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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is the primary source of Federal support for research on problems related to the quality and delivery of health services. The Healthcare Research and Qua... Details >
Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a national resource for information and education about cancer. The CIS operates a toll-free telephone service, 1-800-4-CANCE... Details >
Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network 
The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and... Details >
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
The responsibility of this division of the National Cancer Institute is to conduct population based research on environmental and genetics determinants of cancer. Interdisciplinary studies are conduct... Details >
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The mission of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is to provide national leadership, through science and service, to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling d... Details >
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Hea... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers... Details >
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was established in 1966. Its highest priority is to reduce deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes, improv... Details >
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) was established in 1974 to conduct and support biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training relating to the aging process, and the diseases and other ... Details >
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the Nation by supporting r... Details >
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the Nati... Details >
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center, Health Resources and Services Administration
The National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center was established in 1980 to provide information and educational materials on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), apnea, and related issues. I... Details >
National Women's Health Information Center, Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This federal clearinghouse for women's health resources maintains a site on the World Wide Web that links you to a wide variety of women’s health-related material developed by the Department of Health... Details >
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created to encourage employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards and implemen... Details >
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment policies, progr... Details >
U.S. Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Administration on Aging (AoA), created by the Older Americans Act (OAA) in 1965, is the only federal agency devoted exclusively to the concerns and potential of older Americans. Help for the elder... Details >
U.S. Department of Education
The mission of the U.S. Department of Education is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all Americans.... Details >
Academy of General Dentistry
The Academy of General Dentistry is an international dental organization of 35,000 members who are dedicated to continuing dental education and to providing the patient with the best possible care. Th... Details >
Advocates For Youth
Advocates for Youth, formerly The Center for Population Options (CPO) is a national organization that focuses on adolescents as the critical group to reach with information on reproductive health and ... Details >
AIDS Treatment Data Network
A national, not-for-profit, community-based organization, The Network provides treatment education and counseling services for men, women and children with AIDS and HIV that are supported by extensive... Details >
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, formerly the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, was founded in 1953 to further the diagnosis, research, and treatment of mental illnesses af... Details >
American Juvenile Arthritis Organization
The American Juvenile Arthritis Organization (AJAO), a Council of the Arthritis Foundation, is devoted to serving the special needs of children, teens, and young adults with childhood rheumatic diseas... Details >
American Kidney Fund
The American Kidney Fund (AKF), is a non-profit health organization providing limited grants to needy dialysis patients, transplant recipients and kidney donors to help cover treatment-specific expens... Details >
American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc.
The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) was established in 1961 to provide information about the various services available to patients with Parkinson's disease and to make funds available f... Details >
American Social Health Association
For over 90 years the American Social Health Association (ASHA) has focused on the education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Through its offices in Washington, DC, and Research Trian... Details >
Arthritis Foundation
The Arthritis Foundation is the only nationwide, nonprofit health organization helping take greater control of arthritis by leading efforts to prevent, control and cure arthritis and related diseases-... Details >
Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores, National Association for Hispanic Elderly
This national, private, non-profit organization focuses on the needs of older Hispanic people and other low-income elderly as a way of bringing about social change that will impact the Hispanic commun... Details >
Breast Cancer Network of Strength Headquarters
The Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is a nonprofit organization that provides information, support and education to women and men with breast cancer, their family and friends and anyone touch... Details >
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California San Francisco is committed to maintaining a focus on prevention of HIV disease, using the expertise of multiple discipline... Details >
DES Action, USA
DES Action is a national nonprofit organization formed to provide the public with information on the consequences of the use of diethylstilbestrol (DES) for women who have taken it and for children bo... Details >
Do It Now Foundation
The Do It Now Foundation, founded in 1968, is a nonprofit, private organization utilizing innovative approaches to drug education. Aimed primarily at the 13 to 30 age group, the Foundation attempts t... Details >
Emotions Anonymous International
Emotions Anonymous (EA) offers a group approach to the achievement of emotional health patterned after the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Group meetings are conducted in which participants ... Details >
FCMS International Office
The mission of the Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies is to foster communication and association of medical societies and health care professionals sharing a common ... Details >
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
The purpose of the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (FFCMH) is to serve the needs of children with serious emotional, behavioral and mental disorders and their families. Resources a... Details >
Immunization Action Coalition
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health professionals and the public that enhance... Details >
John Tracy Clinic
John Tracy Clinic provides worldwide parent-centered services without charge to young children with hearing loss, offering families hope, guidance, and encouragement. Services include correspondence ... Details >
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc.
The mission of Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc. is to facilitate the timely diagnosis and optimal care of individuals affected by myasthenia gravis and closely related disorders and to im... Details >
National Keratoconus Foundation
The National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the quality of life of persons with keratoconus. It does this by making educational material available... Details >
National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF), founded in 1957, provides answers to patients and their families on problems relating to Parkinson's disease and maintains the Bob Hope National Parkinson Rese... Details >
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health is a partnership project which provides online access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, rele... Details >
Post-Polio Health International
The mission of Post-Polio Health International, including International Ventilator Users Network is to enhance the lives and independence of polio survivors and home mechanical ventilator users by pro... Details >
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (U.S.A.)
The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association is a group for parents and professionals interested in children affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome. The Association provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and ... Details >
Scoliosis Association, Inc.
The Scoliosis Association is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization founded by scoliosis patients and their families. Among its goals is the education of the public about spinal deviations. The Associ... Details >
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) is a national, private, nonprofit advocacy organization which affirms that sexuality is a natural part of living. Incorporated in 1... Details >
The Children's Tumor Foundation
The Children's Tumor Foundation: Ending Neurofibromatosis Through Research (formerly known as the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation), provides neurofibromatosis patients and their families with in... Details >