For the latest information on specific health conditions, prevention and self-care:

American Cancer Society
1-800-ACS-2345 or 1-800-227-2345
www.cancer.org

American Heart Association
1-800-AHA-USA1 or 1-800-242-8721
www.americanheart.org

American Lung Association
1-800-LUNG-USA or 1-800-586-4872
www.lungusa.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

National Cancer Institute
1-800-4-CANCER or 1-800-422-6237
www.cancer.gov

National Institutes of Health – A fact-filled government health resource.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – Information on a variety of health-related topics. Here you'll find patient safety tip sheets and other documents, facts on assessing the quality of your child's healthcare as well as the quality of child health programs.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – An excellent resource for food and medication safety and research information.

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
1-301-592-8573
www.nhlbi.nih.gov

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Public Inquiries: (301) 443-4513
Web site: http://www.nimh.nih.gov

National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) - The NDEP translates the latest science and spreads the word that diabetes is serious, common, and costly, yet controllable and, for type 2, preventable.
1-301-496-3583
www.ndep.nih.gov