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APPENDIX II   Resources for Help and Information
TOPICS   Introduction ~ A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E-J ~ K-P ~ R-W
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K-P

KIDNEY DISORDERS

American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
800-749-2257
www.aakp.org

American Kidney Fund
Rockville, MD
800-638-8299
www.akfinc.org

National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY
800-622-9010
212-889-2210
www.kidney.org

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Bethesda, MD
800-891-5390
301-654-4415
www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov

LUNG DISORDERS
(see Respiratory Disorders)

MEDIC ALERT

MedicAlert Foundation
Turlock, CA
888-633-4298
209-668-3333
www.medicalert.org

MENTAL HEALTH
(see Depression and Psychiatric Disease)

MOVEMENT DISORDERS

We Move
New York, NY
www.wemove.org

NUTRITION

American Dietetic Association
Chicago, IL
800-877-1600
312-899-0040
www.eatright.org

OSTEOPOROSIS

National Osteoporosis Foundation
Washington, DC
202-223-2226
www.nof.org

PAGET'S DISEASE

The Paget Foundation
New York, NY
800-237-2438
212-509-5335
www.paget.org

PAIN RELIEF

American Pain Association
Baltimore, MD
888-615-7246
www.painfoundation.org

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

American Parkinson Disease Association
Staten Island, NY
800-223-2732
718-981-8001
www.apdaparkinson.com

National Parkinson Foundation
Miami, FL
800-327-4545
800-433-7022 (in FL)
www.parkinson.org

Parkinson's Action Network
Washington, DC
800-850-4726
202-638-4101
www.parkinsonsaction.org

Parkinson's Disease Foundation
New York, NY
800-457-6676
212-923-4700
www.pdf.org

PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD
877-267-2323
www.cms.hhs.gov

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC
202-347-5270
www.kff.org

PROSTATE DISORDERS
(see also Cancer & Other Tumors)

The Prostatitis Foundation
Smithshire, IL
888-891-4200
www.prostatitis.org

PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE
(see also Depression)

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Arlington, VA
800-950-6264
703-524-7600
www.nami.org

National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD
301-443-4513
www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Association
Alexandria, VA
800-969-6642
800-443-5959 (TTY)
703-684-7722
www.nmha.org

Survivors of Suicide
www.survivorsofsuicide.com

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