Where to Find More Information
Get the Support You Need
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
http://mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
3 Terrace Way, Suite D
Greensboro, NC 27403-3660
336-547-0607
http://www.nbcc.org
National Institute of Mental Health
Public Information and Communications Branch
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Phone: 866-615-6464 (toll-free)
TTY: 301-443-8431
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/HealthInformation/GettingHelp.cfm
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Talk With Your Doctor
Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
Food and Drug
Administration, 2004
http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/active_member.htm
Phone: 888-INFO-FDA (888-463-6332)
Having Surgery? What You Need to Know
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,, 2005
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/surgery/surgery.htm
Phone: 800-358-9295
Five Steps to Safer Health Care
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
2003
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/5steps.htm
Phone: 800-358-9295
Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 2004
http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/02173.pdf (PDF Help)
Phone: 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227)
How to Get a Second Opinion
National Women's Health Information
Center, 2003
http://www.4woman.gov/pub/secondopinion.cfm
Phone:
1-800-994-WOMAN
Quick Tips—When Planning for Surgery
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, 2002
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/quicktips/tipsurgery.htm
Phone: 800-358-9295
Quick Tips—When Talking with Your Doctor
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, 2002
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/quicktips/doctalk.htm
Phone: 800-358-9295
Talking with Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People
National Institute on
Aging, 2002
http://www.niapublications.org/pubs/talking/index.asp
Phone: 800-222-2225
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Seek Out Information
2005 Toll-Free Numbers for Health Information
National Health
Information Center
http://www.health.gov/nhic/pubs/tollfree.htm
Phone: 800-336-4797
AARP Health Guide
AARP, 2004
http://www.aarp.org/health/healthguide
Phone: 888-OUR-AARP (888-687-2277)
HON Code of Conduct (HONcode) for Medical and Health Web Sites
Health on the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/
How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet: Questions and
Answers
National Cancer Institute, 2003
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/2_10.htm
Phone: 800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237)
How to Find Medical Information
National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 2001
http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/how_to_find.asp
Phone: 877-22-NIAMS (877-226-4267) (tollfree)
National Guideline Clearinghouse™
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
http://www.guideline.gov
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah-health.org/
A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
Medical Library Association, 2003
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html#1
Virtual Treatments Can Be Real-World Deceptions
Federal Trade
Commission, 2001
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/mrclalrt.htm
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Specific Diseases and Conditions
Allergies
Publications
Allergies
National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/PubsOrderForm/default.asp
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ALS
Organizations/Information
ALS Association
27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104
Phone: 800-782-4747
http://www.alsa.org
Publications
Newly Diagnosed
ALS Association, 2004
http://www.alsa.org/patient/diagnosed.cfm? CFID=162302&CFTOKEN=7741544
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Alzheimer's Disease
Organizations/Information
Alzheimer's Association
225 N. Michigan Avenue, Fl. 17
Chicago, IL 60601-7633
Phone: 800-272-3900 (Nationwide Contact Center Helpline)
http://www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
P.O. Box 8250
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250
Phone: 800-438-4380
http://www.alzheimers.org
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Arthritis
Organizations/Information
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3675
Phone: 301-495-4484 or 877-22-NIAMS (877-226-4267) (toll-free)
http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/index.htm
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Asthma
Organizations/Information
Asthma
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/ Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHLBI Information Center
Attn: Web Site
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
Phone: 301-592-8573
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/index.htm
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Cancer
Organizations/Information
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 800-ACS-2345 (800-227-2345)
http://www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute, Public Inquiries Office
6116 Executive Boulevard,
Room 3036A
Bethesda, MD 20892-8322
Phone: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
TTY: 1-800-332-8615
http://cancer.gov/help
National Organizations that Offer Services to People with Cancer and Their Families
National Cancer Institute
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_1.htm
Publications
After the Diagnosis (For women living with cancer)
Gillette Cancer Connection, 2004
http://www.gillettecancerconnect.org/women/after_diagnosis.asp
Coping with Physical and Emotional Changes
American Cancer Society, 2004
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/MBC_0.asp?sitearea
I've Just Been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, 2004
http://www.yme.org/diagnosed/diagnosed.php
Questions for Your Doctor: Your First Visit
Testicular Cancer Resource Center, 2004
http://tcrc.acor.org/startquest.html
Using Evidence-Based Information
National Breast Cancer
Coalition, 2003
http://www.natlbcc.org/nbccf/info/evidence.html
Your Health Care Team: Your Doctor is Only the Beginning
National Cancer Institute, 2000
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_10.htm
Support
Association of Cancer Online Resources
http://www.acor.org
Cancer Support Groups: Questions and Answers
National Cancer Institute, 2002
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_8.htm
CancerCare
http://www.cancercare.org/Counseling/Counselingmain.cfm
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
http://www.canceradvocacy.org
Talking with Family and Friends
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, 2005
http://www.yme.org/diagnosed/how_to_talk_to_family.php
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Cerebral Palsy
Organizations/Information
United Cerebral Palsy
1660 L Street, NW,
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 800-872-5827
http://www.ucpa.org
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Organizations/Information
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cfs/
Support
Support Groups
Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cfs/support/
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Organizations/Information
Diseases and Conditions Index: COPD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Copd/Copd_WhatIs.html
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHLBI Information Center
Attn: Web Site
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
Phone: 301-592-8573
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/index.htm
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Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases
Organizations/Information
Health Information
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
http://csdb.nidcr.nih.gov/frame_info.htm
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