Free Calls for Fast Answers
The National Health Information Clearinghouse, sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, can direct you to numerous free health information services.
Just call: 1-800-336-4797.
Among the toll-free hotlines are:
- Acne Help Line: 1-800-222-SKIN; in California, 1-800-221-SKIN
- Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association:
1-800-621-0379; in Illinois, 1-800-572-6037
- American Council for the Blind: 1-800-424-8666
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery: 1-800-441-ASDS
- Arthritis Medical Center: 1-800-327-3027
- Bulimia and Anorexia Self-Help: 1-800-762-3334
- Cancer Information Service: 1-800-4-CANCER
- Dial-a-Hearing Screening Test: 1-800-222-EARS
- Epilepsy Foundation of America: 1-800-EFA-1000
- Heartlife: 1-800-241-6993
- Herbs: Penn Herb 1-800--523-9971; Herbal Pathways,
1-800-631-3575; Green Mountain Herbs, 1-800-525-2696;
- Foodscience Corporation, 1-800-451-5190
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International: 1-800-JDF-CURE
- National AIDS Hotline: 1-800-342-AIDS
- National Center for Stuttering: 1-80-221-2483
- National Drug Abuse Treatment Referral and Information
Service: 1-800-COCAINE
- National Institute on Drug Abuse: 1-800-662-4357
- Second Surgical Opinion Hotline: 1-800-638-6833
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline: 1-800-227-8922
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Hotline: 1-800-221-7437
- Vegetarian Information Service (Morningstar Farms, A
division of Miles Laboratories): 1-800-243-4143
- Y-Me Breast Cancer Support Program: 1-800-221-2141
Source: Earl Mindell, Hester Mundis. Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible. (New York, NY: Warner Books) 1985.
