- HeadLice.Org For Kids - http://www.headlice.org/kids/
Information and activities for kids presented by kids. Learn about head lice, their life cycle, and what they do.
- Environmental Diseases from A to Z - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/a2z/home.htm
Explores how air, water, sun, dust, plants, animals, chemicals, and metals can make people sick.
- The Deadly Bugs of War - http://whyfiles.org/141bioweapons2/5.html
Provides information about anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, smallpox, and tularemia.
- Diseases Explained - http://www.diseases-explained.com/
Illustrated guide describes more than 25 common diseases and medical conditions. Includes symptoms of each as well as treatment options.
- A Sibling's Site - http://www.asiblingssite.com/
Site for siblings of chronically ill children.
- Taryn's World: About Switches - http://www.tarynsworld.org/taryn/switches.htm
A kids guide to genetic disorders with stories, art gallery, and picture book to learn about what happens when switches in the body just don't work.
- World ACM Foundation - http://www.pressenter.com/~wacma/
A comprehensive site dealing with Arnold Chiari Malformation, in adults and teens.
- Garfield Star Sleeper - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/
Learn about the importance of getting enough sleep. Download a fun pad or video, play games, and create Garfield comic strips. [Requires free Flash download]
- MG Youth - http://www.geocities.com/mgyouth/
Online support group for children and teens with myasthenia gravis. Includes personal stories and a message board.
- Your Genes, Your Health - http://www.ygyh.org/
A multimedia guide to genetic, inherited disorders, and Fragile X syndrome.
- TeensHealth: Infections - http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/
Articles about infections that teens can get, with information about how they're spread, signs and symptoms, when to go to the doctor, and prevention.
- Salamanders Young Burn Survivors - http://www.kernoweb.myby.co.uk/salamanders/
Presents personal accounts of burn injuries, as well as facts and figures and an opportunity to share experiences.
- KidsHealth: Obesity - http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/obesity.html
Article provides information and tips for dealing with the problem of being overweight.
- The Able Crew - http://www.theablecrew.org/
Fun activities and information about disabilities to teach awareness and help children build self-esteem. Includes puzzles, games, coloring books and illusions.
- A-Z of Children's Ailments - http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?children
Alphabetic list of children's diseases, compiled by the BBC.
- Tuberculosis - The Forgotten Killer - http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01787/
Created by a team from a Singapore secondary school, and presenting facts about this infectious disease using interactive features and animations.
- Transplant Kids - http://www.transplantkids.co.uk/
Information on the process, from assessment through surgery. Includes sections on infection, rejection and life after transplant.
- TeensHealth: Hepatitis - http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/hepatitis.html
Includes what it is, the different types, signs and symptoms, and how to protect against this disease.
- Bandaides & Blackboards: Kids - http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/contkids.html
Read stories, get tips about teasing, and take a hospital tour. Learn fun things to do in the hospital and how the body works.
- Kids First for Health - http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/kids/index.html
Learn about illnesses, tests and treatments, look up words in the dictionary, read about the hospital and play games in the club.
- Teens First for Health - http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/teens/index.html
Learn about illnesses, allergies and disabilities. Sections on the teen body, ask a doctor, share stories and check out the games.
- Kids E.N.T.: Just for Kids - http://www.entnet.org/KidsENT/kids.cfm
Learn about your ears, nose, and throat. Watch movies about having your tonsils out or getting tubes in your ears. [Movies require free Adobe, Flash, and Windows Media downloads.]
- KidsHealth: Laryngitis - http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/laryngitis.html
Find out how the voice works and why it sometimes doesn't.
- Health Information - http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/info/
Collection of articles help children and their families understand basic medical conditions, tests, and procedures. Also includes a guide to home care and wellness. From the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.
- Patch Worx - http://www.patchworx.org/
Online community for young people isolated by illness or disability. Share poems and stories, ask a question, play games, and join the club.
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