AAFCS
TEL: (800)424-8080
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm
<http://www.aafcs.org>
Alzheimers Association
TEL: (800)272-3900
Hours: 8am - 5pm
< http://www.alzheimers.org/
>
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
TEL: (800)822-2762
TEL: (404) 272-6071
Hours: 24 hours/day Monday - Friday
< http://www.aaaai.org/ >
American Academy of Ophthalmology
TEL: (800)222-3937
Hours: 8am - 4pm PST (M-F)
< http://www.aao.org/ >
American Academy of Pediatrics
TEL:1-800-433-9016
< http://www.aap.org/ >
American Allergy Association
1100 Industrial #9
San Carlos, CA 94070
American Anorexia/Bulimia Association
165 West 46th Street, Suite 1108
New York, NY 10036
TEL: (212)575-6200
FAX: (212)278-0698
Hours: 9am - 5pm
American Association for World Health
TEL: (202)466-5883
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm (EST)
American Association of Blood Banks
TEL: (301)907-6977
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm (EST)
< http://www.aabb.org/ >
American Association of Kidney Patients
TEL: (800)749-2257
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm (M-F) EST
< http://www.aakp.org/>
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
TEL: (800)508-9442
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm EST
American Association of Retired Persons
601 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
TEL: (202)434-2277
TEL: (800)424-3410 Toll Free
TTY: (202)434-2277
FAX: (202)434-6466
Hours: 9am - 5pm EST
< http://www.aarp.org/ >
American Board of Medical Specialists
TEL: (800)776-2378
Hours: 9am - 6pm
< http://www.abms.org/ >
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Office of Public
Information
409 12th Street, SW
PO Box 96920
Washington, DC 20090-6920
TEL: (202)638-5577
Hours: 9am - 5pm
<http://www.acog.org/>
American Council of the Blind
TEL: (800)424-8666
Hours: Staff member there 2:30-5:30 weekdays Or call
(202)467-5081
< http://acb.org/ >
American Dental Association
TEL: (312)440-2500
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm EST
< http://www.ada.org/ >
American Diabetes Association
National Service Center
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
TEL: (800)232-3472
FAX: (703)549-6995
Hours: 8:30am - 8pm
< http://www.diabetesnet.com/index.html
>
American Dietetic Association
TEL: (800)366-1655
Hours: 10am - 5pm
Speak to a Registered Dietitian
TEL: 1-900-CALL AN RD
($1.95 per min., $.95 each additional min.)
< http://www.eatright.org/
>
American Foundation for Urologic Disorders
TEL: (800)242-2383
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm
< http://www.afud.org/ >
American Heart Association National Center
7272 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75231
TEL: (800)242-8721
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm MST
< http://amhrt.org/ >
American Institute for Cancer Research
1759 R Street, NW
Washington DC 20009
TEL: (800) 843-8114
TEL: (202)328-7744
FAX: (202)328-7226
Hours: 9am - 6pm
< http://www.aicr.org/ >
American Leprosy Missions
TEL: (800)543-3131
Hours: 8am - 5pm EST (M-F)
< http://www.leprosy.org/
>
American Liver Foundation/Hepatitis Liver Disease Hotline
TEL: (800)223-0179
Hours: 9am - 6pm EST
< http://www.liverfoundation.org/
>
American Lung Association
TEL: (800)678-5864
Hours: 9am - 5pm (M-F)
< http://www.lungusa.org/
>
American Lupus Society
TEL: (800)558-0121
TEL: (301)670-9292
Hours: 9am - 5pm
< http://www.lupus.org/ >
American Medical Association
515 N. State Street
Chicago IL 60610
TEL: (800)621-8335
FAX: (312)464-4184
Hours: 24 hours (for product ordering)
8:30am - 4:45pm
< http://www.ama-assn.org/
>
American Narcolepsy Association
TEL: (800)222-6085
American Paralysis Association
TEL: (800)225-0292
Hours: 9am - 5pm (M-F) EST
< http://www.apacure.com/
>
American Parkinsons Disease Association
TEL: (800)223-2732
Hours: 9am - 5pm (M-F) EST
American Pharmaceutical Association
TEL: (202)628-4410
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm
< http://www.aphanet.org/
>
American Public Health Association
TEL: (202)789-5600
Hours: 8am - 5pm
< http://www.apha.org/ >
American School Health Association
TEL: (330)678-1601
Hours: 9am - 5pm
< http://www.ashaweb.org/
>
American Self Help Clearinghouse
TEL: (973)625-7101
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm
American Society for Psychoprophylaxis Obstetrics/Lamaze
TEL: (800)368-4404
Hours: 9am - 5pm (M-F) EST
<http://www.lamaze-childbirth.com>
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
TEL: (800)638-8255
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm
< http://www.asha.org/ >
American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute
TEL: (800)232-7437
Hours: 24 hours/day
9am - 5pm (someone is on call 24 hrs)
< http://www.sids.org/ >
American Trauma Society
TEL: (800)556-7890
Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm
<http://www.amtrauma.org/index.html>
Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis
TEL: (800)782-4747
Hours: 7:30am - 5pm PST
Ankylosing Spondylitis Association
TEL: (800)777-8189
Hours: 9am - 5pm PST
< http://www.spondylitis.org/
>
APA Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
TEL: (800)526-3456
Hours: 9am - 5pm EST (M-F)
24 hrs. for emergencies
Association National Pro Personas Mayores
(i.e. Association for Elderly Hispanics)
1452 West Temple
Los Angeles, CA 90010
TEL: (213)202-5900
FAX: (213)202-5905
Hours: 9am - 4:30 pm PST
CDC National AIDS Clearing House
TEL: (800)458-5231
Hours: 9am to 6pm Monday - Friday
< http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts.htm
>
Celiac Disease Foundation
13251 Ventura Blvd, Suite 1
Studio City, CA 91604
TEL: (818)990-2354
FAX: (818)990-2379
< http://www.celiac.org/ >
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
TEL: (404)639-3534
Hours: 8am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
<http://www.cdc.gov>
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20009-5728
TEL: (202)332-9110
FAX: (202)265-4954
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm
E-mail: Cspi@cspinet.org
< http://www.cspinet.org/home.html
>
Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia
TEL: (212)595-3449
Hours: 7:30am - 9:30 pm Monday, Wednesday, & Thursdays
<http://www.icpnyc.org/centerforthestudyofanorexiabulemia/>
Chemtreck
TEL: (800)CMA-8200
Hours: 24 hour hotline
Clearing House for Alcohol and Drugs
TEL:(800) 487-4890
TEL:(800) 729-6686 General
Hours: 8 am - 7 pm
Consumer Product Safety Commission
TEL: (800)638-2772
Hours: 24 hour recording
<http://www.cpsc.gov>
Covenant House Nineline (Child abuse)
TEL: (800)999-9999
Hours: 24 hours
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc.
386 Park Avenue, South, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10016-8804
TEL: (800)932-2423
TEL: (212)685-3440
FAX: (212)779-4098
Hours: 9am - 5pm
< http://www.ccfa.org/ >
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
TEL: (800)344-4823
Hours: 8:30am to 5:30pm EST
<http://www.cff.org>
Division of Family Services Information
System
TEL: (800)392-1261
Washington D.C. Fraud Information
TEL:(800)424-9121
Drug Free Workplace Helpline
TEL: (800)843-4971
Hours: 9am - 8pm EST (M-F)
< http://www.drugfreeworkplace.com/
>
Eating Disorders
Overeaters Anonymous:
TEL: (505)891-2664 M-F 8am - 5pm MST
Anorexia Nervosa & Related Disorders
TEL: (541)344-1144
National Anorexic Aid Society
TEL: (918)481-4044 11am - 3pm M-F
Food and Drug Administration
TEL: (800)FDA-4010
FAX: (202)401-3532
Hours: 12noon - 4pm
<http://www.fda.gov>
Gluten Intolerance Group of North America
PO Box 23053
Seattle, WA 98102-0353
TEL: (206)246-6652 Recording
Hours: 9am - 2pm Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
Hospice Education Institute
TEL: (800)331-1620
Hours: 8am - 5pm
Lactaid Inc.
TEL: (800)522-8243
Hours: 9am - 5pm EST
< http://www.lactaid.com/
>
Lamaze International
TEL: (800)368-4404
Hours: 9am - 5pm
<http://www.lamaze-childbirth.com>
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains, NY 1605
TEL: (888)663-4367
Hours: 8:30am - 5:30pm
< http://www.modimes.org/
>
Meniere's Network (Hearing and Speech)
TEL: (800)545-4327
Hours: 8am - 4:30pm CST
< http://www.menieresdisease.org/
>
Michigan Dental Association
TEL: (517)372-9070
Hours: 9am - 5pm
< http://www.michigandental.org/
>
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
TEL: (800)541-5454
Hours: 8:45am - 4:45pm CST
<http://www.myasthenia.org>
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
PO Box 7
Highland Park, IL 60035
TEL: (847)831-3438
FAX: (847)433-4632
< http://www.anad.org/ >
National Cancer Institute
Office of Cancer Communication
31 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20892
TEL: (800)4-CANCER
Hawaii
TEL: (800)524-1234
Alaska
TEL: (800)638-6070
Hours: 9am - 4:30pm
< http://www.nci.nih.gov/
>
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Clearing
House
2000 15th Street, North, Suite 701
Arlington, VA 22201
TEL: (703)524-7802
FAX: (703)524-9335
Hours: 8:30am - 5:30pm
< http://www.ncemch.org/ >
National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc.
PO Box 1276
Loma Linda, CA 92354
TEL: (909)824-4690
Independence, MO
TEL: (816)228-4595
Hours: 8am - 5pm Monday - Thursday 8am - 2pm Friday
PST
< http://www.ncahf.org/index.html
>
National Council on Aging
TEL: (800)424-9046
Hours: 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday
< http://www.ncoa.org/ >
National Diabetes Information Clearing House
NIDC - 1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3560
TEL: (800)891-5388
FAX: (301)907-8906
Hours: 9am - 5pm
< http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/ndic.htm
>
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearing House
2 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3570
TEL: (301)654-3810
FAX: (301)907-8906
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm
< http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/nddic.htm
>
National Down's Syndrome Congress
TEL: (800)232-6372
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm EST
<http://www.ndsccenter.org/>
National Eating Disorders Organization
6655 South Yale
Tulsa, OK 74136
TEL: (918)481-4044
FAX: (918)481-4076
Hours: 11m to 3pm (M-F)
<http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=337>
National Health Information Center
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
PO Box 37366
Washington DC 20013-7366
TEL: (800)336-4797
<http://www.nih.gov>
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
PO Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
TEL: (800)575-WELL
FAX: (301)251-1223
< http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
>
National Institute on Aging
Information Office
PO Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
TEL:(800) 222-2225
TTY: (800) 222-4225
FAX: (301) 589-3014
Hours: 8:30 am - 5 pm EST (M-F)
< http://www.nia.nih.gov/
>
National Institute of Dental Research
Public Information and Reports Section
Building 31, Room 2C35
31 Center Drive MSC 2290
Bethesda, MD 20892-2290
TEL: (301)496-4261
FAX: (301)496-9988
Hours: 7:30am - 5pm
< http://www.nidr.nih.gov/
>
National Maternal Health and
Child Health Clearing House
2070 Chain Bridge Rd, Suite 450
Vienna, VA 22182
TEL: (703)356-1964
FAX: (703)821-2098
Hours: 8:30am - 5pm
< http://www.ncemch.org/ >
National Osteoporosis Foundation
TEL: (202)223-2226
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm
E-mail: noemail@noe.org
<http://www.nof.org>
National Rehabilitation Information Clearinghouse
TEL: (800)346-2742
Hours: 8:30am - 5:30pm
National Safety Council
TEL: (800)621-7619
Hours: 8am - 5:15pm CST
<http://www.nsc.org>
Nursing Home/Long Term Care
TEL: (800)782-2918
Hours: 9am - 5pm
Osteoporosis & Related Bone Disease National Resource Center
1150 17th Street
Washington, DC 20036-4603
TEL: (800)624-bone
TTY: (202)466-4315
FAX: (202)223-2234
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm
Public Voice for Food and Health Policy
1012 14th Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
TEL: (202)371-1840
TEL: (202)347-6261
FAX: (202)371-6261
Hours: 9am - 5:30pm
Stuttering Foundation of America
TEL: (800)992-9392
Hours: 9am - 5pm
< http://www.stuttersfa.org/
>
U.S. Pharmacopeia
TEL: (800)488-2665
Hours: 7am - 12midnight
< http://www.usp.org/ >
Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
TEL:(410) 366-VEGE
Hours: 9am - 5pm EST
<http://www.vrg.org>
Weight Control Information Network
1 WIN Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3665
TEL: (800)946-8098
FAX: (301)570-2186
< http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
>
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