Additional Resources
The following is a listing
of contact information for the Federal Government, disability benefits, national
organizations and health professional organizations.
Federal Government Contacts
DHHS CFS Advisory Committee
(AACFS)
The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee provides advice
and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services via the
Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services on issues related to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Web site:
www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs
MEDLINE plus
The National Library of Medicine Web site is designed
to direct you to resources that will help you research information on health
topics. It includes a searchable database of published medical literature called
MEDLINE. To request a MEDLINE search, contact your nearest regional medical
library at 1-800-338-7657.
Web site:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of
Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the
1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals.
PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other
related resources.
Web site:
www.pubmed.com
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address:
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
NationalCenter
for Infectious Diseases
Division of Viral and Rickettsial
Diseases
Atlanta,
GA30333
Phone: 404-639-1388 or 1-888-232-3228
Web site:
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cfs
Disability
Benefits
Clearinghouse
on Disability Information
Address: Office of Special Education and Rehab
Services
U.S.
Department of
Education
Room 3132,
Switzer Building
Washington
,
DC 20202
Phone: 212-205-8241
U.S.
Social Security
Administration
Phone: Call your local social security
office or 1-800-772-1213
(7:00 am - 7:00 pm
ETweekdays)
Web site:
www.ssa.gov
National Organizations
The Chronic Fatigue and Immune
Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association ofAmerica
Address:
P.O. Box 220398,
Charlotte,
NC28222-0398
Resource Line: 704-365-2343
E-mail:
info@cfids.org
Web site:
www.cfids.org
American Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Association (AFSA)
Address: PO Box 32698,
Tucson, AZ
85751
Phone:
520-733-1570
Fax:
520-290-5550
Web site:
www.afsafund.org
The National
Fibromyalgia Association
Address: 2200 N. Glassell St.,
Suite A, Orange,
CA 92865
Phone:
714-921-0150
Web site:
www.fmaware.org
National
Gulf
War
Resource
Center
Address: 8605 Cameron Street, Suite
400,
Silver Springs,
MD
20910
Phone:
1-800-882-1316, ext. 119
Web site: www.ngwrc.org
Health Professional
Organizations
American Association for Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome
Address: 27 N. Wacker Dr., Suite
416 , Chicago ,
IL 60606
Phone:
847-258-7248
Web site: www.aacfs.org
New
Jersey ChronicFatigue
Syndrome
Center
Contact: Dr.
Benjamin
Natelson
University of
Medicine and
Dentistry
MSB
H-506
185 S. Orange Avenue,
University
Heights
Newark,
NJ
07103-2714
Phone: 973-
972-5864
Web site:
www.umdnj.edu/cfsweb/CFS
NIAID Fact Sheet / National Institutes
of Health
NIAID, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
supports research on AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other infectious diseases,
as well as allergies and immunology. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
Website:
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/cfsreso.htm
Prepared by: Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda,
MD
20892
, Public Health
Services
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