National Cholesterol Education
Month
Resource List
You can contact the
following associations, Government agencies, and clearinghouses for additional
information and materials about cholesterol and cholesterol lowering.
(Please note: Some of the following links go outside the NHLBI Web site; to return to this document, close the new window.)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
P.O. Box
30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
Phone: (301) 592-8573
Fax: (301)
592-8563
NHLBIinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Publication
Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 8547
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8547
Phone:
(800) 358-9295
Fax: (410) 290-3841
ahrq.pubs@ahrq.gov
www.ahrq.gov
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard
Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: (800) 342-2383
customerservice@diabetes.org
www.diabetes.org
American Dietetic Association
216 West Jackson
Boulevard, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
Phone: (800) 366-1655
(Consumer Nutrition Hotline)
Toll-free: (800) 745-0775 (Publications
Service)
info@eatright.org
www.eatright.org
American Heart Association
National Center
7272
Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
Toll-free: (800) AHA-USA1
inquiries@heart.org
www.americanheart.org
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Consumer
Affairs
5600 Fishers Lane, HFE-88
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone:
(888) 463-6332
Toll-free: (888) INFO-FDA
Fax: (301) 443-9057
www.fda.gov
National Women's Health Information Center
Phone:
(800) 994-9662
Toll-free: (888) 220-5446
Fax: (301) 443-9057
www.4woman.gov
Health-related Internet sites with cholesterol
information:
Local sources of cholesterol information and materials:
Good local sources include: state and county or city health departments; area hospitals and managed care organizations; local chapters of professional organizations representing physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and other health professionals; libraries; grocery stores; and universities, to name just a few.