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These selected toll-free
numbers for organizations
provide health-related
information, education, and
support. These organizations
DO NOT diagnose or recommend
treatment for any disease.
Some of the organizations
use recorded messages;
others provide personalized
counseling and referrals.
Most offer educational
materials; some charge
handling fees.
Organizations that provide
crisis assistance are listed
under the heading of Crisis
Intervention. The Rare
Disorders category includes
diseases and disorders that
affect less than 1 percent
of the population at any
given time. Groups in the
professional Organizations
section offer consumer
information.
Unless otherwise stated,
numbers listed operate on
Eastern Standard Time and
can be reached within the
continental United States 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Numbers that observe Eastern
Daylight Saving Time when in
effect are annotated as
"(Eastern time)."
Inclusion of an information
source in this publication
does not imply endorsement
by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
This document is available
from the Internet at
www.health.gov/NHIC/Pubs/.
To order printed copies of
this publication, contact
the Office of Disease
Prevention and Health
Promotion (ODPHP)
Communication Support
Center, P.O. Box
37366,Washington, DC
20013-7366; fax (301)
468-3028.
This publication may be
reproduced without
permission. Please provide
an appropriate credit line
in any reproduction of this
information, whether print
or electronic: "Source: 2007
Toll-Free Numbers for Health
Information, National Health
Information Center, Office
of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services, Washington,
DC."
U.S. Department of
Health and Human
Services
Office of Disease
Prevention and
Health Promotion
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