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Health Hotlines

2005NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

National Institutes of Health

Health Hotlines

• Toll-Free Numbers From •The National Library of Medicine’s

DIRLINE Database

Líneas Telefónicas deInformación sobre la Salud

Números Gratuitos de DIRLINE

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to offer this booklet listing toll-free telephone numbers for health-related organizations. This revised edition is bilingual and lists the organization names in both English and Spanish. It also indicates if services and/or publications are available in Spanish. NLM is the world’s largest medical library with unparalleled collections in the health sciences. Using the World Wide Web, the Library’s resources are now available to health professionals in every part of the United States. The listings in this pamphlet are from our online database, DIRLINE.

Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D. Director

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Health Hotlines: Toll-free 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 8,000 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. Visit Our Web Sites Health Hotlines: http://healthhotlines.nlm.nih.gov DIRLINE: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov MedlinePlus: http://www.medlineplus.gov 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.

March 2005 National Library of Medicine

Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud: Números Gratuitos de DIRLINE

Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud es una recopilación de organizaciones con números para hacer llamadas gratuitas. Esta recopilación se deriva de DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources Online), Directorio de Medios de Información computarizada de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina. Esta base de datos contiene las descripciones de más de 8,000 recursos sobre información biomédica, incluyendo organizaciones, bases de datos y recursos de investigación, además de otra información útil. Algunos de los temas incluídos en las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud son el SIDA, el cáncer, la salud materno-infantil, la vejez, la drogadicción, la discapacidad y la salud mental. Las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud también contienen una variedad de números de teléfonos de grupos encargados de distribuir información acerca de enfermedades específicas y tras-tornos de la salud. Estas organizaciones se agrupan bajo varias categorías incluyendo agencias de los gobiernos locales, estatales y federales, centros de información y referencia, asociaciones de profesionales, grupos de apoyo, y asociaciones de voluntarios. Las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud se provee como un servicio a la comunidad para asistir al público a localizar información relacionada con la salud. Los números de teléfonos gratuitos que aparecen en las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud fueron provistos por las organizaciones y verificados al momento de imprimirse. La Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina no ha revisado ni evaluado los servicios prestados por las organizaciones aquí nombradas. Visite Nuestros Sitios Web Health Hotlines: http://healthhotlines.nlm.nih.gov DIRLINE: http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov MedlinePlus: http://www.medlineplus.gov

El gobierno Federal no está recomendando o endorsando los servicios o los puntos de vista de las organizaciones

que se incluyen en esta publicación.

Marzo del 2005 Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina

AARP [+*] Asociación Americana de Personas Jubiladas (800) 424-2277 (888) 687-2277 (OUR AARP) 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 www.aarp.org ABLEDATA (Information on assistant technology products and rehabilitation research) (Información acerca de productos para las personas minusválidas y discapacitadas) (800) 227-0216 8630 Fenton Street, Suite 930 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.abledata.com AboutFace [+] (Organización que provee apoyo emocional e información a personas con problemas faciales y a sus familias) (Facial Disfigurement-Support) (Grupo de apoyo para la desfiguración facial) (888) 486-1209 (800) 665-3223 P.O. Box 969 Batavia, IL 60510 www.aboutfaceusa.org ADA & IT Information Centers [*+] (Americans With Disabilities Act and Information Technology Information Center) (Centro de Información de la Ley de Personas con Discapacidades y Technologia de Información) (800) 949-4232 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607 Rockville, MD 20850 www.adata.org

Adopt a Special Kid/AASK-America Adopte un Niño Especial /AASK-America (888) 680-7349 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 320 Oakland, CA 94621 www.adoptaspecialkid.org

[Symbols: * Spanish spoken; +

Spanish publications available] [Símbolos: * Se hablo Español; +

Publicaciones disponibles en Español] 1

After Loss Después de la Pérdida (Bereavement) (Duelo) (800) 423-8811 (888) 443-5732 (Fax) 79-301 Country Club Drive, Suite 100 Bermuda Dunes, CA 92201 www.afterloss.com Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [*+] Agencia para la Calidad e Investigación de la Atención Médica (800) 358-9295 P.O. Box 8547 Silver Spring, MD 20907-8547 www.ahrq.gov AIDSinfo [*+] Información acerca de investigación clínica y tratamiento del VIH/SIDA (800) 448-0440 P.O. Box 6303 Rockville, MD 20850 http://aidsinfo.nih.gov Al-Anon, Alateen Family Group Meeting Information Line [*+] Línea de Información sobre Reuniones de Grupos de Familias Al-Anon, Alateen (888) 4-AL-ANON (425-2666) 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617 www.AL-ANON.Alateen.org Alcohol and Drug Helpline Línea de Ayuda para el Alcohol y Drogas (800) 821-HELP 7309 South 180th West Midvale, UT 84047 www.highlandridgehospital.com All Kids Count Todo Niño Cuenta National Technical Assistance Center fostering development of integrated child health information systems. (800) 874-4338 750 Commerce Drive, Suite 400 Decatur, GA 30030 www.allkidscount.org

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Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics [*+] Red de Alergias y Asma/Madres de Asmáticos (800) 878-4403 2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 150 Fairfax, VA 22031 www.aanma.org

Allergy to Latex Education and Resource Team American Latex Allergy Association [+] Equipo de Educación y Recursos para la Alergia al Látex, Asociación Americana de Alergia al Látex (888) 97ALERT (972-5378) 3791 Sherman Road Slinger, WI 53086 www.latexallergyresources.org Alpha-1 Foundation [*+] Fundación Alfa-1 (877) 228-7321 2937 Southwest 27th Avenue, Suite 302 Miami, FL 33133 www.alphaone.org Alzheimer's Association [*+] Asociación para la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (800) 272-3900 225 North Michigan Avenue, 17th Floor Chicago, IL 60601-7633 www.alz.org Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center [*+] Centro para la Educación y Consulta sobre la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (800) 438-4380 P.O. Box 8250 Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250 www.alzheimers.org American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology [*+] Academia Americana de Alergias, Asma e Inmunología (800) 822-2762 (Voice and TTY) 611 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 www.AAAAI.org

[Symbols: * Spanish spoken; + Spanish publications available] [Símbolos: * Se hablo Español; + Publicaciones disponibles en Español]

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American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery [+] Academia Americana de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstrucción Facial (800) 332-FACE (332-3223) 310 South Henry Street Alexandria, VA 22314 www.aafprs.org or www.facemd.org American Academy of Family Physicians [*+] Academia Americana de Médicos Generales (800) 274-2237 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway Leawood, KS 66211 www.aafp.org American Art Therapy Association [+] Asociación Americana de Terapia de Arte (888) 290-0878 1202 Allanson Road Mundelein, IL 60060-3808 www.arttherapy.org

American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness Asociación Americana para un Estilo de Vida Activa y Saludable (800) 213-7193 1900 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191-1502 www.aahperd.org American Association for Functional Orthodontics Asociación Americana para la Ortodoncia Funcional (800) 441-3850 106 South Kent Street Winchester, VA 22601 www.aafo.org American Association of Kidney Patients [+] Asociación Americana de Pacientes con Enfermedades del Riñón (800) 749-2257 3505 East Frontage Road, Suite 315 Tampa, FL 33607 www.aakp.org American Association of People with Disabilities Asociación Americana para las Personas Discapacitadas (866) 241-3200 1629 K Street NW, Suite 503 Washington, DC 20006 www.aapd-dc.org

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American Association on Mental Retardation [*] Asociación Americana para el Retraso Mental (800) 424-3688 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 846 Washington, DC 20001-1512 www.aamr.org American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. Asociación Americana de las Enfermedades Relacionadas a la Autoinmunidad, Inc. (800) 598-4668 22100 Gratiot Avenue Eastpointe, MI 48021 www.aarda.org American Behcet's Disease Association, Inc. [+] Asociación Americana de la Enfermedad de Behcet, Inc. (800) 7-BEHCET (723-4238) P.O. Box 19952 Amarillo, TX 79114 www.behcets.com American Board of Medical Specialties Consejo Americano de Especialidades Médicas (866) ASK-ABMS (275-2267) 1007 Church Street, Suite 404 Evanston, IL 60201-5913 www.abms.org

American Brain Tumor Association [+] Asociación Americana sobre Tumores del Cerebro (800) 886-2282 2720 River Road, Suite 146 Des Plaines, IL 60018 www.abta.org American Chiropractic Association [*] Asociación Americana de Quiroprácticos (800) 986-4636 1701 Clarendon Boulevard, 2nd Floor Arlington, VA 22209 www.acatoday.com American Chronic Pain Association [+] Asociación Americana de Dolor Crónico (800) 533-3231 P.O. Box 850 Rocklin, CA 95677 www.theacpa.org


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American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine Colegio Americano de Medicina y Ortopédicos del Pie y el Tobillo (800) 265-8263 3525 Ellicott Mills Drive, Suite N Ellicott City, MD 21049-4547 www.acfaom.org American Council for Drug Education Consejo Americano para Educación sobre la Drogadicción (800) 488-DRUG (488-3784) 164 West 74th Street New York, NY 10023 www.drughelp.org or www.acde.org American Council for Headache Education Consejo Americano para la Educacion sobre el Dolor de Cabeza (800) 255-ACHE (255-2243) 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 www.achenet.org American Council of the Blind National Legislative Hotline [*] Línea Nacional Legislativa del Consejo Americano de los Invidentes (800) 424-8666 1155 15th Street NW, Suite 1004 Washington, DC 20005 www.acb.org American Council on Alcoholism Consejo Americano sobre el Alcoholismo (800) 527-5344 1000 East Indian School Road Phoenix, AZ 85014 www.aca-usa.org

American Diabetes Association [*+] Asociación Americana de la Diabetes (800) 342-2383 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 www.diabetes.org

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American Dietetic Association [*+] Asociación Americana de Dietéticos (800) 877-1600 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606 www.eatright.org American Environmental Health Foundation [*] Fundación Americana de Salud Ambiental (800) 428-2343 8345 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 225 Dallas, TX 75231 www.aehf.com American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Fundación Americana para la Prevención del Suicidio (888) 333-AFSP (333-2377) 120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10005 www.afsp.org American Foundation for the Blind [+] Fundación Americana para los Invidentes (800) AFB-LINE (232-5463) 11 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10001 www.afb.org American Health Assistance Foundation [*+] Fundación Americana de Asistencia para la Salud (Age related and degenerative diseases) (Enfermedades degenerativas y relacionadas con la edad) (800) 437-2423 22512 Gateway Center Drive Clarksburg, MD 20871 www.ahaf.org American Heart Association [*+] Asociación Americana del Corazón (800) 242-8721 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231-4596 www.americanheart.org


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American Hemochromatosis Society [*] Sociedad Americana de Hemocromatosis (888) 655-IRON (655-4766) 4044 West Lake Mary Boulevard, # 104, PMB 416 Lake Mary, FL 32746-2012 www.americanhs.org

American Humane Association/Children's Division Asociación Humanística Americana/División Pediátrica (Protection of children from abuse and neglect) (Protege a los niños contra el abuso y el abandono) (800) 227-4645 63 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 80112-5117 www.americanhumane.org American Institute for Cancer Research Nutrition Hotline [*+] Instituto Americano para la Investigación del Cáncer Línea de Información sobre Nutrición (800) 843-8114 1759 R Street NW Washington, DC 20009 www.aicr.org 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 www.healthylife.com American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine [*] Instituto Americano de Ultrasonidos en Medicina (800) 638-5352 14750 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 100 Laurel, MD 20707-5906 www.aium.org American Leprosy Missions, Inc. Misiones Americanas sobre la Lepra, Inc. (800) 543-3135 1 ALM Way Greenville, SC 29601 www.leprosy.org

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American Liver Foundation Hepatitis Hotline [*+] Fundación Americana del Hígado Línea de Información sobre la Hepatitis (800) GO LIVER (465-4837) (888) 4HEPUSA (443-7872) (800) 223-0179 (888) 4HEPABC (443-7222) 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603 New York, NY 10038 www.liverfoundation.org American Lung Association [*+] Asociación Americana del Pulmón (800) 548-8252 3000 Kelly Lane Springfield, IL 62711 www.lungusa.org American Macular Degeneration Foundation [*] Fundación Americana de la Degeneración Macular (888) 622-8527 P.O. Box 515 Northampton, MA 01061-0515 www.macular.org

American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association Asociación Americana de Proveedores de Rehabilitación Médica (888) 346-4624 1710 N Street NW Washington, DC 20036 www.amrpa.org American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Sociedad Americana Ortopédica para la Medicina de Deportistas (877) 321-3500 6300 North River Road, Suite 500 Rosemont, IL 60018 www.sportsmed.org American Osteopathic Association [*+] Asociación Americana de Osteopatía (800) 621-1773 142 East Ontario Street Chicago, IL 60611 www.aoa-net.org


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American Parkinson's Disease Association, Inc. [+] Asociación Americana de la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 223-2732 1250 Hylan Boulevard, Suite 4B Staten Island, NY 10305 www.apdaparkinson.org American Physical Therapy Association [*] Asociación Americana de la Terapia Física (800) 999-2782 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 www.apta.org American Podiatric Medical Association [+] Asociación Médica Americana de Podiatría (800) FOOT-CARE (366-8227) 9312 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814-1698 www.apma.org American Psychiatric Association [*+] Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría (888) 35-PSYCH (357-7324) 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 www.psych.org American Running Association Asociación Americana para Deportistas (800) 776-2732 4405 East-West Highway, Suite 405 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.americanrunning.org

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology [+] Sociedad Americana para la Colposcopia y Patologia Cervical (800) 787-7227 20 West Washington Street, Suite 1 Hagerstown, MD 21740 www.asccp.org American Society for Deaf Children [*] Sociedad Americana Para Niños Sordos (800) 942-ASDC (942-2732) P.O. Box 3355 Gettysburg, PA 17325 www.deafchildren.org

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American Society of Plastic Surgeons [+] Sociedad Americana de Cirujanos Plásticos (888) 4PLASTIC (475-2784) Executive Office 444 East Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 www.plasticsurgery.org American Society on Aging [*+] Sociedad Americana de Envejecimiento (800) 537-9728 833 Market Street, Suite 511 San Francisco, CA 94103 www.asaging.org American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Consumer Helpline [*+] Asociación Americana del Habla, Lenguaje, y Audición Línea de Ayuda al Consumidor (800) 638-8255 (consumers) 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 www.asha.org American Stroke Association [*+] Asociación Americana de la Apoplejía (888) 4-STROKE 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 www.strokeassociation.org American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute Instituto Americano del Síndrome de Muerte Súbita Infantil (800) 232-SIDS (232-7437) 509 Augusta Drive Marietta, GA 30067 www.sids.org American Syringomyelia Alliance Project Proyecto de la Alianza Americana de Siringomielia (800) ASAP-282 (272-7282) P.O. Box 1586 Longview, TX 75606-1586 www.asap.org


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American Tinnitus Association [+] Asociación Americana de Tinitus (800) 634-8978 P.O. Box 5 Portland, OR 97207 www.ata.org American Trauma Society Sociedad Americana de Traumatología (800) 556-7890 8903 Presidential Parkway, Suite 512 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 www.amtrauma.org Amputee Coalition of America [+] Coalición Americana de Personas Amputadas (888) 267-5669 900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 285 Knoxville, TN 37915 www.amputee-coalition.org Amyloidosis Network International, Inc. [*] Red Internacional de Amiloidosis (888) AMYLOID (269-5643) 7118 Cole Creek Drive Houston, TX 77092-1421 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association [+] Asociación de la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrófica (800) 782-4747 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150 Calabasa Hills, CA 91301-5104 www.alsa.org Angel Flight America [*+] Transporte aéreo médico para las personas necesitadas (Air transport for the needy) (Transporte aéreo para las personas necesitadas) (877) 621-7177 (888) 426-2643 (Spanish) 2430 Winchester Road Hanger 16, Suite 100 Memphis, TN 38116 www.angelflightamerica.org

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Angelman Syndrome Foundation [*+] Fundación del Síndrome de Angelman (800) 432-6435 3015 East New York Street, Suite A2265 Aurora, IL 60504 www.angelman.org Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, Inc. [*+] Fundación Internacional de la Anemia Aplásica y MDS, Inc. (800) 747-2820 P.O. Box 613 Annapolis, MD 21404 www.aamds.org

Arc of the United States [*+] El Arco de los Estados Unidos (Mental retardation) (Retardo mental) (800) 433-5255 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.thearc.org Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Junta para Acuerdos con Respecto a las Barreras Arquitectónicas y de Transporte (800) USA-ABLE (872-2253) 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1111 www.access-board.gov Arthritis Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Artritis (800) 283-7800 1330 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 www.arthritis.org ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center [*] Centro Nacional para el Control del Envenanamiento de los Animales de ASPCA (800) 548-2423 (888) 426-4435 1717 South Philo Road, Suite 36 Urbana, IL 61802 www.apcc.aspca.org


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Association for Children for Enforcement of Support [+] Asociación para la Ejecución de las Leyes de Sustento de Menores (800) 738-2237 2260 Upton Avenue Toledo, OH 43606 www.childsupport-aces.org Association of Late Deafened Adults Asociación de los Adultos que han Perdido la Audición (877) 907-1738 1145 Westgate Street, Suite 206 Oak Park, IL 60301 www.alda.org Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America [+] Fundación Americana del Asma y las Alergias (800) 7-ASTHMA (727-8462) 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 www.aafa.org Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) Children's Project [*] Proyecto de Ataxia Telangiectasia de Niños (800) 5-HELP-A-T (543-5728) 668 South Military Trail Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 www.atcp.org

Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [*+] Línea de Información acerca de la Seguridad Automovilística Administración Nacional para la Seguridad del Tráfico en las Carreteras (800) 424-9393 (888) 327-4236 400 7th Street SW, Room 5319 Washington, DC 20590 www.nhtsa.dot.gov Back to Sleep Program Hotline National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [*+] Línea de Información sobre el Programa "Ponga al bebé a dormir sin peligro" Instituto Nacional de Salud Infantil y Desarollo Humano (800) 505-CRIB (505-2742) P.O. Box 3006 Rockville, MD 20847 www.nichd.nih.gov

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Batten Disease Support and Research Association [+] Asociación para el Apoyo y la Investigación de la Enfermedad de Batten (800) 448-4570 120 Humphries Drive, Suite 2 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 www.bdsra.org Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network Red de Apoyo de Beckwith-Wiedemann (800) 837-2976 2711 Colony Road Ann Arbor, MI 48104 www.beckwith-wiedemann.org Beststart Social Marketing [*+] Mercadeo Social para el Buen Comienzo (Promotes breastfeeding for the economically disadvantaged) (Promueve la lactancia para los niños en desventaja económica) (800) 277-4975 4809 East Busch Boulevard, Suite 104 Tampa, FL 33617 www.beststartinc.org Better Hearing Institute Hearing Helpline Instituto para una Buena Audición Línea de Información del Instituto para una Buena Audición (888) 432-7435 515 King Street, Suite 420 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.betterhearing.org Blind Children's Center [*+] Centro para Niños Ciegos (800) 222-3566 (800) 222-3567 (within California) 4120 Marathon Street Los Angeles, CA 90029 www.blindchildrencenter.org Blinded Veterans Association Asociación de Veteranos Ciegos (800) 669-7079 477 H Street NW Washington, DC 20001-2694 www.bva.org


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Braille Institute [*] Instituto Braille (800) BRAILLE (272-4553) 741 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029-3594 www.brailleinstitute.org Brain Injury Association of America Family Helpline [*+] Asociación de Lesiones Cerebrales, Línea de Información Familiar (800) 444-6443 8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 611 McLean, VA 22102 www.biausa.org Brain Tumor Society Sociedad de Tumores Cerebrales (800) 770-8287 124 Watertown Street, Suite 3H Watertown, MA 02472 www.tbts.org Bureau for At-Risk Youth [*+] Agencia para la Juventud en Riesgo (800) 999-6884 135 Dupont Street P.O. Box 9120 Plainview, NY 11803-9020 www.at-risk.com Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs [*+] El Mundo Empresarial Resonde al SIDA y Los Trabajadores Responden al SIDA (877) 242-9760 P.O. Box 6003 Rockville, MD 20849-6003 www.hivatwork.org Cancer Care [*+] Cuidado del Cancer (800) 813-HOPE (813-4673) (Línea de consejería) 275 7th Avenue New York, NY 10001 www.cancercare.org

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Cancer Hope Network Red de Esperanza para el Cáncer (Patients and families dealing with cancer and treatment) (Pacientes y familiares enfrentados al cáncer y su tratamiento) (877) HOPE-NET (467-3638) 2 North Road, Suite A Chester, NJ 07930 www.cancerhopenetwork.org Cancer Hot Line and R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation [*+] Línea de Información del Cáncer y Fundación de Cancer R.A. Bloch (800) 433-0464 4400 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64111 www.blochcancer.org

Cancer Information Service [*+] Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer (800) 4-CANCER (422-6237) (800) 332-8615 (TTY) Cancer Information Services 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 3035A Rockville, MD 20852 www.cancer.gov Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation [+] Fundación Candlelighters para el Cáncer Infantil (800) 366-CCCF (366-2223) 3910 Warner Street Kensington, MD 20895 www.candlelighters.org CDC National Immunization Information Hotline American Social Health Association [*+] Línea Directa de Información sobre las Vacunas del Centro para el Control de las Enfermedades, Asociación Americana de Salud Social (800) 232-2522 (English) (800) 232-0233 (Spanish) (800) 243-7889 (TTY) P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 www.vaccines.ashastd.org


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CDC National Prevention Information Network [*+] Red Nacional de Información sobre la Prevención del Centro para el Control de las Enfermedades (800) 458-5231 (800) 243-7012 (TTY) P.O. Box 6003 Rockville, MD 20849-6003 www.cdcnpin.org CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline [*+] Línea nacional de ETS y SIDA de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (800) 342-AIDS (342-2437) (800) 344-SIDA (344-7432) (Spanish) (800) AIDS-TTY (243-7889) (Hearing impaired) P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 www.cdc.gov/hiv/hivinfo/nah.htm Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery [*+] Centro para Medicina y Cirugía sin Sangre (800) 664-2533 Jackson Memorial Hospital 1611 Northwest 12th Avenue Miami, FL 33136 www.noblood-miami.com Center for Persons with Disabilities [*+] Centro para las Personas con Discapacidades (866) 284-2821 6800 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-6800 www.cpd.usu.edu Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [*+] Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (800) 311-3435 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329-4018 www.cdc.gov

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servcies [*+] Centros para los Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (877) 267-2323 (866) 226-1819 (TTY) 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 www.cms.hhs.gov

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association [+] Asociación de Charcot-Marie-Tooth (Inherited neuromuscular disorder) (Desorden neuromuscular hereditario) (800) 606-2682 2700 Chestnut Street Chester, PA 19013 www.charcot-marie-tooth.org CHARGE Syndrome Foundation [*+] Fundación del Síndrome CHARGE (Coloboma heart malformations, afresia of the choanoe, retardation of growth or development, genital hypoplasia and ear anomalies) (Coloboma, malformación del Corazón, atreasia del coana, retardo en el crecimiento o desarrollo, hipoplasia genital y anormalidades del oído) (800) 442-7604 409 Vandiver Drive, Suite 5-104 Columbia, MO 65202-1563 www.chargesyndrome.org Chemtrec [*+] (National Chemical Response and Information Center) (Centro de Referencia Química, Centro Nacional de Información y Respuesta Química) (800) 424-9300 1300 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209 www.chemtrec.com Child Find of America, Inc. Encuentre al Niño de América (Locating missing children) (Búqueda de niños perdidos) (800) I-AM-LOST (426-5678) (800) 292-9688 (Support Services & Mediation) P.O. Box 277 New Paltz, NY 12561 www.childfindofamerica.org Childhelp USA [*+] Ayuda para el Niño, USA (National Child Abuse Hotline) (Linea Nacional de Ayuda para el Niño Maltratado) (800) 4-A-CHILD (422-4453) 15757 North 78th Street Scottsdale, AZ 85260 www.childhelpusa.org


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Children Anguished with Lymphatic Malformations [*] Niños Angustiados por Malformaciones Linfáticas (877) 570-2256 11413 Prestige Drive Frisco, TX 75034 www.staycalm.org Children of Aging Parents Niños de Padres Envejecientes (800) 227-7294 P.O. Box 167 Richboro, PA 18954 www.caps4caregivers.org

Children's AIDS Fund Fondo Juvenile del SIDA (866) 829-1560 P.O. Box 16433 Washington, DC 20041 www.childrensaidsfund.org Children's Brain Tumor Foundation [+] Fundación de Tumores Cerebrales Infantiles (866) 228-4673 274 Madison Avenue, Suite 1301 New York, NY 10016 www.cbtf.org Children's Craniofacial Association Asociación Craneofacial de Niños (800) 535-3643 13140 Coit Road, Suite 307 Dallas, TX 75240 www.ccakids.com Children's Defense Fund [+] Fondo para la Defensa de los Niños (800) 233-1200 25 E Street NW Washington, DC 20001 www.childrensdefense.org Children's Hospice International Hospicio Internacional para Niños (800) 242-4453 901 North Pitt Street, Suite 230 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.chionline.org

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Children's PKU Network [+] Red de Niños con Fenilcetonuria (PKU) (800) 377-6677 3790 Via De La Valle, Suite 120 Del Mar, CA 92014 www.pkunetwork.org Choice Magazine Listening Selección de Revistas para Escuchar Tapes for visually-impaired and physically handicapped (888) 724-6423 85 Channel Drive Port Washington, NY 11050 www.choicemagazinelistening.org Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation [*] Fundación de Parálisis Christopher Reeve (800) 539-7309 (resource center) 500 Morris Avenue Springfield, NJ 07081 www.christopherreeve.org

Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association [+] Asociación del Síndrome de la Fatiga Crónica y el Síndrome de Disfunción Inmunitaria (800) 442-3437 P.O. Box 220398 Charlotte, NC 28222 www.cfids.org Citizens for Better Care Ciudadanos para un mejor cuidado (Nursing home advocacy and information) (Información y apoyo de los asilos) (800) 833-9548 4750 Woodward Avenue, Suite 410 Detroit, MI 48201-1308 www.cbcmi.org Cleft Palate Foundation [*+] Fundación del Labio Leporino (800) 24-CLEFT (242-5338) 104 South Estes Drive, Suite 204 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.cleftline.org


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Cocaine Anonymous World Service Office, Inc. [*] Oficina Mundial de Servicios para Cocainómanos Anónimos, Inc. (800) 347-8998 3740 Overland Avenue, Suite C Los Angeles, CA 90034-6337 www.ca.org Community Transportation Association of America Asociación de Transporte Comunitario de América (800) 527-8279 1341 G Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005 www.ctaa.org Compassionate Friends [+] Amigos Compasivos (Grief resolution after death of a child) (Solución a la pena después de la muerte de un niño) (877) 969-0010 P.O. Box 3696 Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696 www.compassionatefriends.org Compeer [+] Compañero-Amigo de niños o adultos que reciben tratamiento mental (Volunteer friends for children and adults who receive mental health treatment) (Compañero-Amigo de niños o adultos que reciben tratamiento mental) (800) 836-0475 Monroe Square 259 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 www.compeer.org Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. Grupo de personas conmovidas por la adopción (Adoption issues) (Asuntos sobre adopción) (800) 822-2777 P.O. Box 230457 Encinitas, CA 92023 www.cubirthparents.org

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Cooley's Anemia Foundation [+] Fundación de Anemia Cooley (800) 522-7222 129-09 26th Avenue, Suite 203 Flushing, NY 11354 www.cooleysanemia.org Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation [+] Fundación del Síndrome Cornelia de Lange (Birth defects information) (Información sobre defectos congénitos) (800) 223-8355 (800) 753-2357 302 West Main Street, Suite 100 Avon, CT 06001-4331 www.cdlsusa.org Corporate Angel Network, Inc. Transporte para Pacientes con Cáncer (Flights on corporate jets to and from recognized cancer treatment centers) (Vuelos en aviones corporativos hacia y desde centros de tratamiento de cáncer reconocidos) (866) 328-1313 Westchester County Airport 1 Loop Road White Plains, NY 10604 www.corpangelnetwork.org Covenant House [*+] La Casa del Convenio (Homeless youth-various locations in United States and Canada) (Centros en Estados Unidos y Canadá para jóvenes sin hogar) (800) 999-9999 (800) 999-9915 (TTY) 346 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 www.covenanthouseny.org Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. [*] Fundación de la Enfermedad de Crohn y Colitis de América, Inc. (800) 932-2423 386 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 www.ccfa.org


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Cure Autism Now [*] Curar el Autismo (888) 8AUTISM 5455 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 715 Los Angeles, CA 90036-4234 www.cureautismnow.org Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [+] Fundación para la Fibrosis Cística (800) 344-4823 6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.cff.org Cystinosis Foundation, Inc. [*+] Fundación de Cistinosis, Inc. (800) 392-8458 604 Vernon Street Oakland, CA 94610 www.cystinosisfoundation.org

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute [*] Instituto de Cáncer Dana-Farber (866) 408-3324 44 Binney Street Boston, MA 02115 www.dfci.harvard.edu Danny Foundation [+] Fundación Danny (Baby crib safety) (Seguridad cuando el bebé duerme) (800) 83-DANNY (833-2669) P.O. Box 680 Alamo, CA 94507 www.dannyfoundation.org Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Fundación para la Adopción Dave Thomas (800) 275-3832 4150 Tuller Road, Suite 204 Dublin, OH 43017 www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org

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Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD USER [+] Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (Database searches, bibliographies, document delivery on housing) (Búsquedas en base de datos, bibliografías y entrega de documentos sobre la vivienda) (800) 245-2691 (800) 483-2209 (TTY) P.O. Box 23268 Washington, DC 20026 www.huduser.org Depression After Delivery-National Grupo Nacional sobre la Depresión Posparto (800) 944-4773 P.O. Box 27891 East Somerset Street Raritan, NJ 08869 www.depressionafterdelivery.com Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance [*+] Alianza de Apoyo para la Depresión y el Trastorno Bipolar (DBSA) (800) 82-NDMDA (826-3632) 730 North Franklin Street, Suite 501 Chicago, IL 60610 www.DBSalliance.org DES Action USA [*+] Apoyo e información para las mujeres y los niños expuestos a dietistilbestrol (800) DES-9288 610 16th Street, Suite 301 Oakland, CA 94612 www.desaction.org

Devereux Foundation [+] Fundación Devereux (Services to children, adults, and families with special needs) (Servicios para los niños, adultos y familias con necesidades especiales) (800) 345-1292 444 Deveroux Drive Villanova, PA 19085 www.devereux.org


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Disabilities Information Access Line (DIAL) [*] Línea de Acceso a Información sobre Discapacidades (800) 922-3425 647 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 www.laddc.org/dial.htm Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped Solo y Discapacitado/Servicios Vitales para el Minusválido (800) 995-0066 352 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor New York, NY 10010 www.disabledandalone.org EAR Foundation Fundación del Oído (800) 545-HEAR 1817 Patterson Street Nashville, TN 37203 www.earfoundation.com Easter Seals National Headquarters [*+] Oficina Nacional de Easter Seals (800) 221-6827 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60606 www.easterseals.org Eldercare Locator National Association of Area Agencies on Aging [*+] Centro Localizador de Servicios de Cuidado para el Anciano, Asociación Nacional de Agencias para el Envejeciente (800) 677-1116 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 www.n4a.org/locator.cfm Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation [*+] Fundación Elizabeth Glaser para el SIDA Pediátrico (888) 499-HOPE (499-4673) 2950 31st Street, #125 Santa Monica, CA 90405 www.pedaids.org

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Endometriosis Association [*+] Asociación de la Endometriosis (800) 992-ENDO (992-3636) International Headquarters 8585 North 76th Place Milwaukee, WI 53223 www.endometriosisassn.org

Epilepsy Foundation of America [*+] Fundación Americana de la Epilepsia (800) EFA-1000 (332-1000) 4351 Garden City Drive Landover, MD 20785 www.epilepsyfoundation.org Epilepsy Information Service Wake Forest University School of Medicine Servicio de Información sobre la Epilepsia, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Wake Forest (Comprehensive epilepsy program) (Programa completo sobre la epilepsia) (800) 642-0500 Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1078 www.wfumc.edu/neuro/epilepsy/information.htm Eyecare America [+] Cuidado para la Vista (Elderly/For those without insurance) (800) 222-EYES (222-3937) P.O. Box 429098 San Francisco, CA 94142-9098 www.eyecareamerica.org FACES: The National Craniofacial Association FACES: Asociación Nacional Craneofacial (800) 3-FACES-3 (332-2373) P.O. Box 11082 Chattanooga, TN 37401 www.faces-cranio.org Families Anonymous [+] Familias Anónimas (Families coping with drug abuse and alcohol) (Familias enfrentadas a la drogadicción y el alcoholismo) (800) 736-9805 P.O. Box 3475 Culver City, CA 90231-3475 www.familiesanonymous.org


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Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy [*+] Familias de Personas con Atrofia Musculoespinal (800) 886-1762 P.O. Box 196 Libertyville, IL 60048-0196 www.fsma.org Family Caregiver Alliance [*+] Alianza de Familias que Cuidan o Atienden a los Enfermos (800) 445-8106 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 www.caregiver.org Family Empowerment Network Supporting Families Affected by FAS/FAE Red de Apoyo para Familias Afectadas por el Síndrome de Alcoholismo Fetal/Efectos del Alcoholismo fetal (800) 462-5254 UW Department of Family Medicine 777 South Mills Street Madison, WI 53715 www.fammed.wisc.edu/fen

Family Voices [*+] Voces de Familia (Children with special health needs) (Niños con necesidades médicas especiales) (888) 835-5669 2340 Alamo SE, Suite 102 Albuquerque, NM 87106 www.familyvoices.org Farm Safety 4 Just Kids [+] Prevención de accidentes de niños en tareas rurales (800) 423-5437 P.O. Box 458 Earlham, IA 50072 www.fs4jk.org Federal Citizen Information Center [*+] Centro Federal de Información para Ciudadanos (800) FED-INFO (333-4636) P.O. Box 450 Camby, IN 46113 www.pueblo.gsa.gov

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Female Health Foundation Fundación Salud Femenina (800) 635-0844 515 North State Street, Suite 2225 Chicago, IL 60610 www.femalehealth.com Fibromyalgia Network [*+] Red de Información sobre la Fibromialgia (800) 853-2929 P.O. Box 31750 Tucson, AZ 85751-1750 www.fmnetnews.com First Candle SIDS Alliance [*+] Alianza First Candle para el Sindrome de Muerte Súbita Infantil (800) 221-7437 1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210 Baltimore, MD 21208 www.firstcandle.org Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network [+] Red de Información sobre Alergias a los Alimentos (800) 929-4040 11781 Lee Jackson Highway, Suite 160 Fairfax, VA 22033 www.foodallergy.org Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Information Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos, División de Información sobre Medicament (800) 238-7332 (888) Info-FDA (463-6332) 5600 Fishers Lane (HFE-88) Rockville, MD 20857 www.fda.gov/cder/offices/ddi/

Forward Face Apoyo para las Familias con Niños con Desfiguración de la Cara (Charity foundation for children with craniofacial problems) (Fundación benéfica para niños con problemas craneofaciales) (800) FWD-FACE (393-3223) 317 East 34th Street, Suite 901A New York, NY 10016 www.forwardface.org


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Foundation Fighting Blindness Fundación para la Lucha contra la Ceguera (800) 683-5555 (800) 683-5551 (TTY) 11435 Cronhill Drive Owings Mills, MD 21117-2220 www.blindness.org Foundation for Aquatic Injury Prevention Fundación para la Prevención de Lesions de Deportes Acuáticos (800) 342-0330 11230 White Lake Road Fenton, MI 48430 www.aquaticisf.org Foundation for Nager and Miller Syndromes (FNMS)[*] Fundación para los Síndromes Nager y Miller (800) 507-FNMS (507-3667) 1827 Grove Street, #2 Glenview, IL 60025-2913 www.nagerormillersynd.com Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care and Cure (FSCIPCC) Fundación para la Prevención, Cuidado y Cura de Lesiones de la Médula Espinal (800) 342-0330 11230 White Lake Road Fenton, MI 48430 www.fscip.org Fox Chase Cancer Center Centro de Cáncer Fox Chase (888) 369-2427 333 Cottnan Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111 www.fccc.edu Friend's Health Connection (Support for people with similar health problems) (Grupo de apoyo para poner en contacto a personas con problemas de salud similares) (800) 483-7436 P.O. Box 114 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 www.friendshealthconnection.org

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Funeral Service Consumer Assistance Program Programa de Asistencia al Consumidor para Servicios de Funeraria (800) 662-7666 PO Box 486 Elm Grove, WI 53122-0486 www.fsef.org Genetic Alliance Alianza Genética (800) 336-4363 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20008-2369 www.geneticalliance.org

Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center National Human Genome Research Institute [*+] Centro de Información de Enfermedades Raras y Genéticas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación del Genoma Humano (888) 205-2311 (888) 205-3223 (TTY) P.O. Box 8126 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126 www.genome.gov/10000409 Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer Institute [*] Registro Gilda Radner de Cáncer Ovárico de Familia del Instituto de Cáncer Roswell Park (800) OVARIAN (682-7426) Elm and Carlton Streets Buffalo, NY 14263 www.ovariancancer.com Girls and Boys Town National Hotline [*+] Línea de Información Nacional de Girls and Boys Town (800) 448-3000 13940 Gatowski Road Boys Town, NE 68010 www.girlsandboystown.org


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Gladney Center for Adoption [*+] Centro de Adopción Gladney (Maternity home and child placement agency) (Hogar de maternidad y agencia de adopción niño) (800) GLADNEY (452-3639) 6300 John Ryan Drive Fort Worth, TX 76132 www.gladney.org Glaucoma Research Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Investigación de la Glaucoma (800) 826-6693 490 Post Street, Suite 1427 San Francisco, CA 94102 www.glaucoma.org Grandparent Information Center American Association of Retired Persons [*+] Centro de Información para los Abuelos, Asociación Americana de Jubilados (888) 687-2277 (our AARP) 601 E Street NW Washington, DC 20049 www.aarp.org/grandparents/ Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Fundación de Perros Guía para Ciegos (800) 548-4337 371 East Jericho Turnpike Smithtown, NY 11787-2976 www.guidedog.org Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. [*+] Perros Guías para Ciegos (800) 295-4050 P.O. Box 151200 San Rafael, CA 94915-1200 www.guidedogs.com

Guide Dogs of America Perros Guía de América (800) 459-4843 13445 Glenoaks Boulevard Sylmar, CA 91342 www.guidedogsofamerica.org

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Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center Centro de Información de Cuidado Médico para Personas sin Hogar (888) 439-3300, ext 247 345 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 www.hchirc.bphc.hrsa.gov Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Family Violence Prevention Fund [*] Centro de Información sobre Violencia Doméstica, Fondo de Prevención de Violencia Familiar (888) 792-2873 (800) 595-4889 TTY 383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304 San Francisco, CA 94103-5133 www.endabuse.org Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional para la Distribución de Información sobre la atención primaria de la Salud (888) 275-4772 (ASK-HRSA) 8280 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300 McLean, VA 22102 www.ask.hrsa.gov HEAR NOW Escuche Ahora (800) 648-HEAR (648-4327) 6700 Washington Avenue South Eden Prarie, MN 55344 www.sotheworldmayhear.org Heart Information Service, Texas Heart Institute [*+] Servicio de Información sobre el Corazón, Instituto de Cardiología de Texas (800) 292-2221 6770 Bertner Avenue Houston, TX 77030 www.texasheartinstitute.org Heartbeat International (888) 550-7577 665 East Dubline-Granville Road, Suite 440 Columbus, OH 43229 www.heartbeatinternational.org


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Heartspring [*] (Programs for multiply disabled children) (Programas para niños con múltiples discapacidades) (800) 835-1043 8700 East 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67226-2169 www.heartspring.org

Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI) [*+] Red para la Diseminación de Información sobre la Hemofilia y el VIH/SIDA (800) 424-2634 116 West 32nd Street, 11th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.hemophilia.org Hepatitis Foundation International [+] Fundación Internacional de la Hepatitis (800) 891-0707 504 Blick Drive Silver Spring, MD 20904 www.hepatitisfoundation.org Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Foundation International Fundación Internacional de Telangiectasia Hemorrágica Hereditaria (800) 448-6389 P.O. Box 329 Monkton, MD 21111 www.HHT.org Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network, Inc. [*+] Red de Información del Síndrome Hermansky-Pudlak (800) 789-9477 1 South Road Oyster Bay, NY 11771 www.hermansky-pudlak.org or www.hpsnetwork.org Histiocytosis Association of America [*+] Asociación Americana de la Histiocitosis (800) 548-2758 72 East Holly Avenue, Suite 101 Pittman, NJ 08071 www.histio.org

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Hospice Education Institute Instituto de Educación sobre Hospicios (One-to-one support for patients and families) (Apoyo personalizado para los pacientes y sus familias) (800) 331-1620 3 Unity Square P.O. Box 98 Machiasport, ME 04655 www.hospiceworld.org Human Growth Foundation [+] Fundación del Crecimiento Físico Humano (Child growth abnormalities) (Ofrece ayuda a niños con problemas del crecimiento) (800) 451-6434 997 Glen Cove Avenue, Suite 5 Glen Head, NY 11545 www.hgfound.org

Huntington's Disease Society of America [*] Sociedad Americana de la Enfermedad de Huntington (800) 345-4372 158 West 29th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.hdsa.org Hydrocephalus Association [+] Asociación de Hidrocefalia (888) 598-3789 870 Market Street, Suite 705 San Francisco, CA 94102 www.hydroassoc.org Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services [*+] Recursos Educativos y Servicios para la Histerectomía (888) 750-HERS 422 Bryn Mawr Avenue Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 www.hersfoundation.com


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Immune Deficiency Foundation [+] Fundación para la Deficiencia Inmunitaria (800) 296-4433 40 West Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 308 Towson, MD 21204 www.primaryimmune.org Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse [*+] Centro de Información Acerca de la Calidad del Aire Interior (800) 438-4318 P.O. Box 37133 Washington, DC 20013-7133 www.epa.gov/iaq/ Inspector General's Hotline Department of Health and Human Services [*] Línea Directa de Información de la oficina del Inspector General Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales (Reporting fraud, waste, and abuse in HHS programs) (Comunicación de fraude, desperdicio y abuso en los programas del HHS) (800) HHS-TIPS (447-8477) P.O. Box 23489 Washington, DC 20026 www.hhs.gov International Association of Laryngectomees Asociación Internacional de Pacientes de Laringectomía (866) IAL-FORU (425-3678) 8900 Thornton Road, Box 99311 Stockton, CA 95209 www.larynxlink.com International Childbirth Education Association [+] Asociación Internacional de Educación sobre el Parto (800) 624-4934 P.O. Box 20048 Minneapolis, MN 55420-0048 www.icea.org

International Diabetes Center [*+] Centro Internacional de Diabetes (888) 825-6315 (800) 325-0778 TTY 3800 Park Nicollet Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55146 www.parknicollet.com/diabetes/

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International Dyslexia Association [+] Asociación Nacional de Dislexia 8600 LaSalle Road, Suite 382 Chester Building Baltimore, MD 21286-2044 www.interdysk.org International Essential Tremor Foundation [+] Fundación Internacional de Tremor Esencial (888) 387-3667 P.O. Box 14005 Lenexa, KS 66285 www.essentialtremor.org International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) Fundación Internacional para el Trastorno Gastrointestinal Funcional (888) 964-2001 P.O. Box 170864 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8076 www.iffgd.org International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline Sociedad Internacional de la Audición Línea de Ayuda, Información sobre Aparatos de Audición (800) 521-5247 16880 Middlebelt Road, Suite 4 Livonia, MI 48154 www.ihsinfo.org International Myeloma Foundation [*+] Fundación Internacional del Mieloma (800) 452-CURE (452-2873) 12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206 North Hollywood, CA 91607-3421 www.myeloma.org International Rett Syndrome Association [+] Asociación Internacional del Síndrome de Rett (800) 818-7388 9121 Piscataway Road, Suite 2B Clinton, MD 20735 www.rettsyndrome.org


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Interstitial Cystitis Association [+] Asociación de la Cistitis Intersticial (800) HELP-ICA (435-7422) 110 North Washington Street, Suite 340 Rockville, MD 20850 www.ichelp.org

Job Accommodation Network [*+] Red de Información para la Ubicación de Empleo (Information resource about accomodations & information under ADA) (Recurso de información sobre el acomodamiento en el lugar de empleo y información de la ley ADA) (800) 526-7234 P.O. Box 6080 Morgantown, WV 26506-6080 www.jan.wvu.edu Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry Registro del Cáncer Colorrectal Hereditario de Johns Hopkins (888) 77-COLON (772-6566) 550 North Broadway, Suite 108 Baltimore, MD 21205-2011 http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/edu/pages/latin/templates/?pg=hcc4 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Fundación Internacional de la Diabetes Juvenil (800) 533-2873 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10005 www.jdrf.org Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse Department of Justice [*+] Centro de Información sobre Justicia Juvenil, Departamento de Justicia (800) 851-3420 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 www.ncjrs.org Kidney and Urology Foundation of America [*] Fundación Americana de los Riñones y la Urología (800) 633-6628 1250 Broadway, Suite 2001 New York, NY 10001 www.kidneyurology.org

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Kidney Cancer Association [+] Asociación de Cáncer del Riñón (800) 850-9132 1234 Sherman Avenue, Suite 203 Evanston, IL 60202 www.curekidneycancer.org Kidsrights [*+] Derecho Infantil (Children's rights and family issues) (Derecho infantil y asuntos familiares) (800) 892-5437 8902 Otis Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46216 www.jistlife.com 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 60173-4808 www.lalecheleague.org

Lamaze International [+] Lamaze Internacional (800) 368-4404 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 www.lamaze.org Laser Institute of America Instituto Laser de América (800) 34-LASER (345-2737) 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128 Orlando, FL 32826 www.laserinstitute.org Leader Dogs for the Blind [+] Perros Guía para los Ciegos (888) 777-5332 P.O. Box 5000 Rochester, MI 48307 www.leaderdogs.org


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Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd. Fundación para la Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrópica (888) ALS-1107 (257-1107) 8142 North Lawndale Avenue Skokie, IL 60076-3322 www.lesturnerals.org Leukemia and Lymphoma Society [*] Sociedad Americana de la Leucemia (800) 955-4LSA (955-4572) 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 www.leukemia-lymphoma.org or www.lls.org LifeNet Red de Vida (organ and tissue donation) (Donación de órganos y tejidos) (800) TISSUE-1 (847-7831) 5809 Ward Court Virginia Beach, VA 23455 www.lifenet.org Lighthouse International [*+] Gente Pequeña de América (800) 829-0500 (Voice and TDD) 111 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022-1202 www.lighthouse.org Little People of America [+] Gente Pequeña de América (888) LPA-2001 (572-2001) 5289 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite F700 Hillsboro, OR 97125 www.LPAonline.org

Little People's Research Fund Fondo de Investigación sobre la Gente Pequeña (800) 232-LPRF (232-5773) 616 Old Edmondson Avenue, 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21228 www.lprf.org

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MAGIC Foundation for Children's Growth Fundación MAGIC para el Crecimiento de los Niños (800) 3MAGIC3 (362-4423) 6645 West North Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302 www.magicfoundation.org

Make Today Count Haga Valer el Día de Hoy (Emotional grief or loss support for people affected by cancer) (Apoyo para las personas afectadas por el cáncer) (800) 432-2273 St. John's Cancer Center 1235 East Cherokee Street Springfield, MO 65804 www.smsu.edu/nursing/community/Agency_folder/MakeTodayCount.htm Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States [+] Asociación Estadounidense de la Hipertermia Maligna (800) 98-MHAUS (986-4287) P.O. Box 1069 11 East State Street Sherbourne, NY 13460-1069 www.mhaus.org March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation [*+] Fundación March of Dimes para los Defectos Congénitos (Information on pregnancy, birth defects, and genetics) (Información sobre el embarazo, los defectos congénitos y la genética) (888) MODIMES (663-4637) (800) 925-1855 (Spanish) 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605 www.marchofdimes.com MedicAlert Foundation International [*+] Fundación Internacional de Alerta Médica (Identification system for medical conditions) (Sistema de identificación de condiciones médicas) (800) ID-ALERT (432-5378) 2323 Colorado Avenue Turlock, CA 95382-2018 www.medicalert.org

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Medical Genetics Genetica en la Medicina (Genetic testing and counseling) (Consejería y pruebas genéticas) (800) 998-4785 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Medical Genetics 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 www.clevelandclinic.org/medgen Medicare Issues Hotline Health Care Financing Administration [+] Línea Directa de Información sobre Asuntos de MEDICARE, Administración para el Financiamiento del Cuidado de la Salud (800) MEDICARE (633-4227) 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 www.medicare.gov MedWatch [*] Alerta Medica (The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program) (Programa de información sobre productos médicos de la FDA) (800) 332-1088 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20852-9787 www.fda.gov/medwatch Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center [*+] Centro de Cancer Memorial Sloan-Kettering (800) 525-2225 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 www.mskcc.org

Mended Hearts, Inc. Organización para enfermos del corazón y sus familias (888) heart99 (432-7899) 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231-4596 www.mendedhearts.org Meningitis Foundation of America [+] Fundación de Meningitis de América (800) 668-1129 6610 North Shadeland Avenue, Suite 220 Indianapolis, IN 46220 www.musa.org


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Mercy Medical Airlift [*] Transporte aéreo para pacientes y sus familias (Charitable medical air transportation) (Transporte aéreo médico de caridad) (800) 296-1217 P.O. Box 1940 Manassas, VA 20108-0804 www.mercymedical.org Mothers Against Drunk Driving Madres en Contra de Conductores Embriagados (800) GET-MADD (438-6233) 511 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700 Irving, TX 75062 www.madd.org Multiple Sclerosis Association of America [*] Asociación Americana de Esclerosis Múltiple (800) LEARN-MS (532-7667) 706 Haddonfield Road Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-2652 www.msaa.com Multiple Sclerosis Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Esclerosis Múltiple (800) 441-7055 (888) 673-6287 6350 North Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 www.msfocus.org MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc. [*] Red Nacional de Padres a Padres MUMS, Madres Unidas para Apoyo Moral, Inc. (877) 336-5333 150 Custer Court Green Bay, WI 54301-1243 www.netnet.net/mums Muscular Dystrophy Association [*+] Asociación de la Distrofia Muscular (800) 572-1717 3300 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ 85718-3208 www.mdausa.org

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Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc. [+] Fundación Americana de la Miastenia Gravis (800) 541-5454 1821 University Avenue West, Suite S256 St. Paul, MN 55104 www.myasthenia.org NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) [*+] Alianza Nacional de Enfermedades Mentales (888) 999-NAMI (999-6264) (800) 950-6264 Colonial Place Three 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 www.nami.org Narcotic Educational Foundation of America [*] Fundación Americana Educativa sobre Narcóticos (877) 775-NARC 28245 Avenue Crocker, Suite 230 Santa Clarita, CA 91355-1201 www.cnoa.org/NEFA.htm National Abortion Federation Hotline [*+] Federación Nacional del Aborto (800) 772-9100 1755 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 www.prochoice.org National Adoption Center Centro Nacional para la Adopción (800) 862-3678 1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701 Philadelphia, PA 19102 www.adopt.org National Adoption Information Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Distribución de Información sobre la Adopción (888) 251-0075 330 C Street SW Washington, DC 20447 http://naic.acf.hhs.gov


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National AIDS Fund [*] Fondo Nacional del SIDA (888) 234-AIDS (234-2437) 1030 15th Street NW, Suite 860 Washington, DC 20005 www.aidsfund.org National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project [*+] Proyecto Nacional de Abogacía para el Tratamiento del SIDA (888) 26-NATAP 580 Broadway, Suite 1010 New York, NY 10012 www.natap.org

National Aphasia Association Asociación Nacional de Afasia (800) 922-4622 29 John Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10038 www.aphasia.org National Association for Children of Alcoholics Asociación Nacional para Hijos de Alcohólicos (888) 554-COAS (554-2627) 11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852 www.nacoa.org National Association for Continence (NAFC) [+] Asociación Nacional para la Continencia (800) 252-3337 P.O. Box 1019 Charleston, SC 29402 www.nafc.org National Association for Family Child Care [*+] Asociación Nacional para Guarderías Infantiles de Tipo Familiar (800) 359-3817 (child care) 5200 Pinemont Drive Murray, UT 84123 www.nafcc.org National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired (NAPVI) [*+] Asociación Nacional para Padres de Hijos con Problemas Visuales (800) 562-6265 P.O. Box 317 Watertown, MA 02471 www.napvi.org

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National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) Asociación Nacional para las Personas con Doble Diagnóstico (800) 331-5362 132 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401-4802 www.thenadd.org National Association for the Education of Young Children [*+] Asociación Nacional para la Educación de los Niños Pequeños (800) 424-2460 1509 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036-1426 www.naeyc.org National Association of Radiation Survivors Asociación Nacional de Sobrevivientes de la Radiación (800) 798-5102 P.O. Box 1587 Marysville, CA 95901 www.radiationsurvivors.org

National Batten Disease Registry Registro Nacional de Enfermedad de Batten (800) 952-9628 1050 Forest Hill Road Staten Island, NY 10314-6399 National Bone Marrow Transplant Link [*] Conexión Nacional para Transplantes de Médula Osea (800) LINK-BMT (546-5268) 20411 West 12 Mile Road, Suite 108 Southfield, MI 48076 www.nbmtlink.org National Braille Press Inc. [+] Publicaciones Braille (800) 548-7323 88 Saint Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115 www.braille.com National Brain Tumor Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de Tumores del Cerebro (800) 934-CURE (934-2873) 22 Battery Street, Suite 612 San Francisco, CA 94111-5520 www.braintumor.org


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National Cancer Information Center [*+] Centro de Información sobre el Cancer (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) 1825-B Kramer Lane, Suite 200 Austin, TX 78758 www.cancer.org National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Distribución de Información sobre la Medicina Alternativa y Complementaria (888) 644-6226 (866) 464-3615 (TTY) (866) 464-3616 (fax) P.O. Box 7923 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7923 www.nccam.nih.gov National Center for Homeopathy Centro Nacional de Homeopatía (877) 624-0613 801 North Fairfax Street, Suite 306 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.homeopathic.org National Center for Learning Disabilities Centro Nacional para las Personas con Problemas de Aprendizaje (888) 575-7373 381 Park Avenue South, Room 1401 New York, NY 10016-8806 www.ld.org

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children [*+] Centro Nacional de Niños Desaparecidos y Abusados (800) THE-LOST (843-5678) 699 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 www.missingkids.com National Center for Victims of Crime [*] Centro Nacional para Víctimas del Crimen (800) FYI-CALL (394-2255) 2000 M Street NW, Suite 480 Washington, DC 20036 www.ncvc.org

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National Child Care Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información para el Cuidado de Niños (800) 616-2242 (800) 516-2242 (TTY) 243 Church Street NW, 2nd Floor Vienna, VA 22180 http://nccic.org National Child Safety Council Childwatch Concilio Nacional para la Seguridad del Niño Vigilancia del Niño (800) 222-1464 4065 Page Avenue P.O. Box 1368 Jackson, MI 49204 National Children's Alliance [+] Alianza Nacional de Niños (800) 239-9950 1612 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 www.nca-online.org National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre el Alcohol y las Drogas (800) SAY-NOTO (729-6686) (800) 487-4889 (TTY) P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20847 www.health.org National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre el Abuso y Negligencia Infantil (800) FYI-3366 (394-3366) 330 C Street SW Washington, DC 20447 http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare [*+] Comité Nacional para Mantener el Seguro Social y Medicare (800) 998-0180 10 G Street NE, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20002-4215 www.ncpssm.org


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National Council for Single Adoptive Parents Consejo Nacional para Padres Adoptivos Solteros (888) 490-4600 P.O. Box 567 Mount Herman, CA 95041 www.adopting.org/ncsap.html National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline [+] Línea de Esperanza del Consejo Nacional sobre la Dependencia del Alcohol y las Drogas (800) NCA-CALL (622-2255) (800) 475-4673 20 Exchange Place, Suite 2902 New York, NY 10005-3201

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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities [*+] Centro Nacional de Información para Niños y Jóvenes con Discapacidades (800) 695-0285 P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013-1492 www.nichcy.org National Domestic Violence Hotline [*+] Línea Nacional de Información sobre Violencia Doméstica (800) 799-7233 P.O. Box 161810 Austin, TX 78716 www.ndvh.org

National Down Syndrome Congress [+] Congreso Nacional del Síndrome de Down (800) 232-NDSC (232-6372) 1370 Center Drive, Suite 102 Atlanta, GA 30338 www.ndsccenter.org National Down Syndrome Society [*+] Sociedad Nacional del Síndrome de Down (800) 221-4602 666 Broadway New York, NY 10012 www.ndss.org National Drinking Water Clearinghouse [+] Centro Nacional de Informacion sobre el Agua Potable (800) 624-8301 West Virginia University P.O. Box 6064 Morgantown, WV 26506-6064 www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Routing Service National Institute on Drug Abuse [*+] Servicio Nacional de Tratamiento para el Alcohol y las Drogas Instituto Nacional para el Abuso de las Drogas (800) 662-HELP (662-4357) 11426-28 Rockville Pike, Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20852 www.health.org


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National Eating Disorders Association [+] Asociación Nacional de Trastornos Alimentarios (800) 931-2237 603 Stewart Street, Suite 803 Seattle, WA 98101 www.nationaleatingdisorders.org National Family Association for Deaf-Blind Asociación Nacional de Familias de Sordos-Ciegos (800) 255-0411 141 Middle Neck Road Sands Point, NY 11050 www.nfadb.org National Family Caregivers Association [*+] Asociación Nacional de Familias Proveedoras de Cuidado (800) 896-3650 10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500 Kensington, MD 20895 www.nfcacares.org National Fire Protection Association, Inc. [*+] Asociación Nacional para la Protección contra Incendios, Inc. (800) 344-3555 1 Batterymarch Park P.O. Box 9101 Quincy, MA 02269-9101 www.nfpa.org

National Foundation for Cancer Research, Inc. [*+] Fundación Nacional para la Investigación del Cáncer, Inc. (800) 321-CURE (321-2873) 4600 East-West Highway, Suite 525 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.nfcr.org National Foundation for Transplants Fundación Nacional de Transplantes (800) 489-3863 1102 Brookfield, Suite 200 Memphis, TN 38119 www.transplants.org National Fragile X Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional del Cromosoma X Frágil (800) 688-8765 P.O. Box 190488 San Francisco, CA 94119-0488 www.fragilex.org

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National Fraud Information Center National Consumers League Centro Nacional de Información sobre Fraudes, Liga Nacional del Consumidor (Telemarketing fraud) (Fraude en telemercadeo) (800) 876-7060 1701 K Street NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006 www.fraud.org National Gaucher Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional de la Enfermedad de Gaucher (800) 428-2437 5410 Edson Lane, Suite 260 Rockville, MD 20852 www.gaucherdisease.org National Hansen's Disease Programs [*+] Programas Nacionales para la Enfermedad de Hansen (Leprosy) (Lepra) (800) 642-2477 1770 Physicians Park Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70816 www.bphc.hrsa.gov/nhdp National Headache Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional para el Dolor de Cabeza (800) 843-2256 (800) 819-4510 (Espanol) 820 North Orleans, Suite 217 Chicago, IL 60614 www.headaches.org National Health Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Salud (800) 336-4797 P.O. Box 1133 Washington, DC 20013-1133 www.health.gov/nhic

National Hemophilia Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de la Hemofilia (800) 424-2634 116 West 32nd Street, 11th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.hemophilia.org


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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation [*+] Administración Nacional para la Seguridad del Tráfico en las Autopistas, Departamento de Transporte (888) 327-4236 400 Seventh Street SW Washington, DC 20590 www.nhtsa.dot.gov National Hopeline Network Red Nacional de Hopeline (800) SUICIDE (877) SUICIDA (Spanish) 2001 North Beauregard Street, 12th Floor Alexandria, VA 22311 www.hopeline.com National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization [+] Organización Nacional de Hospicios y Cuidados Paliativos (800) 646-6460 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.nhpco.org National Hydrocephalus Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional de Hidrocefalia (888) 857-3434 12413 Centralia Road Lakewood, CA 90715-1653 www.nhfonline.org National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre Niños Sordo-Ciegos (800) 438-9376 (800) 854-7013 (TTY) 345 North Monmouth Avenue Monmouth, OR 97361 www.dblink.org National Inhalant Prevention Coalition [+] Coalición Nacional para la Prevención del Abuso de Inhalantes (800) 269-4237 2904 Kirby Lane Austin, TX 78703 www.inhalants.org

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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 la Prevención de las Enfermedades (800) 356-4674 4676 Columbia Parkway , C-19 Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998 www.cdc.gov/niosh National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering Instituto Nacional de Ingeniería Rehabilitativa (Devices for the severely and multiply handicapped) (Aparatos para personas con discapacidades múltiples y severas) (800) 736-2216 P.O. Box 1088 Hewitt, NJ 07421 www.theoffice.net/nire National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) [*+] Instituto Nacional de Artritis y Enfermedades Musculoesqueléticas y de la Piel (877) 22-NIAMS 1 AMS Circle Bethesda, MD 20892-3675 www.niams.nih.gov National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Information Resource Center (IRC) [*+] Centro de Información y Recursos de NICHD (Instituto Nacional de Salud Infantil y Desarollo Humano) (800) 370-2943 P.O. Box 3006 Rockville, MD 20847 www.nichd.nih.gov National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Information Resources and Inquiries Branch [*+] Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental División de Fuentes de Información e Investigación (866) 615-6464 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9663 Bethesda, MD 20892 www.nimh.nih.gov


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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) [*+] Instituto Nacional de las Enfermedades Neurológicas y la Apoplejía (800) 352-9424 P.O. Box 5801 Bethesda, MD 20824 www.ninds.nih.gov National Institute on Aging Information Center [*+] Centro de Información del Instituto Nacional de la Vejez (800) 222-2225 (800) 222-4225 (TTY) P.O. Box 8057 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057 www.nia.nih.gov National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Information Clearinghouse [*+] Centro de Información del Instituto Nacional de la Sordera y Otros Trastornos de Comunicación (800) 241-1044 (800) 241-1055 (TTY) 1 Communication Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892-3456 www.nidcd.nih.gov National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center [*] Institutos Nacionales de la Salud Centro Clínico (800) 411-1222 (Clinical trials recruitment) (866) 411-1010 (TTY Clinical trials recruitment) 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center [*+] Institutos Nacionales de Salud, Centro Nacional de Recursos de la Osteoporosis y Enfermedades Relacionadas con los Huesos (800) 624-BONE (624-2663) 2 AMS Circle Bethesda, MD 20892-3676 www.osteo.org

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National Jewish Medical and Research Center LUNG LINE [*+] Línea del Pulmón del Centro Nacional Judío de Medicina e Investigación (800) 222-LUNG (222-5864) 1400 Jackson Street Denver, CO 80206 www.nationaljewish.org National Keratoconus Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional de Keratoconus (800) 521-2524 8733 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90048 www.nkcf.org National Kidney Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional del Riñón (800) 622-9010 30 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016 www.kidney.org National Lead Information Center Hotline and Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre el Plomo (800) 424-LEAD (424-5323) 422 South Clinton Avenue Rochester, NY 14620 www.epa.gov/lead/ National Life Center, Inc. [+] Centro Nacional de Vida, Inc. (800) 848-LOVE (848-5683) 686 North Broad Street Woodbury, NJ 08096 www.nationallifecenter.com National Lymphedema Network [+] Red Nacional del Linfedema (800) 541-3259 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1111 Oakland, CA 94612 www.lymphnet.org


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National Marfan Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional del Síndrome de Marfan (800) 8-MARFAN (862-7326) 22 Manhasset Avenue Port Washington, NY 11050 www.marfan.org

National Marrow Donor Program [*+] Programa Nacional para Donantes de Médula Ósea (800) MARROW-2 (627-7692) (General Information) (800) 654-1247 (Office of Patient Advocacy) 3001 Broadway Street NE, Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55413 www.marrow.org National Mental Health Association Information Resource Center [*+] Centro de Recursos Información de la Asociación Nacional de Salud Mental (800) 969-6642 (800) 433-5959 (TTY) 20001 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 www.nmha.org National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse [*+] Centro Nacional de Información de Autoayuda para Problemas de Salud Mental (800) 553-4539 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1207 Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.mhselfhelp.org National Mental Health Services Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre Servicios para la Salud Mental (800) 789-2647 (Mental Health) (800) 729-6686 (Substance Abuse) P.O. Box 42490 Washington, DC 20015 www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

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National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) Howard University Hospital [*+] Programa Nacional Para Educar a las Minorías sobre los Transplantes de Órganos y Tejidos Hospital de la Universidad Howard (800) 393-2839 Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3100 2041 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20060 www.nationalmottep.org National Multiple Sclerosis Society [*+] Sociedad Nacional de la Esclerosis Múltiple (800) 344-4867 733 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10017-3288 www.nmss.org National Neurofibromatosis Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de la Neurofibromatosis (800) 323-7938 95 Pine Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10005 www.mf.org

National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation Fundación Nacional de la Enfermedad Niemann-Pick (877) CURE-NPC 415 Madison Avenue P.O. Box 49 Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 www.nnpdf.org National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation [+] Organización Nacional del Albinismo y la Hipopigmentación (800) 473-2310 P.O. Box 959 East Hampstead, NH 03826-0959 www.albinism.org National Organization for Rare Disorders Organización Nacional de las Enfermedades Raras (800) 999-6673 P.O. Box 1968 Danbury, CT 06813-1968 www.raredisorders.org


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National Organization for Victim Assistance Organización Nacional de Ayuda a las Víctimas (800) TRY-NOVA (879-6682) (Victims/Survivors only) 1730 Park Road NW Washington, DC 20010 www.try-nova.org National Ovarian Cancer Coalition [+] Coalición Nacional del Cáncer Ovárico (888) - OVARIAN 500 NE Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 8 Boca Raton, FL 33431 www.ovarian.org National Parkinson Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 327-4545 (800) 433-7022 (within Florida) (800) 522-8855 (within California) 1501 Northwest 9th Avenue Miami, FL 33136-1494 www.parkinson.org National Pesticide Information Center [*] Centro Nacional de Información sobre Pesticidas (800) 858-7378 Oregon State University 333 Weniger Hall Corvallis, OR 97331-6502 www.npic.orst.edu National Psoriasis Foundation [+] Fundación Nacional de la Psoriasis (800) 723-9166 6600 Southwest 92nd Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97223-7195 www.psoriasis.org

National Public Safety Information Bureau Agencia Nacional de Información sobre Seguridad Pública (800) 647-7579 P.O. Box 365 Stevens Point, WI 54481-0365 www.safetysource.com

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National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Kennedy Institute of Ethics [+] Centro Nacional de Referencia sobre Literatura Bioética Instituto de Ética Kennedy (888) BIO-ETHX (246-3849) (800) MED-ETHX (633-3849) (888) GEN-ETHX (436-3849) Georgetown University P.O. Box 571212 Washington, DC 20057-1212 www.bioethics.georgetown.edu National Rehabilitation Information Center [*] Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Rehabilitación (800) 34-NARIC (346-2742) 4200 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 202 Lanham, MD 20706 www.naric.com National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care [*+] Centro Nacional de Recursos para la Salud y la Seguridad del Cuidado de los Niños (800) 598-KIDS (598-5437) University of Colorado Health Sciences Center P.O. Box 6508 Aurora, CO 80045 nrc.uchsc.edu National Resource Center on Domestic Violence [+] Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre la Violencia Doméstica (800) 537-2238 (800) 553-2508 (TTY) 6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300 Harrisburg, PA 17112-2778 www.PCADV.org National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness [*+] Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre Enfermedades Mentales y la Falta de Vivienda (800) 444-7415 Policy Research Associates, Inc. 345 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 www.nrchmi.samsha.com


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National Spasmodic Torticollis Association Asociación Nacional de la Torticolis Espasmódica (800) HURTFUL (487-8385) 9920 Talbert Avenue Fountain Valley, CA 92708 www.torticollis.org National Spinal Cord Injury Association Resource Center [*+] Asociación Nacional de Lesiones de la Médula Espinal (800) 962-9629 6701 Democracy Boulevard , Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817 www.spinalcord.org National Stroke Association [+] Asociación Nacional de Apoplejía (800) 787-6537 9707 East Easter Lane Englewood, CO 80112-3747 www.stroke.org National Stuttering Association Asociación Nacional de Tartamudez (800) 364-1677 119 West 40th Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 11018 www.nsastutter.org National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association [+] Asociación Nacional de Tay-Sachs y Enfermedades Aliadas (800) 90-NTSAD (906-8723) 2001 Beacon Street, Suite 204 Boston, MA 02135 www.ntsad.org National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Registro Nacional de Recursos de Patología del Hueso Temporal, de la Audición y del Equilibrio, del Centro de Cuidado de Ojos y Oídos de Massachusetts (800) 822-1327 (888) 561-3277 (TTY) 243 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114-3096 www.tbregistry.org


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National Transplant Assistance Fund Fondo Nacional de Asistencia para Transplantes (800) 642-8399 3475 Westchester Pike, Suite 230 Newtown Square, PA 19073 www.transplantfund.org National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation [*+] Fundación Nacional de Enfermedades del Ciclo de Urea (800) 386-8233 4841 Hill Street La Canada, CA 91011 www.nucdf.org National Women's Health Information Center [*+] Centro Nacional de Información sobre la Salud de la Mujer (800) 994-9662 8550 Arlington Boulevard., Suite 300 Fairfax, VA 22031 www.4woman.gov National Women's Health Resource Center Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre la Salud de la Mujer (877) 986-9472 157 Broad Street, Suite 315 Red Bank, NJ 07701 www.healthywomen.org/ Neurofibromatosis, Inc. Neurofibromatosis, Inc. (800) 942-6825 8855 Annapolis Road, Suite 100 Lanham, MD 20706-2924 www.nfinc.org Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service Servicio de Información sobre el Síndrome Neuroleptico Maligno (888) 776-6747 P.O. Box 1069 11 East State Street Sherbourne, NY 13460-1069 www.nmsis.org

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Nevus Outreach [*] Investigación sobre los nevos (877) 426-3887 1601 Madison Boulevard Bartlesville, OK 74006 www.nevus.org Noonan Syndrome Support Group, Inc. [+] Grupo de Apoyo para el Síndrome de Noonan, Inc. (888) 686-2224 P.O. Box 145 Upperco, MD 21155 www.noonansyndrome.org North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) Asociación Norteamericana de Equitación para Minusválidos (800) 369-7433 P.O. Box 33150 Denver, CO 80233 www.narha.org North American Spine Society Sociedad Norteamericana de la Columna Vertebral (877) SPINE-DR 22 Calendar Court, 2nd Floor La Grange, IL 60525 www.spine.org Occupational Safety and Health Administration [*+] Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (800) 321-OSHA 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20216 www.osha.org


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Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center [*+] Centro de Recursos para las Víctimas del Crimen (800) 851-3420 (877) 712-9279 (TTY) P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 www.ncjrs.org Office of Environmental Justice Environmental Protection Agency [*+] Oficina para un Medioambiente, Justo Agencia para la Protección del Medio Ambiente (800) 962-6215 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Ariel Rios Building Washington, DC 20460 www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice Office of Minority Health Resource Center U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [*+] Centro de Recursos de Salud para las Minorías, Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales de los Estados Unidos (800) 444-6472 P.O. Box 37337 Washington, DC 20013-7337 www.omhrc.gov Office of National Drug Control Policy Clearinghouse [+] Centro Nacional de Información de la Oficina de Políticas sobre las Drogas (800) 666-3332 P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov Office of Orphan Products Development Food and Drug Administration [*+] Oficina para el Desarrollo de Productos Farmacéuticos con Poca Demanda, Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (800) 300-7469 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 6A55 (HF35) Rockville, MD 20857 www.fda.gov/orphan

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Office on Smoking and Health [*+] Oficina del Fumar y la Salud (888) 232-3299 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop K-50 Atlanta, GA 30341-3717 www.cdc.gov/tobacco Older Women's League [+] Liga de Mujeres Mayores de Edad (800) 825-3695 1750 New York Avenue NW, Suite 350 Washington, DC 20006 www.owl-national.org Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition [*+] Fundación Oley para Proveer Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral en el Hogar (800) 776-OLEY (776-6539) 214 Hun Memorial, MC28 Albany Medical Center Albany, NY 12208 www.oley.org

Operation Lifesaver [+] Operación Salvavidas (Safety at highway-rail intersections) (Para la seguridad del tráfico en las intersecciones de carreteras y vías ferroviarias) (800) 537-6224 1420 King Street, Suite 401 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.oli.org Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation [+] Fundación de la Osteogénesis Imperfecta (800) 981-BONE (981-2663) 804 West Diamond Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20878 www.oif.org


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Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation Fundación de Oxalosis e Hiperoxaluria (800) 643-8699 201 East 19th Street, #12E New York, NY 10003 www.ohf.org Paget Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders Fundación para la Enfermedad de Paget y otras Enfermedades Óseas (800) 23-PAGET (237-2438) 120 Wall Street, Suite 1602 New York, NY 10005 www.paget.org Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Red de Acción del Cáncer del Páncreas (877) 272-6226 2221 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 131 El Segundo, CA 90245 www.pancan.org Paralyzed Veterans of America [*+] Veteranos Paralíticos de America (800) 424-8200 (800) 795-3619 801 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20006 www.pva.org Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research [+] Proyecto para las Investigaciones de la Distrofia Muscular (800) 714-KIDS (714-5437) 1012 North University Boulevard Middletown, OH 45042 www.parentprojectmd.org Parent Training and Information Center [*+] Centro de Información y Formación para los Padres (888) 248-0822 8161 Normandale Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55437 www.taalliance.org/PTIs.htm

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Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. [+] Padres de Niños Asesinados, Inc. (888) 818-7662 100 East Eighth Street, Suite B-41 Cincinnati, OH 45202 www.pomc.com Parkinson's Disease Foundation [*+] Fundación para la Enfermedad de Parkinson (800) 457-6676 William Black Medical Research Building Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center 710 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032 www.pdf.org Partnership for Caring Sociedad para Cuidado (End-of-life-care) (Cuidado para los últimos días de vida) (800) 989-9455 1620 Eye Street NW, Suite 202 Washington, DC 20007 www.partnershipforcaring.org Pathways Awareness Foundation [*+] Fundación de apoyo a niños con trastornos de movilidad, neurológicos y metabólicos (Children with movement and physical challenges) (Niños con retos físicos y de movimiento) (800) 955-2445 (888) 795-5884 (Fax) 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60601 www.pathwaysawareness.org Paws With a Cause Perros de Asistencia para los Minusválidos (Assistance dogs for people with disabilities) (Perros de asistencia para los Minusválidos) (800) 253-7297 4646 South Division Street Wayland, MI 49348-9727 www.pawswithacause.org

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Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors [+] Sociedad Fénix para los Sobrevivientes de Quemaduras (800) 888-2876 2153 Wealthy Street SE, Suite 215 East Grand Rapids, MI 40950 www.phoenix-society.org PKD Foundation [+] Fundación para la Enfermedad Poliquística del riñón (PDK) (Polycystic Kidney Disease) (Enfermedad poliquística del riñón) (800) PKD-CURE 9221 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114 www.pkdcure.org Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. [*+] Federación Americana Para la Planificación Familiar (800) 829-7732 (National Office) (800) 230-7526 (for nearest local office) 434 West 33rd Street New York, NY 10001 www.plannedparenthood.org

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, USA [*+] Asociación Estadounidense del Síndrome de Prader-Willi (800) 926-4797 5700 Midnight Pass Road, Suite 6 Sarasota, FL 34242 www.pwsausa.org Pregnancy Risk Network Red de Riesgo del Embarazo (800) 724-2454 976 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14209 www.pregnancyrisknetwork.org Prevent Child Abuse America [+] América Previene el Abuso a los Niños (800) CHILDREN (800) 835-2671 (publications) 200 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60604 www.preventchildabuse.org

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Project Inform [*+] Proyecto Informar (Treatment Information for HIV/AIDS) (Información sobre el tratamiento del VIH/SIDA) (800) 822-7422 205 13th Street, # 2001 San Francisco, CA 94103 www.projectinform.org Pulmonary Hypertension Association [*+] Asociación de Hipertensión Pulmonar (800) 748-7274 850 Sligo Avenue, #800 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.phassociation.org Raising Special Kids [*+] Criando Niños Especiales (800) 237-3007 2400 North Central Avenue, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85004 www.RaisingSpecialKids.org Reach to Recovery Program American Cancer Society [*+] Programa de Recuperación al Alcance, Sociedad Americana del Cáncer (800) 227-2345 1599 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329 www.cancer.org RFB and D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning through Listening [+] Audiograbaciones para los Ciegos y los Disléxicos (800) 221-4792 (866) 732-3585 20 Roszel Road Princeton, NJ 08540 www.rfbd.org Rubinstein-Taybi Parent Group USA [*+] Grupo de Padres Rubinstein-Taybi (888) 447-2989 P.O. Box 146 Smith Center, KS 66967 www.rubinstein-taybi.org


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Safe Drinking Water Hotline U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [*+] Línea de Información sobre Agua Potable, Agencia Estadounidense para la Protección ambiental (800) 426-4791 4601 Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 www.epa.gov/safewater Save the Children Federation [*+] Federación para Salvar los Niños (800) 728-3843 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 www.savethechildren.org Scleroderma Foundation [*+] Fundación de la Escleroderma (800) 722-HOPE (722-4673) 12 Kent Way, Suite 101 Byfield, MA 01922 www.scleroderma.org Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) Fundación para la Investigación sobre la Escleroderma (800) 637-4005 P.O. Box 200 Columbus, NJ 08022 www.srfcure.org Senior's Eye Care Program [+] Programa para el Cuidado de los Ojos para las Personas Mayores (Medical and surgical care for the elderly at no out-of-pocket expense) (Atención médica y quirúrgica gratuita para los ancianos) (800) 222-EYES (222-3937) P.O. Box 429098 San Francisco, CA 94142-9098 www.eyecareamerica.org Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry [+] Registro Internacional de Neutropenia Crónica Grave (800) 726-4463 600 Stewart Street, Suite 1503 Seattle, WA 98101 www.depts.washington.EDU/Registry

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SHARE: Self-Help for Women With Breast or Ovarian Cancer [*+] Autoayuda para las Mujeres con Cáncer de Seno o del Ovario (866) 891-2392 1501 Broadway, Suite 704A New York, NY 10036 www.sharecancersupport.org

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Simon Foundation for Continence Fundación Simón de Continencia (Incontinence information) (Información sobre la incontinencia) (800) 237-4666 P.O. Box 835 Wilmette, IL 60091 www.simonfoundation.org Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation [+] Fundación del Síndrome de Sjogren (800) 475-6473 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 530 Bethesda, MD 20814 www.sjogrens.org Social Security Administration [*+] Administración del Seguro Social (800) 772-1213 (800) 325-0778 (TTY) Office of Public Inquiries 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 www.ssa.gov

Sotos Syndrome Support Association [+] Asociación de Apoyo del Síndrome Sotos (630) 682-8815 (888) 246-SSSA (7772) P.O. Box 4626 Wheaton, IL 60189 www.well.com/user/sssa Special Olympics, Inc [*+] Juegos Olímpicos Especiales (800) 700-8585 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 www.specialolympics.org Spina Bifida Association of America [*+] Asociación Americana de Espina Bífida (800) 621-3141 4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20007 www.sbaa.org

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Spondylitis Association of America [+] Asociación Americana de la Espondilitis Aniquilosante (800) 777-8189 14827 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 222 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 www.Spondylitis.org STAND! Against Domestic Violence [*+] Contra la Violencia Doméstica (888) 215-5555 1410 Danzig Plaza, Second Floor Concord, CA 94520 www.standagainstdv.org Stepfamily Association of America Asociación Americana de Familias Compuestas por Matrimonio (800) 735-0329 650 J Street, Suite 205 Lincoln, NE 68508 www.stepfam.org Sturge-Weber Foundation [*+] Fundación Sturge-Weber (800) 627-5482 P.O. Box 418 Mount Freedom, NJ 07970 www.sturge-weber.com Stuttering Foundation of America [*+] Fundación Americana de la Tartamudez (800) 992-9392 (800) 967-7700 3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603 P.O. Box 11749 Memphis, TN 38111 www.stutteringhelp.org or www.tartamudez.org

Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation [+] Fundación del Síndrome de Muerte Súbita por arritmia (800) 786-7723 508 East South Temple, Suite 20 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 www.sads.org


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Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)[+] Apoyo para las Personas con Cáncer Oral y de Cabeza y Cuello (800) 377-0928 P.O. Box 53 Locust Valley, NY 11560-0053 www.spohnc.org Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders [*+] Organización de Apoyo para la Trisomia 18, 13 y Trastornos Relacionados (800) 716-SOFT (716-7638) 2982 South Union Street Rochester, NY 14624 www.trisomy.org Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation [*+] Fundación Susan G. Komen para el Cáncer del Seno (800) IM-AWARE (462-9273) 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244 www.komen.org Thalassemia Foundation [+] Fundación de Talasemia (800) 522-7222 129-09 26th Avenue, Suite 203 Flushing, NY 11354 www.thalassemia.org Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc. [+] Fundación Americana de la Tiroides, Inc. (800) 832-8321 1 Longfellow Place, Suite 1518 Boston, MA 02114 www.allthyroid.org Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. [+] Asociación del Síndrome de Tourette (888) 4Touret (486-8738) 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 205 Bayside, NY 11361-2820 www.tsa-usa.org

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Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance [+] Alianza para la Esclerosis Tuberosa (800) 225-6872 801 Roeder Road, Suite 750 Silver Spring, MD 20910 www.tsalliance.org

Turner Syndrome Society of the U.S. [+] Sociedad Estadounidense del Síndrome de Turner (800) 365-9944 14450 TC Jester, Suite 260 Houston, TX 77014 www.turnersyndrome.org U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission [*+] Comisión de los EE.UU. de Seguridad de los Productos para el Consumidor (800) 638-2772 (800) 638-8270 (TTY) 4330 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 www.cpsc.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [*+] Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos. (877) 696-6775 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 www.dhhs.gov UAB EatRight Information Service Servicio de Información UAB EatRight (800) 231-3438 1530 3rd Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35294 http://main.uab.edu United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. (UCP) [+] Asociaciones Unidas sobre la Parálisis Cerebral, Inc. (800) USA-5UCP (872-5827) 1660 L Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 www.ucp.org


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United Leukodystrophy Foundation [+] Fundación Unida de la Leucodistrofia (800) 728-5483 2304 Highland Drive Sycamore, IL 60178 www.ulf.org United Network for Organ Sharing [*+] Red Unida para Compartir en la Donación de Órganos (888) TXINFO1 (894-6361) P.O. Box 2484 Richmond, VA 23218 www.unos.org United Ostomy Association [+] Asociación Unida de la Ostomía (800) 826-0826 19772 McArthur Boulevard, Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92612-2405 www.UOA.org

Us Too! International, Inc. [+] Grupo de educación y apoyo para hombres con cáncer de la próstata y sus familias (Prostate cancer support and education) (800) 80-US-TOO (808-7866) 5003 Fairview Avenue Downers Grove, IL 60515 www.ustoo.org USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline [*+] Línea Directa de Carnes y Aves del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) (800) 535-4555 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Maildrop 5269 Beltsville, MD 20705-5269 www.fsis.usda.gov USP Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety [*] Centro para el Avance de la Seguridad del Paciente (Reporting of product defects) (Quejas sobre productos defectuosos) (800) 487-7776 (800) 233-7767 12601 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, MD 20852 www.usp.org

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VHL (Von Hippel-Lindau) Family Alliance [*+] Alianzas de Familias de VHL (Von Hippel-Lindau) (800) 767-4845 171 Clinton Road Brookline, MA 02445-5815 www.vhl.org Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors (VOICES) In Action, Inc. Las Víctimas del Incesto Sobrevivientes en Acción (800) 7-VOICE-8 (786-4238) P.O. Box 13 Batavia, OH 45103 www.voices-action.org Vision Council of America [+] Consejo de la Visión de América (800) 424-8422 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.checkyearly.com Visiting Nurse Association of America Asociación Americana de Enfermeras Domiciliarias Referrals to consumers of VNAs (888) VN-NURSE (866-8773) 99 Summer Street, Suite 1700 Boston, MA 02110 www.vnaa.org/ Wegener's Granulomatosis Association, Inc. [+] Grupo Internacional de Apoyo de la Granulomatosis de Wegener (800) 277-9474 P.O. Box 28660 Kansas City, MO 64188-8660 www.wgassociation.org Well Spouse Foundation Fundación Well Spouse (Support to partners of the chronically ill or disabled) (Ofrece apoyo a las parejas de las personas con enfermedades crónicas o con discapacidades) (800) 838-0879 63 West Main Street, Suite H Freehold, NJ 07728 www.wellspouse.org


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Wilson's Disease Association [*] Asociación de la Enfermedad de Wilson (800) 399-0266 1802 Brookside Drive Wooster, OH 44691 www.wilsonsdisease.org Women's Sports Foundation Information and Referral Service [+] Servicio de Información y Consultas de la Fundación para Promover los Deportes Femeninos (800) 227-3988 Eisenhower Park 1899 Hampstead Turnpike, Suite 400 East Meadow, NY 11554 www.womenssportsfoundation.org World Craniofacial Foundation [*] Fundación Mundial Craniofacial (800) 533-3315 P.O. Box 515838 Dallas, TX 75251 www.worldcf.org Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Sociedad de Enfermeras de Heridas, Ostomía y Continencia (888) 224-9626 4700 West Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 www.wocn.org YMCA of the USA [*+] Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, ACJ-USA (800) USA-YMCA (872-9622) 101 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 www.ymca.net

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Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization [*+] Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization [*+] Organización Nacional del Cáncer del Seno Y-Me Organización Nacional del Cáncer del Seno Y-Me (800) 221-2141 (800) 221-2141 (800) 986-9505 (Spanish) (800) 986-9505 (Spanish) 212 West Van Buren Street, Suite 1000 212 West Van Buren Street, Suite 1000 Chicago, IL 60607-3908 Chicago, IL 60607-3908 www.Y-me.org www.Y-me.org

Young Children: Priority One [*] Young Children: Priority One [*] Niños Pequeños: Prioridad Número Uno Niños Pequeños: Prioridad Número Uno (800) 549-2647 (800) 549-2647 3636 Woodview Trace 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268 Indianapolis, IN 46268 www.kiwanis.org www.kiwanis.org Youth Development International Youth Crisis Hotline Youth Development International Youth Crisis Hotline Desarrollo de la Juventud Internacional Línea de Crisis para Jovenes Desarrollo de la Juventud Internacional Línea de Crisis para Jovenes (800) 448-4663 (800) 448-4663 P.O. Box 178408 P.O. Box 178408 San Diego, CA 92177-8408 San Diego, CA 92177-8408 www.1800hiphome.com www.1800hiphome.com Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families [+] Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families [+] De Zero a Tres: Centro Nacional para Infantes, Bebés y Familias De Zero a Tres: Centro Nacional para Infantes, Bebés y Familias (800) 899-4301 (publications) (800) 899-4301 (publications) 2000 M Street NW, Suite 200 2000 M Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 Washington, DC 20036 www.zerotothree.org www.zerotothree.org


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National and State HIV/AIDS Hotlines CDC National Aids Hotline: (800) 342-AIDS (342-2437) (English) (800) 344-SIDA (344-7432) (Spanish) (800) AIDS-TTY (243-7889) (Hearing Impaired) Alabama (800) 228-0469 Alaska (800) 478-2437 Arizona (800) 334-1540 Arkansas (888) 317-3063 California (800) 367-2437 Colorado (800) 333-2437 Connecticut (800) 342-2437 (CDC National AIDS Hotline) Delaware (800) 422-0429 District of Columbia (877) 939-2437 Florida (800) 352-2437 (800) 243-7101 (Haitian Creole) (800) 545-SIDA (Spanish)

Georgia (800) 551-2728 Hawaii (800) 321-1555 Idaho (800) 386-1555 Illinois (800) 243-2437 Indiana (800) 848-2437 Iowa (800) 342-2437 (CDC National AIDS Hotline) Kansas (877) 526-2437 Kentucky (200) 420-7431 Louisiana (800) 992-4379 Maine (800) 851-2437 Maryland (800) 638-6252

(888) 503-7118 (TTY)

Massachusetts (800) 235-2331 Michigan (800) 872-2437 Minnesota (800) 248-2437 Mississippi (800) 286-2961 Missouri (800) 533-2437 Montana (800) 233-6668 Nebraska (800) 782-2437 Nevada (800) 342-2437 (CDC National AIDS Hotline) New Hampshire (800) 752-2437 New Jersey (800) 624-2377 New Mexico (800) 545-2437 New York (800) 872-2777

North Carolina (800) 289-2437 North Dakota (800) 472-2180 Ohio (800) 332-2437 Oklahoma (800) 332-2437 Pennsylvania (800) 662-6080 Puerto Rico (800) 981-5721 Rhode Island (800) 726-3010 South Carolina (800) 322-2437 South Dakota (800) 592-1861 Tennessee (800) 525-2437 Texas (800) 299-2437 Utah (800) 366-2437

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INDEX ACCIDENTS (ACCIDENTES) Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...................................................14 Foundation for Aquatic Injury Prevention .......................30 National Institute for Occupational Safety .....................55 National Public Safety Information Bureau .....................60 National Safety Council.................................................62 Occupational Safety and Health Administration...............65 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ....................77 ADOLESCENTS (ADOLESCENTES) See Youth (vea Juventud) ADOPTION (ADOPCIÓN) Adopt a Special Kid/AASK-America ................................1 Concerned United Birthparents, Inc ...............................22 Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ..........................24 Gladney Center for Adoption.........................................32 National Adoption Center..............................................45 National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.................45 National Council for Single Adoptive Parents...................50 AGING (ENVEJECIMIENTO) AARP ..........................................................................1 American Health Assistance Foundation .........................7 American Society on Aging ...........................................11 Association of Late Deafened Adults ..............................14 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...................18 Children of Aging Parents .............................................20 Citizens for Better Care ................................................21 Community Transportation Association of America..........22 Eldercare Locator National Association of Area Agencies on Aging .......................................................26 Grandparent Information Center American Association of Retired Persons .......................................................32 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.........................................49

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National Institute on Aging Information Center .............. 56 Older Women's League ................................................ 67 Partnership for Caring.................................................. 69 AIDS (SIDA) AIDSinfo..................................................................... 2 Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds To AIDS Programs....................................................... 16 CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline.............................. 18 CDC National Prevention Information Network .............. 18 Children’s AIDS Fund ...................................................20 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.................... 26 Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the Dissemination of Information (HANDI) .......................... 34 National AIDS Fund .....................................................46 National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project.................... 46 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center ................... 56 Project Inform............................................................. 71 AIR AMBULANCES Angel Flight America.................................................... 12 Corporate Angel Network ............................................. 23 Mercy Medical Airlift.....................................................44 AIR POLLUTION (CONTAMINACIÓN DEL AIRE) Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse................. 36 ALBINISM (ALBINISMO) National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation ....................................................... 59 ALCOHOLISM (ALCOHOLISMO) See Substance Abuse (Ver Abuso de Sustancias)

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ALLERGY (ALERGIA) Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics........3 Allergy to Latex Education and Resource Team Latex Allergy Association ..............................................3 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology .........................................................3 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ....................14 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network ..........................29 ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY (DEFICIENCIA DE ALFA-1) Alpha-1 Foundation......................................................3 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (MEDICINA ALTERNATIVA) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse................................................48 National Center for Homeopathy ...................................48 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE ALZHEIMER) Alzheimer’s Association ................................................3 Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center...........................................................3 AMYLOIDOSIS (AMILOIDOSIS PRIMARIA) Amyloidosis Network International ................................12 AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ESCLEROSIS LATERAL AMIOTRÓFICA) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA)............12 Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd ...........................................................40 ANIMAL WELFARE (BIENESTAR DE LOS ANIMALES) ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center ................13

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ARTHRITIS (ARTRITIS) Arthritis Foundation ..................................................... 13 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases (NIAMS) .......................................... 55 ASSISTANCE DOGS (PERROS GUIA) Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind............................... 32 Guide Dogs for the Blind .............................................. 32 Guide Dogs of America ................................................ 32 Leader Dogs for the Blind............................................. 39 Paws With a Cause ...................................................... 69 ASTHMA (ASMA) Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics ....... 3 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology .............................................................. 3 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America .................... 14 National Jewish Medical and Research Center (LUNG LINE) ............................................................... 57 ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA (ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA) Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) Children’s Project................. 14 AUTISM (AUTISMO) Cure Autism Now......................................................... 24 AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS/DISEASES (TRASTORNOS AUTOINMUNES) American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc........................................................... 5 American Behcets Association, Inc. ............................... 5 American Diabetes Association ..................................... 6 Arthritis Foundation ..................................................... 13 Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America ..................... 23 Fibromylagia Network .................................................. 29 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International...... 38 Lupus Foundation of America ....................................... 41 Multiple Sclerosis Association of America ....................... 44

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Multiple Sclerosis Foundation ........................................44 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation.......................................45 National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse .................50 National Multiple Sclerosis Society .................................59 Scleroderma Foundation...............................................72 Scleroderma Research Foundation.................................72 Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation ....................................74 Spondylitis Association of America.................................75 Wegener’s Granulomatosis Support Group .....................79 BIRTH DEFECTS (DEFECTOS CONGÉNITOS) Children Anguished with Lymphatic Malformations..........20 Cleft Palate Foundation ................................................21 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation .......................23 Easter Seals National Headquarters ...............................26 Family Empowerment Network: Supporting Families Affected by FAS/FAE ....................................................28 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.......................42 Nevus Outreach...........................................................65 BLADDER DISORDERS/DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES DE LA VEJIGA) Interstitial Cystitis Association.......................................38 National Association for Continence...............................46 Simon Foundation........................................................74 Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society ..............80 BLINDNESS (CEGUERA) See Vision (Ver Vision) BLOOD DISORDERS (PROBLEMAS DE LA SANGRE) American Hemochromatosis Society ..............................8 Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation.........13 Cooley’s Anemia Foundation .........................................23 Histiocytosis Association of America...............................34 National Hemophilia Foundation....................................53 Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry .........72 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America......................73 Thalassemia Foundation ...............................................76

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BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS (ENFERMEDADES DE LOS HUESOS) American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine .............................................................. 6 Arthritis Foundation ..................................................... 13 National Institute of Muscular and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease ......................................................... 55 National Institutes for Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease .................................................. 56 Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation ............................ 67 Paget Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders.................................................. 68 Spondylitis Association of America................................. 75 BONE MARROW (MÉDULA ÓSEA) National Bone Marrow Transplant Link .......................... 47 National Marrow Donor Program................................... 58 BRAIN TUMORS (TUMORES DEL CEREBRO) American Brain Tumor Association ................................ 5 Brain Tumor Society .................................................... 16 Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation................................ 20 National Brain Tumor Foundation.................................. 47 BREAST CANCER (CÁNCER DEL SENO) SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer ........................................................... 73 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation ................... 76 Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization ..................... 81 BREAST FEEDING (LACTANCIA MATERNA) Beststart Social Marketing ............................................ 15 La Leche League International...................................... 39 BURNS (QUEMADURAS) Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors................................ 70 Shriners Hospital Referral Line...................................... 73

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CANCER (CÁNCER) American Institute for Cancer Research .........................8 Cancer Care ................................................................16 Cancer Hope Network ..................................................17 Cancer Hot Line and R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation.........17 Cancer Information Service...........................................17 Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation ..................17 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute........................................24 Fox Chase Cancer Center..............................................30 Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer Institute...........................31 International Myeloma Foundation ................................37 Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry ......................................................................38 Kidney Cancer Association ............................................39 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society..................................40 Look Good... Feel Better American Cancer Society ..........41 Lymphoma Research Foundation...................................41 Make Today Count.......................................................42 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ........................43 National Cancer Information Center...............................48 National Foundation for Cancer Research, Inc. ...............52 National Ovarian Cancer Coalition..................................60 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network .................................68 Reach to Recovery Program American Cancer Society .....71 SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer............................................................73 Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer................................................................76 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation....................76 Us Too! International, Inc.............................................78 Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization .....................81 CEREBRAL PALSY (PARÁLISIS CEREBRAL) United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc ...........................77

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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION (PREVENCIÓN DEL MALTRATO DE MENORES) American Humane Association/Children’s Division........... 8 Childhelp USA ............................................................. 19 Children’s Defense Fund............................................... 20 Girls and Boys Town National Hotline ............................ 31 Kidsrights ................................................................... 39 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ......... 48 National Children’s Alliance........................................... 49 National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect........ 49 Parents of Murdered Children, Inc................................. 69 Prevent Child Abuse America ........................................ 70 CHILD SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DEL NIÑO) Farm Safety 4 Just Kids................................................ 28 National Child Safety Council Childwatch ....................... 49 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care ............................................................... 61 CHILD WELFARE (BIENESTAR DEL NIÑO) All Kids Count.............................................................. 2 Association for Children for Enforcement of Support ....... 14 Child Find of America................................................... 19 Children’s Defense Fund............................................... 20 Children’s Hospice International.................................... 20 Compeer..................................................................... 22 Covenant House.......................................................... 23 Kidsrights ................................................................... 39 National Association for Family Child Care...................... 46 National Association for the Education of Young Children........................................................ 47 National Child Care Information Center ......................... 49 National Institute of Children’s Health and Human Services .................................................... 55 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care ............................................................... 61 National Runaway Switchboard..................................... 62 Save the Children Federation........................................ 72 Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families ................................................. 81

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CHIROPRACTIC (QUIROPRÁCTICA) American Chiropractic Association .................................5 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (SÍNDROME DE LA FATIGA CRÓNICA) Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association.....................................21 CLEFT PALATE (LABIO LEPORINO Y PALADER HENDIDO) Cleft Palate Foundation ................................................21 CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES DEL TEJIDO CONECTIVO) National Marfan Foundation..........................................58 Scleroderma Foundation...............................................72 Scleroderma Research Foundation.................................72 CONSUMER INFORMATION/PRODUCT SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DE LOS PRODUCTOS/INFORMACION PARA EL CONSUMIDOR) American Institute for Preventative Medicine..................8 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ..........18 Danny Foundation .......................................................24 Federal Citizen Information Center ................................28 Food and Drug Administration/Division of Drug Information.........................................................29 Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center ......................................................33 Inspector General's Hotline Department of Health and Human Services ..........................................36 MedWatch...................................................................43 National Fraud Information Center National Consumer League........................................................53 National Safety Council.................................................62 U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission...................77 USP Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety .........78

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (JUSTICIA CRIMINAL) Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse Department of Justice ..... 38 National Criminal Justice Reference Service National Institute of Justice....................................................... 50 Office of National Drug Control Policy Clearinghouse ...... 66 CRISIS INTERVENTION (INTERVENCIÓN EN CRISIS) Covenant House.......................................................... 23 CYSTIC FIBROSIS (FRIBROSIS QUÍSTICA) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ............................................ 24 DEAFNESS (SORDERA) See Hearing (Ver Hearing) DENTAL American Association for Functional Orthodontics........... 4 DEPRESSION (DEPRESIÓN) Depression After Delivery ............................................. 25 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)............. 25 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Information Resources and Inquires Branch..................................... 55 DIABETES MELLITUS (DIABETES MELLITUS) American Diabetes Association ..................................... 6 International Diabetes Center ....................................... 36 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International.................... 38 National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse................. 50 DISABILITIES (DISCAPACIDADES) ABLEDATA .................................................................. 1 American Association of People with Disabilities ............. 4 American Association on Mental Retardation .................. 5 American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association ................................................................. 9

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Americans with Disabilities Act and Information Technology (ADA & IT) ..............................1 Amputee Coalition of America .......................................12 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board........................................................13 Center for Persons with Disabilities................................18 Devereux Foundation ...................................................25 Disabilities Information Access Line ...............................26 Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped.....26 Easter Seals National Headquarters ...............................26 Family Caregiver Alliance..............................................28 Family Voices ..............................................................28 Heartspring .................................................................34 Job Accommodation Network........................................38 MUMS National Parent-to-Parent Network Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc. ..........................44 National Aphasia Association.........................................46 National Center for Learning Disabilities.........................48 National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities ...........................................................51 National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering .............55 North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA)....................................................65 Paralyzed Veterans of America ......................................68 Pathways Awareness Foundation...................................69 Paws with a Cause.......................................................69 Raising Special Kids .....................................................71 Special Olympics, Inc ...................................................74 Well Spouse Foundation ...............................................79 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (VIOLENCIA DOMÉSTICA) See also Victim Assistance (vea Ayuda a las Víctimas) National Domestic Violence Hotline................................51 National Resource Center on Domestic Violence .............61 STAND! Against Domestic Violence................................75 DOWN SYNDROME (SÍNDROME DE DOWN) National Down Syndrome Congress ...............................51 National Down Syndrome Society ..................................51

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DRUG ABUSE (ABUSO DE DROGAS) See Substance Abuse (Ver de Sustancias Abuso) DYSLEXIA (DISLEXIA) International Dyslexia Association ................................. 37 RFB&D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning Through Listening .......................................... 71 EDUCATION (EDUCACIÓN) National Association for the Education of Young Children............................................................ 47 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (SERVICIOS DE EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS) MedicAlert Foundation International .............................. 43 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (SALUD AMBIENTAL) American Environmental Health Foundation ................... 7 Chemtrec.................................................................... 19 Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse................. 36 National Drinking Water Clearinghouse.......................... 51 Office of Environmental Justice Environmental Protection Agency ....................................................... 66 Safe Drinking Water Hotline U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ....................................................... 72 EPILEPSY (EPILEPSIA) Epilepsy Foundation of America .................................... 27 Epilepsy Information Service Wake Forest University School of Medicine ....................................... 27 ETHICS (ÉTICA) National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature .......... 61 FACIAL ASYMMETRY (ASIMETRÍA FACIAL) About Face ................................................................. 1

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American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.................................................4 Children's Craniofacial Association .................................20 FACES: The National Craniofacial Association .................27 Forward Face ..............................................................29 World Craniofacial Foundation.......................................80 FAMILY PLANNING (PLANIFICACIÓN FAMILIAR) Planned Parenthood Federation of America ....................70 FAMILY PROBLEMS (PROBLEMAS FAMILIARES) Friends Health Connections...........................................30 Kidsrights....................................................................39 National Family Caregivers Association ..........................52 Stepfamily Association of America .................................75 VOICES in Action, Inc. Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors ........................................................79 FIBROMYLAGIA (FIBROMIALGIA) Fibromylagia Network ..................................................29 FRAUD (FRAUDE) Inspector General’s Hotline...........................................36 National Fraud Information Center National Consumers League ......................................................53 FUNERALS (FUNERALES) Funeral Service Consumer Assistance Program ...............31 GAMBLING (JUEGOS COMPULSIVO) National Council on Problem Gambling...........................50 GENETIC DISORDERS (ENFERMEDADES GENÉTICAS) Alpha-1 Foundation......................................................3 American Hemochromatosis Society ..............................8 Angelman Syndrome Foundation...................................13

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Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) Children's Project................. 14 Batten Disease Support and Research Association .......... 15 Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Network ......................... 15 Children's PKU Network................................................ 21 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ............................................ 24 Cystinosis Foundation, Inc............................................ 24 Foundation for Nager and Miller Syndromes................... 30 Genetic Alliance........................................................... 31 Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Foundation International .............................................. 34 Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network, Inc.................... 34 Huntington’s Disease Society of America ....................... 35 International Rett Syndrome Association ....................... 37 Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States......................................................... 42 National Batten Disease Registry................................... 47 National Down Syndrome Congress............................... 51 National Down Syndrome Society.................................. 51 National Fragile X Foundation ....................................... 52 National Gaucher Foundation........................................ 53 National Marfan Foundation.......................................... 58 National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation.................... 59 National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association ........ 63 National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation...................... 64 Neurofibromatosis, Inc................................................. 64 Noonan Syndrome Support Group, Inc. ......................... 65 Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, USA ........................ 70 Rubinstein-Taybi Parent Group ..................................... 71 Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome International ............... 73 Sotos Syndrome Support Association............................. 74 Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders ........................................................ 76 Thalassemia Foundation............................................... 76 Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance........................................... 77 Turner Syndrome Society of the U.S.............................. 77 United Leukodystrophy Foundation ............................... 78 VHL(Von Hippel-Lindau) Family Alliance......................... 79 Wilson’s Disease Association......................................... 80 GLAUCOMA (GLAUCOMA) Glaucoma Research Foundation .................................... 32

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GRIEF (PÉRDIDA Y DUELO) After Loss ...................................................................2 Compassionate Friends.................................................22 GROWTH DISORDERS (TRASTORNOS DE CRECIMIENTO) CHARGE Syndrome Foundation .....................................19 Human Growth Foundation...........................................35 Little People of America................................................40 Little People’s Research Fund........................................40 MAGIC Foundation for Children’s Growth .......................42 HANDICAPPED (DISCAPACIDADES) See Disabilities (Ver Discapacidades) HEADACHES (DOLORES DE CABEZA) American Council for Headache Education......................6 National Headache Foundation......................................53 HEALTH POLICY (POLITICA DE LA SALUD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ..................2 HEALTH PROMOTION (PROMOCIÓN DE LA SALUD) Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center ..........................................................33 Inspector General’s Hotline...........................................36 MedicAlert Foundation International ..............................42 National Health Information Center ...............................53 Office of Minority Health, Department Of Health and Human Services......................................66 Office on Smoking and Health.......................................67 U.S. Public Health Service.............................................77 YMCA of the USA .........................................................80 HEARING (AUDICIÓN) American Society for Deaf Children................................10 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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Consumer Helpline ...................................................... 11 American Tinnitus Association....................................... 12 Association of Late Deafened Adults.............................. 14 Better Hearing Institute Hearing Helpline....................... 15 EAR Foundation........................................................... 26 HEAR NOW................................................................. 33 International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline ......... 37 National Cued Speech Association................................. 50 National Family Association of the Deaf-Blind................. 52 National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who are Deaf-Blind ..................................................... 54 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse .....56 National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary ........................................................ 63 HEARING AIDS (APARATOS PARA SORDOS) International Hearing Society Hearing Aid Helpline ......... 37 HEART DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DEL CORAZÓN) American Heart Association .......................................... 7 Heart Information Service Texas Heart Institute............. 33 Heartbeat International................................................ 33 Mended Hearts, Inc ..................................................... 43 Pulmonary Hypertension Association ............................. 71 Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation .......... 75 HEREDITARY DISORDERS (ENFERMEDADES HEREDITARIAS) See Genetic Disorders (Ver Enfermedades Géneticas) HISTIOCYTOSIS (HISTIOCITOSIS) Histiocytosis Association of America .............................. 34 HOSPICES (HOSPICIOS) Children’s Hospice International.................................... 20 Hospice Education Institute .......................................... 35 National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization........... 54

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HOUSING (VIVIENDA) Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD User....................................................................25 HYDROCEPHALUS (HIDROCEFALIA) Hydocephalus Association.............................................35 IMMUNE DISORDERS (DESORDENES DEL SÍSTEMA INMUNIDAD) American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. ..........................................................5 Immune Deficiency Foundation .....................................36 IMMUNOLOGY (INMUNOLOGÍA) American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology .........................................................3 CDC National Immunization Information Hotline .............17 National Jewish Medical and Research Center (LUNG LINE) ...............................................................57 INCONTINENCE (INCONTINENCIA) See Bladder Disorders (Ver BLADDER DISORDERS/DISEASES) INTESTINAL DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES INTESTINALES) Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America......................23 International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.............................................37 KIDNEY (RIÑÓN) American Association of Kidney Patients ........................4 Kidney and Urology Foundation of America ....................38 Kidney Cancer Association ............................................39 National Kidney Foundation ..........................................57 Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation..........................68 PKD Foundation...........................................................70 Wegener’s Granulomatosis Support Group .....................79

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LAMAZE (LAMAZE) Lamaze International ................................................... 39 LARYNGECTOMEES (LARINGECTOMIZADOS) International Association of Laryngectomees.................. 36 LASER SURGERY (CIRIGÍA CON LASER) Laser Institute of America ............................................ 39 LEAD POISONING (INTOXICACIÓN POR PLOMO) National Lead Information Center Hotline and Clearinghouse....................................................... 57 LEARNING DISORDERS (PROBLEMAS DE APRENDIZAJE) International Dyslexia Association ................................. 37 RFB&D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning Through Listening .......................................... 71 LEPROSY (LEPRA) American Leprosy Missions, Inc. ................................... 8 National Hansen’s Disease Program .............................. 53 LIMB LOSS (AMPUTACIONES) Amputee Coalition of America....................................... 12 LITTLE PEOPLE (ENANISMO) Little People of America ............................................... 40 Little People’s Research Fund ....................................... 40 LIVER (HÍGADO) American Liver Foundation Hepatitis Hotline .................. 9 Hepatitis Foundation International ................................ 34 Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation ......................... 68

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LYME DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE LYME) Lyme Disease Foundation.............................................41 LYMPHEDEMA (LINFAEDEMA) National Lymphedema Network.....................................57 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (ASISTENCIA MÉDICA) American Health Assistance Foundation .........................7 Office of Minority Health Resource Center Public Health Service U.S. Department Health and Human Services...........................................................66 MEDICAL GENETICS (GENÉTICA EN LA MEDICINA) Medical Genetics..........................................................43 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES (ESPECIALIDADES MÉDICAS) American Board of Medical Specialties ...........................5 MEDICARE (MEDICARE) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...................18 Medicare Issues Hotline................................................43 National Commission to Preserve Social Security and Medicare...............................................................49 MENINGITUS Meningitis Foundation of America..................................43 MENTAL HEALTH (SALUD MENTAL) American Art Therapy Association .................................4 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention...................7 Compeer.....................................................................22 Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center ..........................................................33 NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) ..................45 National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD).......................................................47 National Eating Disorders Association ............................52

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National Institute of Mental Health................................ 55 National Mental Health Association Information Resource Center........................................ 58 National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse ............................................... 58 National Mental Health Information Center .................... 58 National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness.............................................................. 61 MENTAL RETARDATION (RETRASO MENTAL) American Association on Mental Retardation .................. 5 Angelman Syndrome Foundation .................................. 13 Arc of the United States ............................................... 13 Devereux Foundation................................................... 25 National Association for the Dually Diagnosed................ 47 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ESCLEROSIS MULTIPLE) Multiple Sclerosis Association of America ....................... 44 Multiple Sclerosis Foundation........................................ 44 National Multiple Sclerosis Society................................. 59 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (DISTROFIA MUSCULAR) Muscular Dystrophy Association .................................... 44 Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research............. 68 NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (NEUROFIBROMATOSIS) National Neurofibromatosis Foundation ......................... 59 Neurofibromatosis Inc.................................................. 64 NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME (SÍNDROME NEUROLÉPTICO MALIGNO) Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service .....64 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS/DISEASES (TRASTORNOS NEUROLÓGICOS) American Council for Headache Education ..................... 6 American Parkinson’s Disease Association, Inc. .............. 10 Batten Disease Support and Research Association .......... 15 Brain Injury Association, Family Helpline........................ 16 Epilepsy Foundation of America .................................... 27

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Epilepsy Information Service Wake Forest University School of Medicine........................................27 Huntington’s Disease Society of America........................35 International Essential Tremor Foundation .....................37 National Batten Disease Registry...................................47 National Headache Foundation......................................53 National Hydrocephalus Foundation...............................54 National Parkinson Foundation ......................................60 National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association.....................62 National Spasmodic Torticollis Association......................63 National Stroke Association...........................................63 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.....................................69 Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. (TSA) ....................76 United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc ...........................77 NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES NEUROMUSCULARES) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA)............12 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association ...................................19 Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy...............................28 Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation, Ltd ...........................................................40 Muscular Dystrophy Association ....................................44 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation.......................................45 Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research.............68 NURSING (ENFERMERÍA) Visiting Nurse Association of America.............................79 NUTRITION (NUTRICIÓN) American Dietetic Association .......................................7 American Institute for Cancer Research Nutrition Hotline ..........................................................8 National Eating Disorders Association ............................52 Oley Foundation for Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ..........................................................67 UAB EatRight Information Service .................................77 USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline...................................78

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SALUD OCUPACIONAL) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)..................................................... 55 ORGAN DONATION (DONACÍON DE ÓRGANOS) See Transplantation (Ver TRANSPLANTATION) ORPHAN DRUGS (DROGAS HUÉRFANAS) Office of Orphan Products Development ........................ 66 ORTHOPEDICS (ORTOPEDIA) Shriners Hospital Referral Line...................................... 73 OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (MEDICINA OSTEOPÁTICA) American Osteopathic Association................................. 9 OSTEOPOROSIS (OSTEOPOROSIS) National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center ........... 56 OSTOMY (OSTOMÍA) United Ostomy Association ........................................... 78 OVARIAN CANCER (CÁNCER OVÁRICO) Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer Institute........................... 31 National Ovarian Cancer Coalition ................................. 60 SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer ........................................................... 73 PAIN (DOLOR) American Chronic Pain Association ................................ 5

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PARALYSIS (PARÁLISIS) Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.........................21 PARENTS (PADRES) Lamaze International ...................................................39 Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research.............68 Parent Training and Information Center .........................68 Stepfamily Association of America, Inc...........................75 PARKINSON’S DISEASE (ENFERMEDAD DE PARKINSON) American Parkinson’s Disease Association, Inc................10 National Parkinson Foundation ......................................60 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.....................................69 PATHOLOGY (PATOLOGIÁ) American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology....................................................................10 PESTICIDES (PESTICIDAS) National Pesticide Information Center ............................60 PHYSICAL FITNESS (BUENA SALUD FÍSICA) American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness ...................................................4 American Running Association ......................................10 YMCA of the USA .........................................................80 PHYSICIANS (MÉDICOS) American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology .........................................................3 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ..........................................4 American Academy of Family Physicians ........................4 American Board of Medical Specialties ...........................5 American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine...............................................................6

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American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine........... 9 American Osteopathic Association................................. 9 American Physical Therapy Association.......................... 10 American Psychiatric Association................................... 10 American Society of Plastic Surgeons ............................ 11 PODIATRY (PODIATRÍA) American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine .............................................................. 6 American Podiatric Medical Association.......................... 10 PREGNANCY/PREGNANCY ALTERNATIVES (EMBARAZO/ALTERNATIVAS AL EMBARAZO) Depression After Delivery International ......................... 25 DES Action USA........................................................... 25 International Childbirth Education Association ................ 36 National Abortion Federation ........................................ 45 National Life Center, Inc. ............................................. 57 Planned Parenthood Federation of America.................... 70 Pregnancy Risk Network............................................... 70 SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support.................... 73 Sidelines National High Risk Pregnancy Support Net ................................................................ 73 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (MEDICINA PREVENTIVA) American Institute for Preventive Medicine .................... 8 PRIMARY CARE (ATENCIÓN PRIMARIA DE LA SALUD) Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center ...................................................... 33 PSORIASIS (PSORIASIS) National Psoriasis Foundation ....................................... 60 RADIATION (RADIACIÓN) National Association of Radiation Survivors .................... 47

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RARE DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES RARAS) Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center, National Human Genome Research Institute ..................31 National Organization for Rare Disorders........................59 REHABILITATION (REHABILITACIÓN) ABLEDATA ..................................................................1 American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association.....9 Easter Seals National Headquarters ...............................26 National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering .............55 National Rehabilitation Information Center .....................61 RESPIRATORY DISORDERS (TRASTORNOS RESPIRATORIOS) American Lung Association ...........................................9 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ....................14 National Jewish Medical and Research Center (LUNG LINE) ...............................................................57 REYE’S SYNDROME (SÍNDROME DE REYE) National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation, Inc.....................62 RUNAWAYS (FUGITIVOS DEL HOGAR) Child Find of America ...................................................19 Covenant House ..........................................................23 National Runaway Switchboard .....................................62 SAFETY (SEGURIDAD) Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...................................................14 MedWatch...................................................................43 National Child Safety Council ........................................49 National Fire Protection Association ...............................52 National Institute for Occupational Safety .....................55 National Public Safety Information Bureau .....................60

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National Safety Council ................................................ 62 Occupational Safety and Health Administration .............. 65 Operation Lifesaver ..................................................... 67 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.................... 77 SCLERODERMA (ESCLERODERMIA) Scleroderma Foundation .............................................. 72 Scleroderma Research Foundation ................................ 72 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (ENFERMEDADES DE TRANSMISIÓN SEXUAL) CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline.............................. 18 SOCIAL SECURITY (SEGURO SOCIAL) Social Security Administration....................................... 74 National Commission to Preserve Social Security and Medicare .............................................................. 49 SPEECH DISORDERS (TRASTORNOS DEL HABLA Y LENGUAJE) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Consumer Helpline ........................................... 11 National Cued Speech Association................................. 50 National Stuttering Foundation ..................................... 63 Stuttering Foundation of America.................................. 75 SPINA BIFIDA (ESPINA BÍFIDA) Spina Bifida Association of America ............................... 74 SPINAL CORD INJURIES/DISEASES (TRAUMATISMO DE LA MÉDULA ESPINAL) American Syringomyelia Alliance Project ........................ 11 Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation ........................ 21 Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care & Cure ................................................................ 30 National Scoliosis Foundation, Inc ................................. 62 National Spinal Cord Injury Association Resource Center.......................................................... 63 North American Spine Society....................................... 65

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National Inhalant Prevention Coalition ........................... 54 Office of National Drug Control Policy Clearinghouse ...... 66 SUDDEN INFANT DEATH (MUERTE INFANTIL SÚBITA) American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute ........ 11 Back to Sleep Program Hotline...................................... 14 First Candle SIDS Alliance ............................................ 29 SUICIDE (SUICIDIO) American Foundation for Suicide Prevention .................. 7 National Hopeline Network ........................................... 54 SURGERY (CIRUGIÁ) American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ................................................ 4 American Society of Plastic Surgeons ............................ 11 Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery .................... 18 THYROID (TIROIDES) Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc............................... 76 TRAFFIC SAFETY (SEQURIDAD DEL TRÁFICO) Auto Safety Hotline National Highway Traffic Safety Administration................................................... 14 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation ...................................... 54 TRANSPORTATION/TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (SEGURIDAD DEL TRANSPORTE) Angel Flight America.................................................... 12 Auto Safety Hotline ..................................................... 14 Community Transportation Association of America ......... 22 Corporate Angel Network, Inc....................................... 23 Mercy Medical Airlift.....................................................44 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation ...................................... 54 Operation Lifesaver ..................................................... 67

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TRANSPLANTATION (TRANSPLANTE) LifeNet........................................................................40 Living Bank .................................................................41 National Bone Marrow Transplant Link...........................47 National Foundation for Transplants ..............................52 National Marrow Donor Program ...................................58 National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP).......................................59 National Transplant Assistance Fund..............................64 United Network for Organ Sharing.................................78 TRAUMA (TRAUMA) American Trauma Society .............................................12 ULTRASOUND (ULTRASONIDO) American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine..................8 UROLOGICAL DISORDERS Interstitial Cystitis Association.......................................38 Kidney and Urology Foundation of America ....................38 National Kidney Foundation ..........................................57 National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation ......................64 VACCINE (VACUNAS) All Kids Count ..............................................................2 VETERANS (VETERANOS) Blinded Veterans Association ........................................15 Paralyzed Veterans of America ......................................68 VICTIM ASSISTANCE (AYUDA A LAS VÍCTIMAS) Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Family Violence Prevention Fund ...................................33 National Center for Victims of Crime ..............................48 National Domestic Violence Hotline................................51 National Organization for Victim Assistance ....................60 National Resource Center on Domestic Violence .............61 National Sexual Assault Hotline .....................................62

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Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center................... 66 STAND! Against Domestic Violence ............................... 75 VOICES in Action, Inc. Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors ........................................................ 79 VISION (VISIÓN) American Council of the Blind National Legislative Hotline........................................... 6 American Foundation for the Blind ................................ 7 American Macular Degeneration Foundation .................. 9 Blind Children’s Center ................................................. 15 Blinded Veterans Association ........................................ 15 Braille Institute............................................................ 16 Choice Magazine Listening............................................ 21 DB-LINK: National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind.................................... 25 Eyecare America.......................................................... 27 Foundation Fighting Blindness ...................................... 30 Glaucoma Research Foundation .................................... 32 Guide Dogs for the Blind .............................................. 32 Guide Dogs of America ................................................ 32 Leader Dogs for the Blind............................................. 39 Lighthouse International .............................................. 40 Macular Degeneration Foundation................................. 41 National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired......................................................... 46 National Braille Press ................................................... 47 National Family Association for Deaf-Blind ..................... 52 National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who are Deaf-Blind ..................................................... 54 National Keratoconus Foundation.................................. 57 RFB & D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning Through Listening .......................................... 71 Vision Council of America ............................................. 79 WATER (AGUA) National Drinking Water Clearinghouse.......................... 51 Safe Drinking Water Hotline ......................................... 72

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WOMEN’S HEALTH (SALUD DE LA MUJER) DES Action USA ...........................................................25 Endometriosis Association.............................................27 Female Health Foundation ............................................29 Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services..........35 National Women's Health Information Center .................64 National Women's Health Resource Center.....................64 Older Women's League ................................................67 SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer........................................................73 Women's Sports Foundation Information and Referral Service ...........................................................80 YOUTH (JUVENTUD) Bureau for At-Risk Youth ..............................................16 Girls and Boys Town National Hotline ............................31 National Life Center, Inc...............................................57 Young Children: Priority One.........................................81 Youth Development International ..................................81

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Estimado Usuario de Nuestras Líneas Directas de Salud: Si le gustó nuestro directorio de información sobre la salud, lo más probable es que también encuentre conveniente realizar búsquedas en La base de datos disponible en la NLM (Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina, por su sigla en inglés) a través de la red de Internet localizada en (http://healthhotlines.nlm.nih.gov/). Usted puede realizar búsquedas bibliográficas en nuestra base de datos, ya sea mediante el uso de un término que se encuentre en la lista de tópicos y que describa el foco principal de la organizacion, o ya sea mediante el uso de una palabra clave que usted piense podría aparecer en el nombre o la descripición de la organización. Usted podría realizar su búsqueda también usando la ciudad, estado or código postal, de la fuente que le interese. Es posible que usted encuentre a DIRLINE (Directorio de Recursos de Información Computarizada, por su sigla en inglés) aun mas útil. Los números telefónicos gratuitos que aparecen en este directorio de salud son extraidos de esta vasta base de datos generalizado, que incluye alrededor de 8,000 documentos, los cuales incluyen la dirección e información descriptiva de una considerable lista de fuentes de información sobre salud y biomedicina. DIRLINE está disponible en el sitio web http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov. Recuerde que las líneas Directas de la Salud contiene solo una mínima parte del directorio disponible en DIRLINE. Para información adicional sobre DIRLINE, contacte: Servicios de Información Specializados Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 510 Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 496–3147

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Please send additional copies of Health Hotlines 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 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 510 Bethesda, MD 20892

(301) 496–3147

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Por favor envíeme más copias de las Líneas Telefónicas de Información sobre la Salud y/o el Boletín de DIRLINE a:

Nombre

Dirección

Organización

Ciudad, Estado, Código Postal Si desea incluir otra organización en DIRLINE por favor escriba la información en los siguientes espacios:

Nombre de la Organización

Dirección

Ciudad, Estado, Código Postal

Teléfono

Teléfono Gratuito

Contacto

Envie su solicitud a:

DIRLINE Información Servicio Specialized Information Services Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 510 Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 496–3147

NIH Publication 05–2780March 2005

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