The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information
Center
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Health
Information Center is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Eastern time (closed on Federal holidays.) Health
Information Specialists are available to assist you and provide
information on diseases of the heart, lung, and blood, and
sleep disorders and accept orders for publications. After
hours, you may leave a voicemail message or send an e-mail,
and your inquiry will be answered the next business day.
As a research institute, the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute does not provide referrals to doctors
nor counsel people on specific medical problems.
Advice on treatment or care of an individual patient should
be obtained through consultation with a physician or other
health professional who has examined the patient and is familiar
with the patient's medical history.
You can contact the NHLBI Health Information Center as noted
below. Please indicate that your request results from a visit
to the NHLBI Web site.
| Phone: |
301-592-8573
240-629-3255 TTY
1-800-877-8339 Federal Relay Service
For additional servces: GSA
Federal Relay Service Page |
| Fax: |
301-592-8563 |
| E-mail: |
NHLBIinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov
(Please include a valid return e-mail
address
in the body of the message.) |
| Mail: |
NHLBI Health Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105 |
More About the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute Health Information Center
The Health Information Center develops and maintains information
on NHLBI topics to respond to inquiries, and supports and
disseminates materials for NHLBI's
national health education and awareness campaigns.
Public
and patient education materials are available on many
topics, such as:
- Asthma
- Cholesterol
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- Overweight and obesity
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- Peripheral arterial disease
- Physical activity
- Sickle cell anemia
- Sleep disorders
- Von Willebrand disease
- Women's heart disease
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The
NHLBI Diseases and Conditions Index (DCI) also provides
patients and the public with a quick and easy way to find
complete and reliable information, written in plain language.
The DCI features many illustrative graphics and animations
throughout its topics, which are printable as fact sheets.
Clinical
practice guidelines and reports for health professionals
are available on asthma, high blood cholesterol, high blood
pressure, and overweight and obesity.
To receive regular updates on educational materials, useful
articles, and links to tools and information, sign
up for the NHLBI Health Information Network (HIN) eNewsletter.
NHLBI HIN members receive about two to four e-mails per month,
depending on topic selection.
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