Places to Get Information & Help
American Academy of Family Physicians
8880 Ward Pkwy.
Kansas City, MO 64114
1-800-274-2237
www.aafp.org
National Health Information Center (NHIC)
P.O. Box 1133
Washington, DC 20013-1133
1-800-336-4797
www.healthfinder.gov
AIDS
AIDS Information Hotline
U.S. Public Health Service
American Social Health Association
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
1-800-342-AIDS (2437)
1-800-344-7432 (in Spanish)
1-800-243-7889 (for hearing impaired)
www.cdcnac.org
Alcohol/Drug Abuse
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters
(includes Alateen)
P.O. Box 862
Midtown Station
New York, NY 10018-0862
1-800-356-9996
alanon.alateen.org
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
General Service Office
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
212-870-3400
To find an AA group in your area, call:
Intergroup 212-647-1680
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Children of Alcoholics Foundation (COAF)
555 Madison Ave. 20th Floor
New York, NY 10022
1-800-359-COAF (2623)
www.social.com
Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc.
3740 Overland Ave., Suite G
Los Angeles, CA 90034
1-800-347-8998
213-554-2554
www.recovery.netwiz.net/ca
Men for Sobriety (MFS) and
Women for Sobriety (WFS) Inc.
P.O. Box 618
Quakertown, PA 18951-0618
1-800-333-1606
www.womenforsobriety.org
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
NA World Services
P.O. Box 9999
Van Nuys, CA 91409
818-773-9999
www.wsoinc.com
National Cocaine Hotline
c/o Phoenix House
164 West 74th St.
New York, NY 10023
1-800-COCAINE (262-2463)
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
www.drughelp.org
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Helpline
107 Lincoln St.
Worcester, MA 01605
1-800-ALCOHOL (662-4357)
Drug-Free Workplace Hotline: 1-800-843-4571
www.adcare.com
Rational Recovery (RR)
Rational Recovery Self-Help Network (RRSN)
Box 800
Lotus, CA 95651
916-621-2667
www.rational.org/recovery
Alzheimer's
Disease
Alzheimer's Association
919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60601-1676
1-800-272-3900
www.alz.org
Anxiety/Phobias
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
(ADAA)
11900 Parklawn Drive, Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20852
301-231-9350
www.adaa.org
Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
1-800-238-7000
www.arthritis.org
Cancer
Cancer Information Service
(National Cancer Institute)
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
1-800-4-CANCER (422-6237)
www.nci.nih.gov
Depression
National Depressive and Manic
Depression Association
730 North Franklin, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610
312-642-0049
www.social.com/health/nhic/data/hr2000/hr2296
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
1-800-232-3472
www.diabetes.org
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005
1-800-223-1138
www.jdfcure.org
Domestic Violence
National Child Abuse Hotline
Child Help U.S.A.
15757 North 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
1-800-4-A-CHILD (422-4453)
www.childhelpusa.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
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Eating Disorders
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders (ANAD)
P.O. Box 7
Highland Park, IL 60035
708-831-3438
National Eating Disorder Hotline
and Referral Service
1-800-248-3285
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Dr., 4th Floor
Landover, MD 20785
1-800-332-1000
www.efa.org
Grief
The Compassionate Friends National Support Group
900 Jorie Blvd.
Oakbrook, IL 60521
708-990-0010
Grief Recovery Helpline
1-800-445-4808
Headaches
National Headache Foundation
428 W. St. James Place
Chicago, IL 60614
1-800-843-2256
www.headaches.org
Hearing and Speech Problems
Better Hearing Institute - Hearing Help Line
P.O. Box 1840
Washington, DC 20013
1-800-327-9355
www.betterhearing.org
Heart
Disease/High Blood Pressure
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75231-4596
1-800-242-8721
www.americanheart.org
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
1-800-575-WELL (9355)
301-251-1222
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/infcntr
Kidney Diseases
American Kidney Fund
6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010
Rockville, MD 20852
1-800-638-8299
www.arebon.com/kidney
Liver Diseases
American Liver Foundation
1425 Pompton Avenue
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
1-800-223-0179
www.liverfoundation.org
Lung Diseases
National Jewish and Medical Research Center - Lung Line
1400 Jackson St.
Denver, CO 80206
1-800-222-LUNG
www.njc.org
See also NHLBI listing under "Heart Disease/High Blood Pressure"
Medical
Identification
MedicAlert Foundation International
P.O. Box 1009
Turlock, CA 95381-1009
1-800-344-3226
www.medicalert.org
Mental Health
National Mental Health Association
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2971
1-800-969-NMHA (6642)
www.nmha.org
Multiple Sclerosis
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017-3288
1-800-344-4867
www.nmss.org
Nutrition
National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics
American Dietetic Association
216 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606
Consumer Nutrition
Information Hotline
1-800-366-1655
www.eatright.org
Osteoporosis
National Osteoporosis Foundation
1150 17th Street N.W., Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-223-2226
www.nof.org
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
National Resource Center
1150 17th Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-624-BONE (2663)
www.osteo.org
Parkinson's
Disease
National Parkinson Foundation
1501 N.W. 9th Ave.
Bob Hope Rd.
Miami, FL 33136
1-800-327-4545
www.parkinson.org
Reyes Syndrome
National Reye's Syndrome Foundation
P.O. Box 829
Bryan, OH 43506
1-800-233-7393
www.bright.net/~reyessyn
Safety
National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, Illinois 60143-3201
1-800-621-7619
www.nsc.org
Senior Citizen
Health
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
601 E St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20049
1-800-424-2277
www.aarp.org
ElderCare Locator
1-800-677-1116
A public service of the National Association
of Area Agencies on Aging.
National Institute of Aging (NIA)
Information Center
P.O. Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
1-800-222-2225
www.nih.gov/nia/
Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
200 Corporate Pointe, Suite 495
Culver City, California 90230
1-800-421-8453
www.sicklecelldisease.org
Suicide
American Suicide Foundation
1045 Park Ave., Suite 3C
New York, NY 10028
1-800-531-4477 (For information. Not a crisis hotline)
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
1-800-635-0635
Visual Problems
American Council for the Blind
1155 15th Street N.W., Suite 720
Washington, DC 20005
1-800-424-8666
www.acb.org
Prevent Blindness America
500 E. Remington Rd.
Schaumberg, IL 60173
1-800-221-3004
www.prevent-blindness.org
HEALTH AT HOME - Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions, and Self-Care © 1999 by Don R. Powell. American Institute for Preventive Medicine.
Date updated 04/21/99