Addison's Disease: Other Places To Get Help
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Other Places To Get Help
Organizations
| Addison's Disease Self-Help Group (United Kingdom) | |
| 21 George Road | |
| Guildford, Surrey GU1 4NP | |
| England | |
| E-mail: | info@adshg.org.uk |
| Web Address: | www.adshg.org.uk |
| Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service | |
| 6 Information Way | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892–3569 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-828-0904 |
| Fax: | (703) 738-4929 |
| E-mail: | endoandmeta@info.niddk.nih.gov |
| Web Address: | www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/pubs/addison/addison.htm |
The Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health. This Web site offers consumer information on the cause, treatment, and effects of Addison's disease. | |
| MedicAlert Foundation International | |
| 2323 Colorado Avenue | |
| Turlock, California 95382 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-633-4298 (209) 668-3333 from outside the United States |
| Fax: | (209) 669-2450 |
| E-mail: | customer_service@medicalert.org |
| Web Address: | http://www.medicalert.org/home/Homegradient.aspx |
MedicAlert Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides subscriber services for more than 4 million members worldwide. Services include providing identification jewelry listing the person's medical conditions and history and a computerized medical information database that is accessible 24 hours per day. As a member of MedicAlert, if medical care is needed, health professionals providing care can reach the person's complete medical history at any time. | |
| National Adrenal Disease Foundation | |
| 505 Northern Boulevard | |
| Suite 200 | |
| Great Neck, NY 11021 | |
| Phone: | (516) 487-4992 |
| E-mail: | nadfmail@aol.com |
| Web Address: | www.nadf.us |
The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation is a consumer-based organization providing information and support for people with adrenal-related diseases. | |
| National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) | |
| 55 Kenosia Avenue, P.O. Box 1968 | |
| Danbury, CT 06813-1968 | |
| Phone: | (203) 744-0100 1-800-999-NORD (1-800-999-6673) |
| Fax: | (203) 798-2291 |
| TDD: | (203) 797-9590 |
| E-mail: | orphan@rarediseases.org RN@rarediseases.org |
| Web Address: | www.rarediseases.org |
This organization provides fact sheets, names of related organizations, and sources for other materials relating to rare disorders. | |
| Last updated: | February 20, 2008 |
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| Author: | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS |
| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Alan C. Dalkin, MD - Endocrinology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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