Kids and Teens, Health
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 - Health, fitness, food, drugs, alcohol, disease, infection, safety, sexual health, and mental health are covered here.
- Online games, health and fitness information, message boards, and resources for teachers.
- Discover how the body works and what can make the body sick by reading through these expert articles written just for kids.
- Doctor P. Body presents information for children. Topics include safety, nutrition, drugs, alcohol, hygiene, activities, and health education.
- Provides a place for teens to ask questions and get answers to their health related questions. Topics range from puberty to birth control, from body image to sports safety. Dr. Marla is a board certified family practitioner with fellowship training in a
- Guide to common childhood illnesses.
- Learn about health, nutrition, and safety with fun pages, resources and links to interactive sites.
- National Maritime Museum fact file answers common questions about hygiene and medicine in the 1600s.
- Explains how bugs can become resistant to these drugs, and illustrates the idea with cartoons, games and quizzes.
- Learn about the heart, explore a few of the common congenital heart conditions and ask us your heart related questions.
- Tells what a hospital is like and what its like to stay there. Also provides information about various illnesses and conditions.
- An interactive web site for young people. Read true stories, from peers about handling the challenges of growing up.
- Tips for kids about fitness, exercise, disease, and safety. Offers articles and other resources.
- Articles on dealing with a depressed parent, having a chronic illness, the role of the school nurse, and so forth.
- Simple text and cartoons answer questions about everything from what causes acne to why doctors write so poorly.
- Information and ideas to help kids reduce stress and teaches the healthy benefits.
- Dr. Pedi tells all about the human body, its functioning and human body trivia.
- Games, interactive activities, and facts about body parts, systems, diseases, first aid, and resources.
- An e-mail list where young people with serious illnesses can exchange messages. Requires subscription to access.
- Learn what it feels like to be older and what happens to our bodies as we age.
- Explores the links between healthy soil, healthy food, and healthy people using games and activities.
- A collection of projects and experiments for home and school, showing the effects of plaque on tooth enamel and how decay develops.
- Site for and by kids for grief support and peer support. Stories, poems, artwork, and an online support group.
- Printable coloring book, available in .gif and .pdf formats, helps prepare children for a visit to the doctor.
- 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.
- A website for children who want to learn about a healthy lifestyle. Deals with aspects of physical and emotional health, sports, exercise, nutrition and relaxation.
- Providing information and advice on many topics through FAQs, quizzes and games, with links to other helpful resources. [English and French]
- Learn about feelings and how your body works through fun games and interactive Flash movies.
- Online community for young people facing illness and disability.
- Teaches kids wanting to know how their body works and why, plus tips on improving their well-being.
- Gives children valuable oral health information, answers to common questions about their teeth, and some fun online games by The American Dental Hygienists' Association.
- An online exploration of the heart for kids.
- Features simple experiments as well as articles for kids, teens, and parents.
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