v.a.g.i.n.a: The muscular ca.n.a.l that extends from the cervix to the outside of the body. Its walls are lined with mucus membranes and tiny glands that make v.a.g.i.n.al secretions. The muscular ca.n.a.l that extends from the cervix to the outside of the body. Its walls are lined with mucus membranes and tiny glands that make v.a.g.i.n.al secretions.

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Chapter 76.Directory of Organizations That Provide Help and Information about Pregnancy and Birth Government Agencies That Provide Information about Pregnancy Agency for Healthcare Centers for Disease Control Research and Quality and Prevention Office of Communications and 1600 Clifton Road Knowledge Transfer Atlanta, GA 30333 540 Gaither Road, Second Floor Toll-Free: 800-CDC-INFO Rockville, MD 20850 (232-4636).

Phone: 301-427-1364 Phone: 404-639-3311 Fax: 301-427-1873 Website: www.cdc.gov Website: www.ahrq.gov E-mail: [email protected] Center for the Evaluation Healthfinder of Risks to Human Repro- National Health Information duction Center P.O. Box 12233 P.O. Box 1133 Research Triangle Park, NC Washington, DC 20013-1133 27709.

Toll-Free: 800-336-4797 Phone: 919-541-3455 Phone: 301-565-4167 Fax: 919-316-4511 Fax: 301-984-4256 Website: cerhr.niehs.nih.gov Website: www.healthfinder.gov E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Resources in this chapter were compiled from several sources deemed reliable; all contact information was verified and updated in May 2009.

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Pregnancy and Birth Sourcebook, Third Edition National Cancer Inst.i.tute National Human Genome Cancer Information Service Research Inst.i.tute 6116 Executive Boulevard National Inst.i.tutes of Health Room 3036A Building 31, Room 4B09 Bethesda, MD 20892-8322 31 Center Drive, MSC 2152 Toll-Free: 800-4-CANCER 9000 Rockville Pike (422-6237).

Bethesda, MD 20892-2152 TTY Toll-Free: 800-332-8615 Phone: 301-402-0911 Website: www.cancer.gov Fax: 301-402-4831 E-mail: Website: www.genome.gov [email protected] National Inst.i.tute of Arthri- National Center for tis and Musculoskeletal and Complementary and Skin Diseases Alternative Medicine National Inst.i.tutes of Health National Inst.i.tutes of Health 1 AMS Circle 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892-3675 Bethesda, MD 20892 Toll Free: 877-22-NIAMS Toll-Free: 888-644-6226 (226-4267).

TTY: 866-464-3615.

TTY: 3015652966 Fax: 866-464-3616 Phone: 301-495-4484 Website: nccam.nih.gov Fax: 301-718-6366 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.niams.nih.gov E-mail: National Heart, Lung and [email protected] Blood Inst.i.tute P.O. Box 30105 National Inst.i.tute of Bethesda, MD 20824-0105 Child Health and Human Phone: 301 592 8573 Development Fax: 301-592-8563 P.O. Box 3006 Website: www.nhlbi.nih.gov Rockville, MD 20847 E-mail: [email protected] Toll-Free: 800-370-2943 TTY: 888-320-6942.

Fax: 866-760-5947 Website: www.nichd.nih.gov E-mail: NICHDInformation [email protected] 608.

Directory of Organizations That Provide Help and Information National Inst.i.tute of National Inst.i.tute of Diabetes, Digestive and Neurological Disorders Kidney Diseases and Stroke Building 31, Rm. 9A06 NIH Neurological Inst.i.tute 31 Center Drive, MSC 2560 P.O. Box 5801 Bethesda, MD 20892-2560 Bethesda, MD 20824 Phone: 301-496-3583 Toll-Free: 800-352-9424 Website: www.niddk.nih.gov Phone: 301-496-5751 TTY: 301-468-5981.

National Inst.i.tute of Website: www.ninds.nih.gov Environmental Health E-mail: [email protected] Sciences P.O. Box 12233 National Inst.i.tutes of Research Triangle Park, NC Health 27709-2233.

9000 Rockville Pike Phone: 919-541-3345 Bethesda, MD 20892 Fax: 919-541-4395 Phone: 301-496-4000 Website: www.niehs.nih.gov TTY: 301-402-9612.

Website: www.nih.gov National Inst.i.tute of E-mail: [email protected] Mental Health National Inst.i.tutes of Health, National Women's Health DHHS.

Information Center 6001 Executive Boulevard 8270 Willow Oaks Corporate Room 8184, MSC 9663 Drive Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 Fairfax, VA 22031 Toll-Free: 866-615-NIMH Toll-Free: 800-994-9662 (615-6464).

TDD: 888-220-5446.

Phone: 301-443-4513 Website: www.4women.gov TTY: 301-443-8431.

Toll-Free TTY: 866-415-8051 Office of Minority Health Fax: 301-443-4279 P.O. Box 37337 Website: www.nimh.nih.gov Washington, DC 20013-7337 E-mail: [email protected] Toll-Free: 800-444-6472 Fax: 301-251-2160 Website: www.omhrc.gov E-mail: [email protected] 609.

Pregnancy and Birth Sourcebook, Third Edition U.S. Department of Health American Academy of and Human Services Pediatrics 200 Independent Avenue, SW 141 Northwest Point Boulevard Washington, DC 20201 Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Toll-Free: 877-696-6775 Phone: 847-434-4000 Phone: 202-619-0257 Fax: 847-434-8000 Website: www.hhs.gov Website: www.aap.org E-mail: [email protected] U.S. Food and Drug Administration American a.s.sociation of 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Birth Centers Silver Spring, MD 20903 3123 Gottschall Road Toll-Free: 888-463-6332 Perkiomenville, PA 18074 Website: www.fda.gov Toll-Free: 866-54-BIRTH (542-4784).

U.S. National Library of Phone: 215-234-8068 Medicine Fax: 215-234-8829 8600 Rockville Pike Website: www.birthcenters.org Bethesda, MD 20894 Toll-Free: 888-346-3656 American College of Allergy, Phone: 301-594-5983 Asthma and Immunology TDD: 800-735-2258.

85 West Algonquin Road Website: www.nlm.nih.gov Suite 550 E-mail: [email protected] Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Website: www.acaai.org Private Agencies That E-mail: [email protected] Provide Information about Pregnancy American College of Obstetricians and American Academy of Gynecologists Family Physicians 409 12th Street, SW 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway P.O. Box 96920 Leawood, KS 66211-2680 Washington, DC 20090-6920 Toll-Free: 800-274-2237 Phone: 202-638-5577 Fax: 913-906-6075 Website: www.acog.org Website: www.aafp.org 610.

Directory of Organizations That Provide Help and Information American College of American Inst.i.tute of Nurse-Midwives Ultrasound in Medicine 8403 Colesville Road 14750 Sweitzer Lane Suite 1550 Suite 100 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Laurel, MD 20707 Phone: 240-485-1800 Toll-Free: 800-638-5352 Fax: 240-485-1818 Phone: 301-498-4100 Website: www.midwife.org Fax: 301-498-4450 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.aium.org American College of American Medical Surgeons a.s.sociation/Medem 633 N. Saint Clair Street 100 Pine Street, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60611-3211 San Francisco, CA 94111 Toll-Free: 800-621-4111 Toll-Free: 877-926-3336 Phone: 312-202-5000 Phone: 415-644-3800 Fax: 312-202-5001 Fax: 415-644-3950 Website: www.facs.org Website: www.medem.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] American Diabetes American Pregnancy a.s.sociation a.s.sociation 1701 North Beauregard Street 1425 Greenway Drive Alexandria, VA 22311 Irving, TX 75038 Toll-Free: 800-DIABETES Phone: 972-550-0140 (342-2383).

Fax: 972-550-0800 Website: www.diabetes.org Website: E-mail: [email protected] www.americanpregnancy.org E-mail: questions American Fertility @americanpregnancy.org a.s.sociation 305 Madison Avenue American Society for Suite 449 Reproductive Medicine New York, NY 10165 1209 Montgomery Highway Toll-Free: 888-917-3777 Birmingham, AL 35216-2809 Website: www.theafa.org Phone: 205-978-5000 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 205-978-5005 Website: www.asrm.org E-mail: [email protected] 611.

Pregnancy and Birth Sourcebook, Third Edition American Society of Center for Research on Anesthesiologists Reproduction and Women's 520 N. Northwest Highway Health Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573 1355 Biomedical Research Phone: 847-825-5586 Building II/III Fax: 847-825-1692 University of Pennsylvania Website: www.asahq.org Health System E-mail: [email protected] 421 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160 a.s.sociation of Maternal Phone: 215-898-0147 and Child Health Fax: 215-573-5408 Programs Website: www.med.upenn.edu/ 2030 M Street, NW crrwh Suite 350 Washington, DC 20036 Childbirth and Postpartum Phone: 202-775-0436 Professional a.s.sociation Fax: 202-775-0061 P.O. Box 491448 Website: www.amchp.org Lawrenceville, GA 30049 Website: www.cappa.net a.s.sociation of Women's E-mail: [email protected] Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Childbirth Connection 2000 L Street, NW 281 Park Avenue South Suite 740 5th Floor Washington, DC 20036 New York, NY 10010 Toll-Free: 800-673-8499 Phone: 212-777-5000 Phone: 202-261-2400 Fax: 212-777-9320 Fax: 202-728-0575 Website: Website: www.awhonn.org www.childbirthconnection.org E-mail: [email protected] Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 Toll-Free: 800-223-2273 Phone: 216-444-2200 TTY: 216-444-0261.

Website: www.clevelandclinic.org 612.