HEALTH HOTLINES

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THE USE OF A TELEPHONE AND A TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER IS A POWERFUL INFORMATION TOOL. CURRENTLY THE FREE PREFIXES ARE 1-800, 1-888, 1-877, 1-866 AND IN THE FUTURE 1-700.

IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING CAN PROVIDE 800 HELP:

- 1-800-555-1212 - DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

- 1-800-225-5411 - DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE AND MORE

- 1-800-466-4411 - DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

FINALLY IN PARTNERSHIP, THE SPECIAL HEALTH SEARCH ENGINE HEALIA DOT COM IS ALSO A POWERFUL INFORMATION TOOL.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN SEPARATED INTO TWO GROUPS - GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT.

FEDERAL AGENCIES:

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE POLICY AND RESEARCH - HHS DEPT.

1-800-358-9295

ALZHEIMER INFORMATION LINE - HHS DEPT.

1-800-438-4380

CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT - HHS DEPT.

1-800-662-4357

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES - HHS DEPT.

1-800-633-4227

FOOD HOTLINE - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

1-800-332-4010

HIV-AIDS HOTLINE - HHS DEPT.

1-800-342-2437

MEAT, POULTRY AND ORGANIC HOTLINE - AGRICULTURE DEPT.

1-800-535-4555

MEDICARE BENEFITS CENTER - HHS DEPT.

1-800-638-6833

MEDICARE CLAIMS CENTER - HHS DEPT.

1-800-444-4606

MEDICARE DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CENTER - HHS DEPT.

1-800-899-7095

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE - HHS DEPT.

1-800-422-6237

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE - HHS DEPT.

1-800-869-2020 - PUBLICATIONS

1-877-569-8474 - LOW VISION

NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER - HHS DEPT.

1-800-336-4797

NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER FOR ORPHAN DRUGS AND RARE DISEASES - HHS DEPT.

1-800-336-4797

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH - HHS DEPT.

1-888-826-9438

1-866-615-6464

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE - HHS DEPT.

1-888-346-3656

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS

1-800-999-6673

OZONE HOTLINE - HEPA

1-800-296-1996

PESTICIDE INFORMATION - EPA

1-800-858-7378

PRIMARY IMMUNO DEFICIENCY

1-866-463-6474

SAFE DRINKING WATER HOTLINE - EPA

1-800-426-4791

SEXUAL DISEASES HOTLINE - HHS DEPT.

1-800-227-8922

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS:

ABORTION ALTERNATIVE

1-800-848-5683

ABORTION HOTLINE

1-800-772-9100

ACNE HELPLINE

1-800-222-7546

AGING

1-800-424-9046

AIDS INFORMATION HOTLINE - NATIONAL GAY TASK FORCE

1-800-221-7044

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP HEADQUARTERS

1-800-344-2666

ALCOHOL & DRUG HELPLINE

1-800-821-4357

ALCOHOL REHAB FOR THE ELDERLY

1-800-354-7089

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH BENEFITS SERVICE

1-800-966-8467

ALZHEIMER DISEASE ASSOCIATION

1-800-272-3900

ALZHEIMER DISEASE SAFE RETURN HOTLINE

1-888-572-8566

ALZHEIMER EDUCATION CENTER

1-800-438-4380

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

1-800-822-2762

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY

1-800-222-2336

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGISTS

1-888-462-3376

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NUTRITION

1-800-637-8325

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

1-800-222-3937 - OVER 65 EYECARE

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

1-800-433-9016

AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE

1-877-223-7437

AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS

1-800-776-2378

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

1-800-227-2345

AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

1-800-242-5338

AMERICAN COLLEGE FOR ADVANCED MEDICINE

1-800-532-3688

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

1-800-842-7777

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

1-800-478-2876

1-866-427-7354 - IBS INFORMATION LINE

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LEGAL MEDICINE

1-800-433-9137

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

1-800-523-1546

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION

1-800-342-2383

AMERICAN DIETETIC HOTLINE

1-800-366-1655

AMERICAN GERIATRIC SOCIETY

1-800-563-4916

AMERICAN HEALTH ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION

1-800-437-2423

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

1-800-242-8721

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH

1-800-843-8114

AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND

1-800-638-8299

AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS

1-800-543-3131

AMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION

1-800-223-0179

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION

1-800-586-4872

AMERICAN MASSAGE THERAPY ORGANIZATION

1-800-696-2682

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

1-800-864-5050

AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION

1-800-326-2642

AMERICAN NARCOLEPSY ASSOCIATION

1-800-222-6085

AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION

1-800-668-8255

AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION

1-800-365-2219 - INFORMATION CENTER

1-800-766-4466 - LOW INCOME EYECARE

1-800-262-3947 - DIABETES INFORMATION

AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION

1-800-223-2732

AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

1-800-366-8227

AMERICAN PREVENTIVE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

1-800-230-2762

AMERICAN RED CROSS

1-800-435-7669

AMERICAN SCHIZOPHRENIC ASSOCIATION

1-800-847-3802

AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

1-800-342-2437

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS

1-800-635-0635

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

1-800-473-0620 - BODYWORK

AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION

1-800-638-8255

AMERICAN SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME INSTITUTE

1-800-232-7437

AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION

1-800-634-8978

AMERICAN TRAUMA SOCIETY

1-800-556-7890

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) ASSOCIATION

1-800-782-4747

ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA HOTLINE

1-800-762-3334

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION

1-800-283-7800

ARTHRITIS MEDICAL CENTER

1-800-327-3027

ASBESTOS DISEASE ASSOCIATION

1-800-446-6700

ASH-KICKER STOP SMOKING INFORMATION

1-888-828-7774

ASPARTAME-NUTRISWEET HOTLINE

1-800-969-6050

ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS

1-800-642-1904

ASSOCIATION OF HEART PATIENTS

1-800-241-6993

ASSOCIATION OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

1-800-637-7433

ASTHMA & ALLERGY FOUNDATION

1-800-727-8462

ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY DISORDERS INFORMATION

1-800-222-5864

BE HEALTHY - PREGNANCY AND PARENTING

1-800-433-5523

BETTER HEARING INSTITUTE

1-800-327-9355

BIRTHS - INTÕL. CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

1-800-624-4934

BIRTH CONTROL - AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBGYN

1-800-468-3637

BULIMIA ANOREXIA SELF HELP

1-800-227-4785

CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

1-800-922-9234

CENTER FOR JOURNAL THERAPY

1-888-421-2298

CHILDHELP USA - CHILD ABUSE

1-800-422-4453

CHILDRENs HOSPICE INTERNATIONAL

1-800-242-4453

CHRONIC FATIGUE AND IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME ASSOCIATION

1-800-442-3437

CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

1-888-777-3013

CLEFT PALATE FOUNDATION

1-800-242-5338

COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL AND HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES

1-800-521-6210

COOLEYs ANEMIA FOUNDATION

1-800-221-3571

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION RESOURCE INSTITUTE

1-800-821-6671

CROHNs & COLITIS FOUNDATION

1-800-343-3637

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION

1-800-344-4823

DIABETES SUPPLY CLUB

1-800-358-2525

DIAL-A-HEARING SCREENING TEST

1-800-222-3277

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP

1-800-333-7233

DOWNS SYNDROME SOCIETY

1-800-221-4602

DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

1-800-638-2045

DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT REFERRAL

1-800-262-2463

DRUG ADDICTION HOTLINE - JUVENILE

1-800-554-5437

DRUG EDUCATION CENTER

1-800-241-9746

DRUG FREE KIDS

1-800-882-3733

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

1-800-332-1000

FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY INFORMATION SERVICE

1-800-332-3223

FAMILY PHARMACEUTICALS OF AMERICA

1-800-922-3444

FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND

1-800-363-2287

FIBROMYALGIA NETWORK

1-800-853-2929

FOOD ADDICTION HOTLINE

1-800-872-0088

FOOD & WATER

1-800-328-7233

GALLSTONES - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

1-800-891-5390

GRIEF RECOVERY INSTITUTE

1-800-445-4808

HEALTH ENHANCEMENT LEARNING PROGRAMS

1-800-334-4403

HEALTHY MOTHERS, HEALTHY BABIES COALITION

1-800-533-8811

HEART DISEASE HOTLINE - ASSOC. OF HEART PATIENTS

1-800-241-6993

HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER

1-800-544-3284

HOSPICE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

1-800-331-1620

HUNTINGTONs DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA

1-800-345-4372

IMPOTENCE INFORMATION CENTER

1-800-843-4315

INCONTINENCE - SIMON FOUNDATION

1-800-237-4666

INTERNATIONAL CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION

1-800-624-4934

JUST SAY NO INTERNATIONAL - DRUG PREVENTION

1-800-258-2766

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION

1-800-533-2873

LEAD SAFETY RECYCLE PROGRAM

1-800-728-5323

LIVING BANK - ORGAN DONATION INFORMATION

1-800-528-2971

LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

1-800-558-0121

MEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER

1-888-466-9050

MYASTHENA GRAVIS FOUNDATION

1-800-541-5454

NAMES PROJECT - AIDS MEMORIAL

1-800-872-6263

NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION

1-800-772-9100

NATIONAL ADOPTION CENTER

1-800-862-3678

NATIONAL ALLERGY BUREAU

1-800-976-5536

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL

1-800-950-6264

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE

1-800-421-8453

NATIONAL ASTHMA CENTER

1-800-222-5864

NATIONAL BONE MARROW DONOR PROGRAM

1-800-627-7692

NATIONAL CENTER FOR NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

1-800-366-1655

NATIONAL CENTER FOR STUTTERING

1-800-221-2483

NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE

1-800-422-4453

NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL

1-800-327-5107

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM

1-800-622-2255

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE

1-800-222-2000

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING

1-800-522-4700

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE

1-800-799-7233

NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY

1-800-221-4602

NATIONAL EXERCISE FOR LIFE INSTITUTE

1-800-358-3636

NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS ASSOCIATION

1-800-896-3650

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

1-800-227-8713

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS

1-800-248-4344

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ILEITIS AND COLITIS

1-800-343-3637

NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN CRISIS LINE FUND FOR HUMAN DIGNITY

1-800-767-4297

NATIONAL HEAD INJURY FOUNDATION

1-800-444-6443

NATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATION

1-800-843-2256

NATIONAL HEARING AID HELPLINE

1-800-521-5247

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

1-800-575-9355

NATIONAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ORGANIZATION

1-800-658-8898

NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - DISABLED CHILDREN

1-800-922-9234

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

1-800-891-5390

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

1-800-222-2225

NATIONAL JEWISH LUNG LINE

1-800-222-5864

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION

1-800-228-4483

NATIONAL MANIC DEPRESSIVE ASSOCIATION

1-800-826-3632

NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

1-800-969-6642

NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY

1-800-229-8769

NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION

1-800-621-1773

NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION

1-800-327-4545

NATIONAL PATIENT TRAVEL HELPLINE

1-800-296-1217

NATIONAL PREGNANCY HOTLINE

1-800-344-7211

NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION

1-800-723-9166

NATIONAL REFERENCE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS LITERATURE

1-800-633-3849

NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

1-800-543-7006

NATIONAL REYES SYNDROME FOUNDATION

1-800-233-7393

NATIONAL ROSACEA SOCIETY

1-888-662-5874

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

1-800-621-7619

NATIONAL SPINAL BIFIDA I AND R

1-800-621-3141

NATIONAL SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION

1-800-962-9629

NATIONAL STROKE ASSOCIATION

1-800-787-6537

NATIONAL SUDDEN INFANT

DEATH SYNDROME FOUNDATION - SIDS

1-800-221-7437

ORTON DYSLEXIA SOCIETY

1-800-222-3123

PANIC DISORDERS

1-800-647-2642

PARENTS ANONYMOUS ABUSE PREVENTION HOTLINE

1-800-421-0353

PARENTS WHO HAVE KIDNAPPED THEIR CHILDREN

1-800-292-9688

PEOPLEs MEDICAL SOCIETY

1-800-624-8773

PMS ACCESS - PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

1-800-222-4767

PREVENT BLINDNESS AMERICA

1-800-331-2020

PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION

1-800-757-2873

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK

1-800-808-7866

REBOUND, INC. - HEAD INJURY

1-800-228-4881

RESOLVE - INFERTILITY INFORMATION

1-800-662-1016

RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME FOUNDATION

1-877-463-6757

SAY NO TO DRUGS - YES TO EDUCATION

1-800-334-4937

SENIOR HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS ASSISTANCE

1-800-722-4134

SHRINERS HOSPITAL CHILD CARE REFERRAL

1-800-237-5050

SKIN CARE HOTLINE

1-800-527-5448

SOUTHEASTERN ORGAN PROCUREMENT FOUNDATION

1-800-631-8400

SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

1-800-621-3141

STUDENTS AGAINST MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

1-800-428-7867

STUTTERING FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

1-800-992-9392

SURGICAL OPTION HOTLINE

1-800-638-6833

THE FELDENKRAIS GUILD OF NORTH AMERICA

1-800-775-2118 - BODYWORK

THE ROLF INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

1-800-530-8875 - BODYWORK

THYROID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

1-800-832-8321

TOURETTE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION

1-800-237-0717

TRIPOD - DEAF CHILDREN

1-800-352-8888

UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING

1-800-243-6667

VEGETARIAN INFORMATION

1-800-243-4143

VIETNAM VETERANS AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS

1-800-521-0198

VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC. - HEAD INJURY

1-800-227-3824

WASHINGTON TOXICS COLLATION

1-800-844-7233

Y-ME BREAST CANCER SUPPORT PROGRAM

1-800-221-2141

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