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The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
("NDDIC") is an information and referral service of the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),
at the National Institutes of Health ("NIH") which is part
of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services of the U.S.
Federal government.
The Clearinghouse, authorized by Congress in 1980, is designed
to increase knowledge and understanding about digestive diseases
and health among people with digestive diseases and their
families, health care professionals, and the general public.
To carry out this mission, NDDIC works closely with professional,
patient, and voluntary associations, government agencies;
and other digestive disease organizations forming a unique
network that identifies and responds to information needs
about these diseases.
The NDDIC provides the following information and services
to the public:
Respond to phone and written inquiries for information
about digestive diseases from a national clearinghouse of
patient and professional educational materials and statistical
data about a variety of common digestive diseases.
Provide publications, including patient fact sheets and
brochures, conference proceedings, monographs, article reprints,
and materials developed by NDDIC and NIDDK about specific
digestive diseases.
Access to the Digestive Diseases subfile of the Combined
Health Information Database (CHID), which contains thousands
of references to materials produced for patients and health
care professionals. The subfile is available to the public
through BRS Online, a division of InfoPro Technologies,
a national database vendor.
Copies of DD Notes, the NDDIC Newsletter that features
news about digestive diseases research, special events,
professional and patient organizations, and publications
available from NDDIC and other organizations, including
the American College of Gastroenterology.
Visit the NDDIC Website
You can call NDDIC with questions or to request one of their
many excellent patient information packages.
You may write or call:
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Box NDDIC
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda MD 20892
(301) 654-3810
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