AIDS
CDC National AIDS Hot Line
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(800) 342-AIDS
(800) 344-7432 (Spanish)
(800) 243-7889 (Deaf Access)
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Alzheimer's Association
919 N. Michigan Avenue, Ste. 1000
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 335-8700
(800) 272-3900
CANCER
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
(800) ACS-2345
Leukemia Society of America
600 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 573-8484
(800) 955-4LSA
CEREBRAL PALSY
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
1660 L Street NW, Ste. 700
Washington, DC 20036
(800) USA-5UCP
DIABETES
American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) ADA-DISC
EATING DISORDERS
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
BOX 7
Highland Park, IL 60035
(708) 831-3438
EPILEPSY
Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785
(800) EFA-1000
GASTROINTESTINAL
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
386 Park Avenue S.
New York, NY 10016-8804
(800) 932-2423
HEART DISEASE
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231-4596
(800) 242-8715
HEMOPHILIA
National Hemophilia Association
110 Greene Street, Ste. 303
New York, NY 10012
(800) 424-2634
LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
Lupus Foundation of America
4 Research Place, Ste 180
Rockville, MD 20850-3226
(301) 670-9292
(800) 558-0121
MENTAL HEALTH
National Mental Health Association
1015 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2971
(703) 684-7722
(800) 969-NMHA
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Norris MDA/ALS Center
California Pacific Medical Center
P.O. Box 7999
San Francisco, CA 94120
(415) 923-3604
PAIN
International Association for the Study of Pain
909 NE 43rd Street, Ste. 306
Seattle, WA 98105-6020
(206) 547-6409
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
National Parkinson Foundation
1501 N.W. 9th avenue
Bob Hope Road
Miami, FL 33136
(800) 433-7022
Parkinson's Disease foundation Inc.
710 W. 168th street
New York, NY 10032
(212) 923-4700
(800) 457-6676
RARE DISORDERS
National Organization for Rare Disorders
P.O. Box 9823
New Fairfield, CT 16812
(800) 999-6673
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 315-8700
(800) LUNG-USA
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Road, No. 200
Bethesda, MD 20814
(800) 344-4823
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc.
200 Corporate Pointe, Ste. 495
Culver City, CA 90230-7633
(800) 421-8453
SPINA BIFIDA
Spina Bifida Association of America
4590 MacArthur Blvd. NW, Ste. 250
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 944-3285
(800) 621-3141
SPINAL CORD INJURY
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
545 Concord Avenue, Ste. 29
Cambridge, MA 02138
(800) 962-9629
TAY-SACHS DISEASE
National Foundation for Jewish Genetic Diseases
250 Park Avenue, Ste. 1000
New York, NY 10177
(212) 371-1030
SOURCES: Margolis, S and Moses, H, eds: The Johns Hopkins Medical handbook, Random House, New York, 1992;
and Schwartz, CA and Turner, RL: Encyclopedia of associations: National Organizations of the U.S., ed 29, gale Research, Detroit,
1995.
