Health Related Information
The following health information organizations are listed alphabetically. These groups offer information on specific issues related to health and aging. Many groups and organizations provide written materials on specific topics. Several also provide referrals, recorded data, and sometimes personal counseling. For more information, call or write any of the following organizations.
The ALS Association - Arkansas Chapter
Lou Gehrig's Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
1200 West Walnut Street - Ste. 2309
Rogers, AR 72756
Office: 479-621-8700
Email
Website: www.als-arkansas.org
Alzheimer’s Association, Inc.
225 N. Michigan Avenue, Floor 17
Chicago, IL 60601
800-272-3900
312-335-8700 office
Alzheimer’s Association
Western Arkansas Regional Office
320 North Greenwood Avenue
Fort Smith, AR 72901
479-783-2022
800-272-3900
Fax: 479-782-3185
Alzheimer's Association for
Northwest Arkansas
2300 SE 28th Street # 311
Bentonville, AR 72712
479-245-2081 or 479-273-5559
Fax: 479-273-1100
OK and AR Chapter
479-273-5583
Fax: 479-273-1100
Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center
P.O. Box 8250
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250
800-438-4380
301-495-3334
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, (ADRDA)
Alzheimer’s Arkansas Programs and Services
10411 W. Markham, Ste.130
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-224-0021
800-689-6090
American Academy of
Otolaryngology - Head and
Neck Surgery Foundation
One Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3357
703-836-4444
Fax: 703-683-5100
www.entnet.org
American Association of Kidney Patients, Inc.
100 S. Ashley Drive, Ste. 280
Tampa, FL 33606
800-749-2257
813-223-7099
American Diabetes Association
1701 N. Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
800-342-2383
Consumer Nutrition Info Line
800-366-1655
www.diabetes.org
American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD)
1000 Corporate Boulevard Ste. 410
Linthicum, MD 21090
800-828-7866
410-689-3990
American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF)
22512 Gateway Center Drive
Clarksburg, MD 20871
800-437-2423
Fax: 301-258-9454
www.ahaf.org
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
800-242-8721
American Kidney Fund
6110 Executive Boulevard Ste. 1010
Rockville, MD 20852
800-638-8299
www.kidneyfund.org
American Liver Foundation
75 Maiden Lane, Ste. 603
New York, NY 10038
888-443-7872
212-668-1000
www.liverfoundation.org
American Lung Association
of Arkansas
211 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
800-586-4872
www.lungark.org
American Lung Association
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10016
800-548-8252
Fax: 212-256-5642
www.lungusa.org
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
4720 Montgomery Lane
P.O.Box 31220
Bethesda, MD 20824-1220
301-652-2682
800-377-8555
Fax: 301-652-7711
American Parkinson’s Disease Association
1250 Hylan Boulevard Ste. 4B
Staten Island, NY 10305
800-223-2732
www.apdaparkinson.org
American Physical Therapy Association
1111 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1448
703-684-2782
800-999-2782
Fax: 703-684-7343
American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
9312 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814-1621
301-571-9200
800-366-8227
Fax: 301-530-2752
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-4242
202-336-5500
800-374-2721
American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
211 E. Chicago Avenue, 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
Please contact by mail.
American Speech - Language - Hearing Assoc.
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
800-638-8255
Fax: 301-541-0457
American Stroke Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
888-478-7653
American Urological Association
1000 Corporate Boulevard
Linthicum, MD 21090
866-746-4282
www.auanet.org
Arkansas AIDS Foundation
P.O. Box 1208
518 East 9th Street
Little Rock, AR 72203
501-376-6299
Free educational speakers, free and anonymous HIV and syphilis testing, support group for people With AIDS
Arkansas State Department of Health
4815 W. Markham
Little Rock, AR 72205
800-482-5400
Arthritis Foundation
P.O. Box 7669
Atlanta, GA 30357-0669
404-872-7100
800-568-4045
Arthritis Foundation of Arkansas
6213 Father Tribou Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
800-482-8858
501-664-7242
Fax: 501-664-6588
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
1233 20th Street, NW, Ste. 402
Washington, D.C. 20036
800-727-8462
202-446-7643
Fax: 202-466-8940
www.aafa.org
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034
Alexandria, VA 22302-1594
703-305-7600
Fax: 703-305-3400
www.cnpp.usda.gov
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Association
500 Morris Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
973-379-2690
800-225-0292
Diabetes Awareness
Center, Lions
614 E. Emma, Ste. 227
Springdale, AR 72764
479-756-8758
Epilepsy Foundation Of America
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785-7223
800-332-1000
www.efa.org
Free Dental Clinic
Ozark Share and Care
Pain Management only
105 62/65 Bypass
Harrison, AR 72601
870-741-3130
Hysterectomy Educational Resources & Services (HERS) Foundation
422 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
610-667-7757
888-750-4377
www.hersfoundation.com
International Tremor Foundation
913-341-3880
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201-1085
501-682-1155
866-660-0885
Lupus Foundation of America
2000 L Street, NW, Ste. 710
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-349-1155
800-558-0121
800-558-0231 (Spanish)
www.lupus.org
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
375 Kings Highway North
Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034
800-532-7667
856-488-4500 (Regional)
Fax: 856-661-9797
mymsaa.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Headquarters
3300 E. Sunrise Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718
800-572-1717
www.mdausa.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association
523 South Louisiana #560
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-375-5455
800-582-2163
National Association for Continence (NAFC)
P.O. Box 1019
Charleston, SC 29402-1019
800-252-3337
843-377-0900
www.nafc.org
National Brain Tumor Foundation
22 Battery Street, Ste. 612
San Francisco, CA 94111-5520
800-934-2873
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
#1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3560
800-860-8747
Fax: 703-738-4929
National Headache Foundation
820 N. Orleans, Ste. 217
Chicago, IL 60610
888-643-5552
www.headaches.org
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
301-592-8573
800-575-9355
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institute on Aging
Information Center
P.O. Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
800-222-2225
800-222-4225 (TTY)
www.nia.nih.gov
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
866-615-6464
www.nimh.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
800-352-9424
301-496-5751
www.ninds.nih.gov
National Kidney Foundation
30 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
212-889-2210
800-622-9010
www.kidney.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)
733 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017-3288
800-344-4867
www.nmss.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation
1232 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
202-223-2226
www.nof.org
National Parkinson Foundation
1501 N.W. 9th Avenue
Bob Hope Road
Miami, FL 33136-1494
800-327-4545
www.parkinson.org
National Sleep Foundation
1522 K Street, NW, Ste. 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-347-3471
Fax: 202-347-3472
www.sleepfoundation.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Ste. 300-9
Bethesda, MD 20817
800-962-9629
Fax: 301-881-9817
www.spinalcord.org
National Stroke Association
9707 E. Easter Lane
Englewood, CO 80112-3747
303-649-9299
800-787-6537
Fax: 303-649-1328
www.stroke.org
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
1101 Wootton Parkway, Ste. LL100
Rockville, MD 20852
800-336-4797
health.gov
Office on Smoking & Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease
Control & Prevention and Health Promotion
MS-K50
4770 Buford Hwy. N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
800-232-1311
Fax: 770-488-5939
TDD: 770-488-5705
www.cdc.gov
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
1359 Broadway, Ste. 1509
New York, NY 10018
800-457-6676
Parkinson’s Disease
Information & Referral
St. Joseph’s Regional Health Center
210 Woodbine
Hot Springs, AR 71901
501-622-3990
800-407-9295
The Pulmonary Paper
P.O. Box 877
Ormond Beach, FL 32175
800-950-3698
www.pulmonarypaper.org
Newsletter for people with chronic respiratory diseases.
Reynolds Senior Health Center
UAMS
4301 W. Markham, Slot 748
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-296-1000
800-942-8267
www.uamshealth.com/medical-services/senior-health
United Ostomy Association
19772 MacArthur Blvd, #200
Irvine, CA 92612-2405
800-826-0826
http://www.ostomy.org/