academia Americana de Alergias e Inmunologia
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
601 13th Street NW, Suite 400 North
Washington, DC 20005

American Association of Kidney Patients [+]
Asociacion Americana de Pacientes con Enfermedades
del Rinon
[phone]
100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 280
Tampa, FL 33602

American Association on Mental Retardation [*+]
Asociacion Americana para el Retraso Mental
[phone]
444 North Capitol Street, Suite 846
Washington, DC 20001-1512

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgeons
Asociacion Americana de Cirujanos Maxilofaciales y
Orales
[phone]
9700 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Rosemont, IL 60018

American Association of Retired Persons [*+]
Asociacion Americana de Personas Jubiladas
[phone]
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
[phone]
47 Perimeter Center East, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30346

American Brain Tumor Association [+]
Asociacion Americana sobre Tumores del Cerebro
[phone]
2720 River Road, Suite 146
Des Plaines, IL 60018

American Burn Association
Asociacion Americana de las Victimas de Quemaduras
[phone]
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
[phone]
1701 Clarendon Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209

American College of Legal Medicine [+]
Colegio Americano de Medicina Legal
[phone]
611 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202

American College of Physicians [*]
Colegio Medico Americano
[phone]
Independence Mall West
Sixth Street at Race
Philadelphia, PA 19106

American Council on Alcoholism [*]
Consejo Americano sobre el Alcoholismo
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

American Diabetes Association [*+]
Asociacion Americana de la Diabetes
[phone]
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

American Dietetic Association [*+]
Asociacion Dietetica Americana
[phone]
216 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606-6995

American Foundation for the Blind [*+]
Fundacion Americana para los Invidentes
[phone]
11 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001

American Heart Association [*+]
Asociacion Americana del Corazon
[phone]
415 North Charles Street
P.O. Box 17025
Baltimore, MD 21203

American Heart Association Stroke Connection [*+]
Asociacion Americana del Corazon--Division de
Apoplejia
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
14750 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 100
Laurel, MD 20707-5906

American Kidney Fund [*+]
Fondo Americano del Rinon
[phone]
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
[phone]
1425 Pompton Avenue
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

American Lupus Society [+]
Sociedad Americana del Lupus
[phone]
260 Maple Court, Suite 123
Ventura, CA 93003

American Mental Health Counselors Association
Asociacion Americana de Concejeros de la Salud
Mental
[phone]
801 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

American Osteopathic Association [+]
Asociacion Americana de Osteopatia
[phone]
142 East Ontario Street
Chicago, IL 60611

American Paralysis Association
Asociacion Americana sobre la Paralisis
[phone]
500 Morris Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081

American Parkinson's Disease Association
Asociacion Americana de la Enfermedad de Parkinson
[phone]
125 Hylan Boulevard, Suite 4B
Staten Island, NY 10305

American Physical Therapy Association
Asociacion Americana de Terapia Fisica
[phone]
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
[phone]
1910 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191

American Running and Fitness Association [*]
Asociacion Americana de Trotadores y
Fisiculturistas
[phone]
4405 East-West Highway, Suite 405
Bethesda, MD 20814

American School Food Service Association [*]
Asociacion Escolar Americana de Servicios de
Alimentacion
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852

American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute [+]
Instituto Americano del Sindrome de Muerte Subita
Infantil
[phone]
6065 Roswell Road, Suite 876
Atlanta, GA 30328

American Suicide Foundation
Fundacion Americana del Suicidio
[phone]
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
[phone]
8903 Presidential Parkway, Suite 512
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA)
[*+]
Asociacion de la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrofica
[phone]
21021 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 321
Woodland Hills, CA 91364

Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America [+]
Fundacion Americana de la Anemia Aplasica
[phone]
P.O. Box 613
Annapolis, MD 21404

Aquatic Injury Safety Foundation [+]
Fundacion para la Prevencion de Lesiones Acuaticas
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
4620 North State Road 7, Suite 206
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319

Arthritis Foundation [*+]
Fundacion para la Artritis
[phone]
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
[phone]
1601 North Tucson Boulevard, Suite 9
Tucson, AZ 85716

Association for Applied Psychophysiology and
Biofeedback [+]
Asociacion para la Psicofisiologia Aplicada y la
Retroalimentacion
[phone]
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
[phone]
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814

Association of Child Care Consultants International
Asociacion Internacional de Consultores para el
Cuidado Infantil
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
2600 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43207

Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network
Red de Apoyo de Beckwith-Wiedemann
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
3500 East Fletcher Avenue, Suite 519
Tampa, FL 33613

Better Hearing Institute [+]
Hearing Helpline
Linea de Informacion del Instituto para una Buena
Audicion
[phone]
5021-B Backlick Road
Annandale, VA 22003

Better Vision Institute
Instituto Para una Buena Vision
[phone]
1800 North Kent Street, Suite 904
Rosslyn, VA 22209

Black Community Crusade for Children
Cruzada Infantil de la Comunidad Negra Americana
[phone]
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Blind Children's Center [*+]
Centro para Ninos Ciegos
[phone]
[phone] (within California)
4120 Marathon Street
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Blinded Veterans Association [*]
Asociacion de Veteranos Ciegos
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone] (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
[phone]
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association [+]
Asociacion de Charcot-Marie-Tooth
(Inherited neuromuscular disorder)
(Desorden neuromuscular hereditario)
[phone]
601 Upland Avenue
Upland, PA 19015

Chemical Information Referral Center [*+]
Centro de Informacion y Consulta sobre Compuestos
Quimicos
[phone]
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
[phone]
P.O. Box 630
Hollywood, CA 90025

Child Reach [*+]
Alcanza al Nino
(Foster parents)
(Padres adoptivos)
[phone]
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
[phone]
9441 LBJ Freeway, Suite 115, LB 46
Dallas, TX 75243

Children's Hospice International
Hospicio de Ninos Internacional
[phone]
2202 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Suite 3C
Alexandria, VA 22301

Choice in Dying, Inc. [*+]
Alternativa en la Muerte, Inc.
[phone]
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
[phone]
P.O. Box 220398
Charlotte, NC 28222

Cleft Palate Foundation [*+]
Fundacion del Labio Leporino
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
7323 Telegraph Road
Alexandria, VA 22310

Cocaine Anonymous [*]
Cocainomanos Anonimos
[phone]
3740 Overland Avenue, Suite H
Los Angeles, CA 90034

Community Transportation Association of America
(CTAA)
Asociacion Americana de Transporte Comunitario
[phone]
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
[phone] (Product Safety Line)
[phone] (TTY Nationwide)
[phone] (TTY within Maryland)
Washington, DC 20207

Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
Asociacion de Fabricantes de Lentes de Contacto
[phone]
4480 East-West Highway, Suite 33
Bethesda, MD 20814

Cooley's Anemia Foundation [+]
Fundacion de la Anemia de Cooley
[phone]
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)
[phone]
[phone] (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)
[phone]
9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail Code EE3-37
Cleveland, OH 44195

Council of Guilds for Infant Survival [*]
Concilio de Gremios para la Supervivencia Infantil
[phone]
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)
[phone]
[phone] (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
[phone]
386 Park Avenue South, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10016-8804

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [+]
Fundacion para la Fibrosis Cistica
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
19 South Waterloo Road
Devon, PA 19333

Disabilities Information Access Line (DIAL) [+]
Lineas de Acceso a Informacion sobre Incapacidades
[phone]
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
[phone] (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
[phone]
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)
[phone] (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)
[phone]
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)
[phone]
P.O. Box 3475
Culver City, CA 90231-3475

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Asociacion de Familias de Personas con Atrofia
Musculoespinal
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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)
[phone]
127 East Main Street
Riverhead, NY 11901

Fibromyalgia Network [*+]
Red sobre la Fibromialgia
[phone]
P.O. Box 31750
Tucson, AZ 85751-1750

Food Allergy Network [*]
Red de Informacion sobre Alergias a los Alimentos
[phone]
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)
[phone]
79 Fifth Avenue at 16th Street
New York, NY 10003

Foundation Fighting Blindness
Fundacion para Combatir La Ceguera [phone]
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
[phone]
P.O. Box 20921
Raleigh, NC 27619

Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention
Fundacion para la Prevencion de Lesiones del Cordon
Espinal
[phone]
1310 Ford Building
Detroit, MI 48226

French Foundation for Alzheimer's Research [+]
Fundacion French para la Investigacion de la
Enfermedad de Alzheimer
[phone]
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
[phone] (4-8 pm Central Time)
3030 Walnut Street
Kansas City, MO 64108

Grief Recovery Helpline
Linea de Apoyo en Momentos de Afliccion
[phone]
8306 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 21A
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Guardians of Hydrocephalus Research Foundation [*+]
Guardianes de la Fundacion para la Investigacion de
la Hidrocefalia
[phone]
2618 Avenue Z
Brooklyn, NY 11235-2023

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind [*]
Fundacion de Perros Guias para Ciegos
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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
[phone] (English & Spanish, within Maryland)
[phone] (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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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
[phone]
110 Greene Street, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012

Hepatitis Foundation International [*+]
Fundacion Internacional de la Hepatitis
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone] (within Maryland)
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-74
Rockville, MD 20857

Histiocytosis Association of America [*+]
Asociacion Americana de la Histiocitosis
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
[phone] (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)
[phone]
7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 202S
Falls Church, VA 22043

Huntington's Disease Society of America [+]
Sociedad Americana de la Enfermedad de Huntington
[phone]
140 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011-2420

Immune Deficiency Foundation [+]
Fundacion para las Deficiencias Inmunologicas
[phone]
25 West Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 206
Towson, MD 21204

Impotence Information Center [+]
Centro de Informacion sobre la Impotencia
[phone]
P.O. Box 9
Minneapolis, MN 55440

Impotence Institute of America (IIA)
Instituto Americano de La Impotencia
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
P.O. Box 23489
Washington, DC 20026

Insurance Information Institute
Instituto de Informacion sobre Seguros
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
20361 Middlebelt Road
Livonia, MI 48152

International Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF)
Fundacion Internacional de la Diabetes Juvenil
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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
[phone]
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300
Oakland, CA 94612

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
Department of Justice
Centro de Informacion sobre Justicia Juvenil
Departamento de Justicia
[phone]
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20850-6000

Kidsrights [+]
Derecho infantil
(Children's rights and family issues)
(Derecho infantil y asuntos familiares)
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone]
600 Third Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Living Bank [*]
Banco de Vida
(Organ donation)
(Donacion de organos)
[phone]
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
[phone]
Four Research Place, Suite 180
Rockville, MD 20850

Lyme Disease Foundation
Fundacion de la Enfermedad de Lyme
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone] (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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
45 Inverness Drive East
Englewood, CO 80112-5480

Mothers Against Drunk Driving [+]
Madres en Contra de Conductores Embriagados
[phone] (Victim hotline)
511 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700
Irving, TX 75062

Muscular Dystrophy Association [*+]
Asociacion de la Distrofia Muscular
[phone]
3300 East Sunrise Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation [+]
Fundacion de la Miastenia Grave
[phone]
222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1540
Chicago, IL 60606

National Abortion Federation [+]
Federacion Nacional del Aborto
[phone]
1436 U Street NW, Suite 103
Washington, DC 20009

National Adoption Center
Centro Nacional para la Adopcion
[phone]
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
[phone]
1155 15th Street NW, Suite 720
Washington, DC 20005

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill [*+]
Alianza Nacional para el Enfermo Mental
[phone]
200 North Glebe Road, Suite 1015
Arlington, VA 22203-3754

National Association for Continence (NAFC)
Asociacion Nacional para la Continencia
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone] (Child care)
[phone] (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
[phone]
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852

National Association for Parents of the Visually
Impaired [+]
Asociacion Nacional de Padres de Hijos con
Problemas Visuales
[phone]
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA 02272

National Association of People
with AIDS (NAPWA)[*+]
Asociacion Nacional de Personas con SIDA
[phone] (Pharmacy)
1413 K Street NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

National Association of Radiation Survivors
Asociacion Nacional de Sobrevivientes de las
Radiaciones
[phone]
P.O. Box 2815
Weaverville, CA 96093

National Attention-Deficit Disorder Association
Asociacion Nacional de Informacion sobre el Deficit
en la Atencion
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone] (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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
216 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60606-6995

National Center for Stuttering
Centro Nacional sobre la Tartamudez
[phone]
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
[phone]
111 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022

National Child Abuse Hotline [*+]
Linea Nacional de Informacion Contra el Abuso
de los Ninos
[phone]
Box 630
Hollywood, CA 90028

National Child Safety Council [+]
Childwatch
Concilio Nacional para la Seguridad del Nino
Vigilancia del Nino
[phone]
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)
[phone] (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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone] (Publications only)
332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60604

National Council on the Aging
Consejo Nacional sobre la Vejez
[phone]
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
[phone]
1155 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

National Council on Problem Gambling [*+]
Consejo Nacional sobre el Vicio del Juego
[phone]
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)
[phone]
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000

National Dairy Council [*+]
Consejo Nacional de Lecherias
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
910 Skokie Boulevard, Number 207A
Northbrook, IL 60062

National Family Caregivers Association
Asociacion Nacional de Familias que Proveen
Cuidados
[phone]
9621 East Bexhill Drive
Kensington, MD 20895-3109

National Fire Protection Association [*+]
Asociacion Nacional para la Proteccion contra los
Incendios
[phone]
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269

National Foundation for Depressive Illness [*+]
Fundacion Nacional contra las Enfermedades
Depresivas
[phone]
P.O. Box 2257
New York, NY 10116

National Fragile X Foundation
Fundacion Nacional del Cromosoma X Fragil
[phone]
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
[phone]
815 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

National Gaucher Foundation
Fundacion Nacional de la Enfermedad de Gaucher
[phone]
11140 Rockville Pike, Suite 350
Rockville, MD 20852

National Head Injury Foundation [*+]
Fundacion Nacional sobre las Lesiones en la Cabeza
[phone]
1176 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036-1904

National Headache Foundation [+]
Fundacion Nacional para el Dolor de Cabeza
[phone]
428 West St. James Place
Chicago, IL 60614

National Health Information Center [*+]
Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre la Salud
[phone]
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)
[phone]
c/o Phoenix House
164 West 74th Street
New York, NY 10023

National Hospice Organization [+]
Organizacion Nacional de Hospicios
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone], 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)
[phone]
[phone] (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
[phone]
[phone] (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
[phone] (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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
1 Communication Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20892-3456

National Institute of Environmental Health Services
Instituto Nacional de los Servicios sobre Salud
Ambiental
[phone]
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)
[phone] (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
[phone]
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45226

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke (NINDS)
Instituto Nacional de los Desordenes Neurologicos y
la Apoplejia
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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
[phone] (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
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
1291 Taylor Street NW
Washington, DC 20542

National Lymphedema Network [+]
Red Nacional sobre el Linfaedema
[phone]
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)
[phone]
3433 Broadway Street NE, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55413-1762

National Medicare Issues Hotline
Linea de Informacion Nacional sobre Asuntos
Relacionados con el Medicare
[phone]
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20201

National Mental Health Association Information
Center [*+]
Centro de Informacion de la Asociacion Nacional de
Salud Mental
[phone]
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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
1211 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) [*+]
Sociedad Nacional de la Esclerosis Multiple
[phone]
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
[phone]
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005

National Organization for Albinism and
Hypopigmentation
Organizacion Nacional para el Albinismo y la
Hipopigmentacion
[phone]
1530 Locust Street, Number 29
Philadelphia, PA 19102

National Organization for Rare Disorders [*]
Organizacion Nacional sobre Enfermedades Exoticas
[phone]
[phone] (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
[phone]
[phone] (within Florida)
1501 NW 9th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136

National Pediatric HIV Resource Center [*]
Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre el VIH Pediatrico
[phone]
15 South 9th Street
Newark, NJ 07107

National Pediculosis Association
Asociacion Nacional de Pediculosis
[phone]
P.O. Box 149
Newton, MA 02161

National Pesticide Telecommunications Network [*]
Red Nacional de Telecomunicaciones sobre los
Pesticidas
[phone]
Ag-Chem-Extension
Oregon State University
333 Weniger
Corrallis, OR 97331

National Psoriasis Foundation
Fundacion Nacional de la Psoriasis
[phone]
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)
[phone] (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
[phone]
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
[phone]
262 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054

National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, Inc. [+]
Fundacion Nacional del Sindrome de Reye, Inc.
[phone]
P.O. Box 829
Bryan, OH 43506

National Runaway Switchboard [*]
Central Telefonica Nacional para Fugitivos del
Hogar
[phone] (outside Illinois)
[phone] (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
[phone]
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
[phone]
545 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

National Stroke Association [+]
Asociacion Nacional de la Apoplejia
[phone]
96 Inverness Drive East, Suite I
Englewood, CO 80112-5112

National Tuberous Sclerosis Association [+]
Asociacion Nacional de la Esclerosis Tuberosa
[phone]
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
[phone]
515 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Neurofibromatosis, Inc.
[phone]
8855 Annapolis Road, Suite 100
Lanham, MD 20706-2924

New England Center for Headache [*]
Centro de New England Contra el Dolor de Cabeza
[phone]
778 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06902

North American Riding for the Handicapped
Association (NARHA)
Asociacion Norteamericana de Equitacion para
Minusvalidos
[phone]
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
[phone] (outside Pennsylvania)
[phone] (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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
P.O. Box 37337
Washington, DC 20013-7337

Office of Orphan Products Development
Oficina para el Desarrollo de Productos
Farmaceuticos con poca Demanda
[phone]
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 873 (HF35)
Rockville, MD 20857

Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center
Centro de Recursos para las Victimas del Crimen
[phone]
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000

Older Women's League
Liga de Mujeres Mayores de Edad
[phone]
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
[phone]
214 Hun Memorial, A23
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY 12208

ONDCP Drugs and Crime Clearinghouse
Centro de Informacion sobre Drogas y Criminalidad
[phone]
1600 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850

Organ Transplant Fund, Inc.
Fondo para el Transplate de Organos, Inc.
[phone]
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
[phone], 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
[phone]
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)
[phone]
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)
[phone]
462 Walnut Street
Allentown, PA 18102

Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors [+]
Sociedad Fenix para los Sobrevivientes de
Quemaduras
[phone]
11 Rust Hill Road
Levittown, PA 19056

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Federacion Americana Para la Planificacion Familiar
[phone] (National Office)
[phone] (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
[phone]
2510 South Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63144-2326

Prevent Blindness America [+]
America Previene la Ceguera
[phone]
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)
[phone] (within California)
[phone] (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
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460

Reach to Recovery Program
Programa de Rehabilitacion para Mujeres Con Cancer
de Mama
[phone] (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
[phone]
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540

RP Foundation Fighting Blindness
Fundacion RP para la Lucha contra la Ceguera
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)
Executive Plaza 1, Suite 800
11350 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1014

Runaway Hotline [*]
Linea de Informacion para Fugitivos del Hogar
[phone]
[phone] (within Texas)
3080 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657

Rural Information Center Health Service
Centro de Informacion sobre Servicios Rurales de
Salud
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone]
268 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102

Scleroderma Foundation
Fundacion de la Escleroderma
[phone]
Peabody Office Building
1 Newbury Street
Peabody, MA 01960

Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF)
Fundacion para la Investigacion sobre el
Escleroderma
[phone]
P.O. Box 200
Columbus, NJ 08022

Scoliosis Association [*+]
Asociacion de la Escoliosis
[phone]
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)
[phone]
2900 Rocky Point Drive
Tampa, FL 33607

Sickle Cell Disease Association
of America, Inc. [+]
Asociacion Americana de la Enfermedad de la Anemia
Falciforme, Inc.
[phone]
200 Corporate Point, Suite 495
Culver City, CA 90230

Simon Foundation [*]
Fundacion Simon
(Incontinence information)
(Informacion sobre la incontinencia)
[phone]
3621 Thayer Street
Evanston, IL 60201

Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation [+]
Fundacion del Sindrome de Sjogren
[phone]
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
[phone]
8515-A Liberty Road
Randallstown, MD 21133

Sound Options, Inc.
Opciones Solidas, Inc.
(Eldercare issues)
(Asuntos relacionados con el cuidado de los
ancianos)
[phone]
5929 Westgate Boulevard, Suite C
Tacoma, WA 98406

Spina Bifida Association of America [+]
Asociacion Americana de la Espina Bifida
[phone]
4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007

Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
Linea de Informacion acerca de las Lesiones del
Cordon Espinal
[phone]
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207

Spondylitis Association of America [+]
Asociacion de la Espondilitis Aniquilosante
[phone]
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)
[phone]
12424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1050
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Stepfamily Association of America, Inc. (SAA)
Asociacion Americana de Familias Adoptivas
[phone]
215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 212
Lincoln, NE 68508

Sturge-Weber Foundation [*+]
Fundacion Sturge-Weber
[phone]
P.O. Box 418
Mount Freedom, NJ 07970-0418

Stuttering Foundation of America [+]
Fundacion Americana de la Tartamudez
[phone]
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
[phone]
6300 West Parker Road
Plano, TX 75093

Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc. [+]
Fundacion Americana de la Tiroides, Inc.
[phone]
Ruth Sleeper Hall, RSL 350
40 Parkman Street
Boston, MA 02114

TOUGHLOVE, International [+]
AMOR TENAZ
[phone]
P.O. Box 1069
Doylestown, PA 18901

Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) [*+]
Asociacion del Sindrome de Tourette
[phone]
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)
[phone] (outside California)
[phone] (within California)
2901 North Keystone Street
Burbank, CA 91504

Turner's Syndrome Society of the US [+]
Sociedad Estadounidense del Sindrome de Turner
[phone]
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)
[phone] (TTY)
1660 Eye Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036

United Leukodystrophy Foundation [+]
Fundacion Unida de la Leucodistrofia
[phone]
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
[phone]
36 Executive Park, Suite 120
Irvine, CA 92714

United Scleroderma Foundation [+]
Fundacion Unida de la Esclerodermia
[phone]
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)
[phone]
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852

Vestibular Disorders Association [+]
Asociacion sobre los Desordenes Vestibulares
[phone]
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
[phone] (outside Connecticut)
[phone] (within Connecticut)
P.O. Box 2465
Darien, CT 06820-0465

Visiting Nurse Association of America
Asociacion Americana de Enfermeras Domiciliarias
[phone]
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)
[phone]
610 Lexington Avenue, Suite 814
New York, NY 10022-6005

Wilson's Disease Association
Asociacion de la Enfermedad de Wilson
[phone]
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)
[phone]
University of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 1468
Madison, WI 53701-1468

Women in Community Service (WICS) [*]
Mujeres Proveyendo Servicio Comunitario
[phone]
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
[phone]
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
[phone] (9-5 Central Time)
212 West Van Buren, 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607

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STATE HIV/AIDS HOTLINES
(CDC National AIDS Hotline: (800) 342-AIDS)

Alabama
[phone]

Alaska
[phone]

Arizona
[phone]

Arkansas
[phone]

California
[phone]
(Northern) [phone]
(Southern)(800) 345-AIDS (Filipino)

Colorado
[phone]
[phone] (Denver only)

Connecticut
[phone]

Delaware
[phone]

District of Columbia
[phone]

Florida
[phone]
[phone] (Haitian Creole)
(800) 545-SIDA (Spanish)

Georgia
[phone]

Hawaii
[phone]

Idaho
[phone]

Illinois
[phone]

Indiana
[phone]

Iowa
[phone]

Kansas
(800) 342-AIDS (CDC National AIDS Hotline)

Kentucky
[phone]

Louisiana
[phone]

Maine
[phone]

Maryland
[phone]

Massachusetts
[phone]
[phone] (TTY)

Michigan
[phone]
(800) 750-TEEN (Teen Line)
(800) 826-SIDA (Spanish)
[phone] (Health Care Workers)

Minnesota
[phone]

Mississippi
[phone]

Missouri
[phone]

Montana
[phone]

Nebraska
[phone]

Nevada
[phone]

New Hampshire
[phone]

New Jersey
[phone]

New Mexico
[phone]

New York
[phone]

North Carolina
(800) 342-AIDS (CDC National AIDS Hotline)

North Dakota
[phone]

Ohio
[phone]

Oklahoma
[phone]

Oregon
[phone]

Pennsylvania
[phone]

Puerto Rico
[phone]

Rhode Island
[phone]

South Carolina
[phone]

South Dakota
[phone]

Tennessee
[phone]

Texas
[phone]

Utah
[phone]

Vermont
[phone]

Virginia
[phone]
[phone] (Spanish)

Washington
[phone]

West Virginia
[phone]

Wisconsin
[phone]

Wyoming
[phone]

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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
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CARNITINE DEFICIENCY (DEFICIENCIA EN CARNITINA)
Assistance for Babies and Children with Carnitine
Deficiency

CEREBRAL PALSY (PARALISIS CEREBRAL)
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.

CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE
CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION (PREVENCION DEL ABUSO DEL
NINO)
American Humane Association, Children's Division
Kidsrights
Missing Children Help Center
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
National Child Abuse Hotline
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect

CHILD SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DEL NINO)
National Child Safety Council

CHILD WELFARE (BIENESTAR DEL NINO)
Association for the Care of Children's Health
Association of Child Care Consultants International
Black Community Crusade for Children
Child Find of America
Child Help USA
Council of Guilds for Infant Survival
Covenant House
Danny Foundation
Kidsrights
Missing Children Help Center
National Association for Family Child Care
National Clearinghouse on Family Support and
Children's Mental Health
National Runaway Switchboard
Pediatric Projects
Runaway Hotline
Starlight Foundation International

CHIROPRACTIC (QUIROPRACTICA)
American Chiropractic Association

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (SINDROME DE LA FATIGA
CRONICA)
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
Association (CFIDS)

CLEFT PALATE (LABIO LEPORINO)
Children's Craniofacial Association
Cleft Palate Foundation

COCAINE (COCAINA)
Cocaine Anonymous

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DE LOS PRODUCTOS
DEL CONSUMIDOR)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
National Institutes of Health, Division of Public
Information
USP Practitioners Reporting Network

CONTACT LENSES (LENTES DE CONTACTO)
Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
National Eye Research Foundation

COOLEY'S ANEMIA (ANEMIA DE COOLEY)
Cooley's Anemia Foundation

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (JUSTICIA CRIMINAL)
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
National Criminal Justice Reference Service

CRISIS INTERVENTION (INTERVENCION DE CRISIS)
Covenant House
TOUGHLOVE, International

CYSTIC FIBROSIS (FIBROSIS QUISTICA)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

CYSTITIS (CISTITIS)
Interstitial Cystitis Association

DAIRY PRODUCTS (PRODUCTOS LACTEOS)
National Dairy Council

DEAFNESS (SORDERA)
American Society for Deaf Children
Deafness Research Foundation
International Hearing Society
National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders Hereditary Hearing
Impairment Resource Registry
Occupational Hearing Service
Tripod Grapevine

DENTAL (DENTAL)
American Dental Association

DEPRESSION (DEPRESION)
Depression After Delivery -- National
National Depressive and Manic Depressive
Association
National Foundation for Depressive Illness

DIABETES MELLITUS (DIABETES MELLITUS)
American Diabetes Association
International Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF)

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL EXPOSURE (EXPOSICION AL
DIETHYLSTILBESTROL)
DES Action, USA

DIGESTIVE DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES DEL TRACTO)
National Digestive Diseases Information
Clearinghouse

DISABILITIES (MINUSVALIDOS)
ABLEDATA
The Access Group
American Association on Mental Retardation
Devereux Foundation
Disabilities Information Access Line
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
Heartspring (Formerly Institute of Logopedics)
Job Accommodation Network
National Association for the Craniofacially
Handicapped
National Clearinghouse on Post Secondary Education
for Individuals with Disabilities
National Easter Seal Society
National Information Center for Children and Youth
with Disabilities
National Information Clearinghouse for Infants with
Disabilities and Life-Threatening Conditions
National Information System for Health Related
Services
National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering
National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
North American Riding for the Handicapped
Association (NARHA)
Well Spouse Foundation

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA)
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence

DOWN SYNDROME (SINDROME DE DOWN)
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society

DRUG ABUSE (ABUSO DE DROGAS)
See Substance Abuse (Ver de Sustancias Abuso)

DYSLEXIA (DISLEXIA)
Orton Dyslexia Society

EDUCATION (EDUCACION)
National Association for the Education of Young
Children

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (SERVICIOS DE
EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS)
Medic Alert Foundation International

ENDOMETRIOSIS (ENDOMETRIOSIS)
Endometriosis Association

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (SALUD DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE)
Chemical Information Referral Center
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
RCRA Superfund and EPCRA Hotline
Safe Drinking Water Hotline

EPILEPSY (EPILEPSIA)
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Epilepsy Information Service

ETHICS (ETICA)
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature

EYE CARE (CUIDADO DE LOS OJOS)
Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
National Eye Care Project
National Eye Research Foundation
Prevent Blindness America

FACIAL ASYMMETRY (ASIMETRIA FACIAL)
Children's Craniofacial Association
Forward Face

FAMILY PLANNING (PLANIFICACION FAMILIAR)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

FAMILY PROBLEMS (PROBLEMAS FAMILIARES)
Family Service America
National Association for Families and Addiction
Research and Education
National Family Caregivers Association
Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors

FIBROMYALGIA (FIBROMIALGIA)
Fibromyalgia Network

FIRE PREVENTION (PREVENCION DE INCENDIOS)
National Fire Protection Association

FORENSIC MEDICINE (MEDICINA FORENSE)
American College of Legal Medicine

FOSTER HOME CARE (CUIDADO EN HOGAR ADOPTIVO)
Child Reach

FRAGILE X SYNDROME (SINDROME DEL CROMOSOME X
FRAGIL)
National Fragile X Foundation

FRAUD (FRAUDE)
Inspector General's Hotline
National Fraud Information Center

FUNDING SOURCES (RECURSOS FINANCIEROS)
Foundation Center Customer Service

GAMBLING (JUEGOS DE AZAR)
National Council on Problem Gambling

GAUCHER'S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE GAUCHER)
National Gaucher Foundation

GENETIC DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES GENETICAS)
Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
Huntington's Disease Society of America
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society

GRIEF (AFLICCION)
Grief Recovery Helpline

GROWTH DISORDERS (DESORDENES DEL CRECIMIENTO)
Human Growth Foundation

HEAD INJURIES (LESIONES DE LA CABEZA)
National Head Injury Foundation

HEADACHES (DOLORES DE CABEZA)
National Headache Foundation
New England Center for Headache

HEALTH CARE SERVICES (SERVICIOS DE CUIDADOS DE LA
SALUD)
Hill-Burton Free Hospital Care Hotline
National Information System for Health Related
Services
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Wisconsin Clearinghouse

HEALTH INSURANCE (SEGURO DE SALUD)
Insurance Information Institute

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (ORGANIZACIONES
PARA EL MAINTENIMIENTO DE LA SALUD)
Health Resources and Services Administration

HEALTH POLICY (POLITICA DE LA SALUD)
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
Clearinghouse

HEALTH PROMOTION (PROMOCION DE LA SALUD)
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 Information Center

LEPROSY (LEPRA)
ALM International

LEUKEMIA (LEUCEMIA)
Leukemia Society of America

LEUKODYSTROPHY (LEUCODISTROFIA)
United Leukodystrophy Foundation

LIVER (HIGADO)
American Liver Foundation

LUPUS (LUPUS)
American Lupus Society
Lupus Foundation of America

LYME DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE LYME)
Lyme Disease Foundation

LYMPHEDEMA (LINFAEDEMA)
National Lymphedema Network

MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA (HIPERTERMIA MALIGNA)
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United
States

MARFAN'S SYNDROME (SINDROME DE MARFAN)
National Marfan Foundation

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (ASISTENCIA MEDICA)
Hill-Burton Free Hospital Care Hotline

MEDICAL SPECIALTIES (ESPECIALIDADES MEDICAS)
American Board of Medical Specialties

MEDICARE (MEDICARE)
Medicare Issues Hotline
National Medicare Issues Hotline

MENIERE'S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE MENIERE)
Meniere's Network of the Ear Foundation at Baptist
Hospital


MENTAL HEALTH (SALUD MENTAL)
American Mental Health Counselors Association
(AMHCA)
National Alliance for the 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 CÉLULAS
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.

SURGERY (CIRUGIA)
American Academy of Facial Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgeons
National Second Surgical Opinion Program

SURGERY, PLASTIC (CIRUGIA PLASTICA)
Children's Craniofacial Association
National Association for the Craniofacially
Handicapped

SYRINGOMYELIA (SERINGOMELIA)
American Syringomyelia Alliance Project

THYROID (TIROIDES)
Thyroid Foundation of America

TOURETTE SYNDROME (SINDROME DE TOURETTE)
Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA)

TRAFFIC SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DEL TRAFICO)
Auto Safety Hotline
Community Transportation Association of America

TRANSPLANTATION (TRANSPLANTE)
Living Bank
Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

TRAUMA (TRAUMA)
American Trauma Society

TREACHER COLLINS SYNDROME (SINDROME DE TREACHER
COLLINS)
Treacher Collins Foundation

TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS (ESCLEROSIS TUBERAL)
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association

TURNER'S SYNDROME (SINDROME DE TURNER)
Turner's Syndrome Society of the US

ULTRASOUND (ULTRASONIDO)
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

VESTIBULAR DISORDERS (DESORDENES VESTIBULARES)
Vestibular Disorders Association

VETERANS (VETERANOS)
The Access Group
Blinded Veterans Association
Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Victims, Inc.

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

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Dear Health Hotline User:

Do you like Health Hotlines? If you find this
brochure useful, you may find DIRLINE even more
useful.

DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online)
is the National Library of Medicine's health
information referral database, containing
organizations that serve as information resource
centers.

How to access DIRLINE:

* DIRLINE is available online through NLM's computer
system (MEDLARS). For information about MEDLARS
services, or to obtain a user code, contact the
MEDLARS Management Section at [phone].

* DIRLINE can also be searched using GRATEFUL MED, a
user-friendly microcomputer software package for
assisted searching of NLM's databases. GRATEFUL MED
may be purchased from the National Technical
Information Service (NTIS) for $29.95.

For information write or call:

National Technical Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
[phone]
[phone]

Order number: PB92-105444/GBB (IBM Version);
PB93-502433/GBB (Mac Version)

* DIRLINE is also available through Locator, NLM's
online catalog system. To access via the Internet
use VT100 emulation, telnet to locator.nlm.nih.gov,
and login as locator.

Remember, Health Hotlines contains only a very
small percentage of the useful information
available in DIRLINE.

For additional information about DIRLINE,
contact:

Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
[phone]

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Please send additional copies of Health Hotlines
and/or the DIRLINE Fact Sheet to:

Name
Address
Organization
City, State, ZIP

To suggest an organization for inclusion in
DIRLINE:

Organization Name
Address
City, State, ZIP
Telephone
Toll-Free Telephone
Contact

Mail to:

DIRLINE Information
Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894

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Estimado Usuario de Lineas Telefonicas de
Informacion sobre la Salud:

Que opina de el folleto Lineas Telefonicas de
Informacion sobre la Salud? Si usted encuentra este
folleto util, quizas encuentre que DIRLINE es aun
mas util.

DIRLINE (Directorio de Recursos de Informacion En
Linea) es una base de datos de consulta sobre
informacion de la salud de la Biblioteca Nacional
de Medicina que contiene organizaciones que sirven
como centros de recursos de informacion.

* DIRLINE esta disponible en linea a traves del
sistema de computadoras de la Biblioteca Nacional
de Medicina. Para mas informacion acerca de los
servicios que presta, o para obtener su codigo de
usuario, llame a la Division de Administracion al
telefono [phone].

* Usted puede examinar los servicios de DIRLINE a
traves de GRATEFUL MED, un sistema de programas
para micro-computadora muy facil de usar de la
Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina que le ayuda a
hacer sus busquedas en los bancos de datos.
GRATEFUL MED puede ser adquirido a traves del
Servicio Nacional de Informacion Tecnica por
$29.95.

Llame o escriba a:

National Technical Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
[phone]
[phone]

Numero de la orden: PB92-105444/GBB (IBM Version),
PB93-502433/GBB (Mac Version)

* DIRLINE esta tambien disponible mediante "El
Localicador" el cual es un sistema de clasificacion
o catalogo electronico de NLM (Biblioteca Nacional
de Medicina). Para entrar al sistema via internet
use: "VT100 emulation", "telnet" a
locator.nlm.nih.gov, y "login" locator.

Recuerde que el folleto Lineas Telefonicas de
Informacion sobre la Salud contiene solamente un
porcentaje muy pequeno de toda la informacion util
que esta disponible en DIRLINE.

Para mas informacion acerca de DIRLINE, escriba o
llame a:

Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
[phone]

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Por favor envieme mas copias de las Lineas
Telefonicas de Informacion sobre la Salud y/o el
Boletin de DIRLINE a:

Nombre
Direccion
Organizacion
Ciudad, Estado, Codigo Postal

Si desea incluir otra organizacion en DIRLINE por
favor escriba la informacion en los siguientes
espacios:

Nombre de la Organizacion
Direccion
Ciudad, Estado, Codigo Postal
Telefono
Telefono Gratuito
Contacto

Envie su solicitud a:

Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894