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    Headaches in Children



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    American College of Physicians
    190 North Independence Mall West
    Philadelphia, PA  19106-1572
    Phone: 1-800-523-1546
    (215) 351-2600
    Web Address: www.acponline.org/patients_families
     

    The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a national organization of internists. Doctors of internal medicine focus on adult medicine and have had special study and training focusing on the prevention and treatment of adult diseases. The ACP provides information for patients and families on the organization's website, including information on diseases and conditions, end-of-life care, women's issues, and immunizations. The site also offers video news stories, health tips, special reports, and a link to the ACP diabetes webpage.


    American Headache Society Committee for Headache Education (ACHE)
    19 Mantua Road
    Mount Royal, NJ  08061
    Phone: (856) 423-0043
    Fax: (856) 423-0082
    Email: achehq@talley.com
    Web Address: www.achenet.org
     

    The American Headache Society Committee for Headache Education (ACHE) is a nonprofit partnership between health professionals and headache sufferers. ACHE provides resources and tools to health care professionals to help them help their headache patients. This website has many educational resources for doctors, patients, families, schools, and employers. Resources include newsletters, articles on headaches, tools for both patients and doctors, and lists of certified headache doctors.


    KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens
    10140 Centurion Parkway
    Jacksonville, FL  32256
    Phone: (904) 697-4100
    Fax: (904) 697-4220
    Web Address: www.kidshealth.org
     

    This website is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This website offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest.


    National Headache Foundation (NHF)
    820 North Orleans
    Suite 217
    Chicago, IL  60610
    Phone: 1-888-NHF-5552 (1-888-643-5552)
    Phone: (312) 274-2650
    Email: info@headaches.org
    Web Address: www.headaches.org
     

    The National Headache Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to three major goals: educating the public that headaches are serious disorders and that sufferers need understanding and continuity of care; promoting research into potential headache causes and treatments; and serving as an information resource for sufferers, their families, and doctors who treat them. The NHF can provide lists of local doctors specializing in headache treatment. It also has a monthly newsletter and many pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the different headache syndromes.




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