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Organizations
| American College of Rheumatology | |
| 1800 Century Place | |
| Suite 250 | |
| Atlanta, GA 30345 | |
| Phone: | (404) 633-3777 |
| Fax: | (404) 633-1870 |
| Web Address: | www.rheumatology.org |
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP, a division of ACR) are professional organizations of rheumatologists and associated health professionals who are dedicated to healing, preventing disability from, and curing the many types of arthritis and related disabling and sometimes fatal disorders of the joints, muscles, and bones. Members of the ACR are physicians; members of the ARHP include research scientists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Both the ACR and the ARHP provide professional education for their members. The ACR Web site offers patient information fact sheets about rheumatic diseases, about medicines used to treat rheumatic diseases, and about care professionals. | |
| Arthritis Foundation | |
| P.O. Box 7669 | |
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-283-7800 |
| Web Address: | www.arthritis.org |
The Arthritis Foundation provides grants to help find a cure, prevention methods, and better treatment options for arthritis. It also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make living with arthritis easier, including self-help courses; water- and land-based exercise classes; support groups; home study groups; instructional videotapes; public forums; free educational brochures and booklets; the national, bimonthly consumer magazine Arthritis Today; and continuing education courses and publications for health professionals. | |
| National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Clearinghouse | |
| P.O. Box 7923 | |
| Gaithersburg, MD 20898 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-644-6226 (301) 519-3153 for international calls |
| Fax: | 1-866-464-3616 toll-free |
| TDD: | 1-866-464-3615 toll-free |
| Email: | info@nccam.nih.gov |
| Web Address: | www.nccam.nih.gov/health/clearinghouse (or www.nccaminfo.org/livehelp/ for live help online) |
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) explores complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, trains complementary and alternative medicine researchers, and gives out authoritative information. Send all requests for information and questions about NCCAM to the NCCAM Clearinghouse. | |
| National Fibromyalgia Association | |
| 2121 South Towne Centre Place | |
| Suite 300 | |
| Anaheim, CA 92806 | |
| Phone: |
(714) 921-0150
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| Fax: | (714) 921-6920 |
| TDD: | |
| Email: | |
| Web Address: | www.fmaware.org |
The National Fibromyalgia Association was founded to support people who have fibromyalgia and other chronic pain illnesses. The association has an educational Web site and publishes an international magazine called Fibromyalgia AWARE. The association also helps develop continuing medical education programs and provides a means for fibromyalgia experts to share their research and expertise with patients and health care professionals. | |
| National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health | |
| 1 AMS Circle | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892-3675 | |
| Phone: | 1-877-22-NIAMS (1-877-226-4267) toll-free (301) 495-4484 |
| Fax: | (301) 718-6366 |
| TDD: | (301) 565-2966 |
| Email: | niamsinfo@mail.nih.gov |
| Web Address: | www.niams.nih.gov |
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is a governmental institute that serves the public and health professionals by providing information, locating other information sources, and participating in a national federal database of health information. NIAMS supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases and supports the training of scientists to carry out this research. The NIAMS Web site provides health information referrals to the NIAMS Clearinghouse, which has information packages about diseases. | |
| National Pain Foundation | |
| Web Address: | www.nationalpainfoundation.org |
Through information, education, and support, the National Pain Foundation (NPF) promotes the recovery of persons in pain. The NPF website provides information and resources in an interactive way that encourages patients to take an active role in managing their chronic pain. The My Pain section of the website includes a Personal Inventory section to help pain patients identify the information they need to manage their pain. The NPF has information about pain conditions such as arthritis, back and neck pain, and cancer pain. The NPF addresses the many approaches to pain management, such as medicines, injections, surgery, acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic, and physical therapy. The NPF also provides support for the special needs of children in pain and information about psychological factors related to pain. The website also provides information on clinical trials that are studying pain management and treatment. | |
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: November 12, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Richa Dhawan, MD - Rheumatology | |
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