- HeadLice.Org For 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 - Explores how air, water, sun, dust, plants, animals, chemicals, and metals can make people sick.
- The Deadly Bugs of War - Provides information about anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, smallpox, and tularemia.
- Diseases Explained - Illustrated guide describes more than 25 common diseases and medical conditions. Includes symptoms of each as well as treatment options.
- A Sibling's Site - Site for siblings of chronically ill children.
- Taryn's World: About Switches - 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 - A comprehensive site dealing with Arnold Chiari Malformation, in adults and teens.
- Garfield Star Sleeper - 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]
- The Bearable Times Kids and Teens Club - The Children's Hospital Network for children in the hospital or who have disabilities.
- MG Youth - Online support group for children and teens with myasthenia gravis. Includes personal stories and a message board.
- Your Genes, Your Health - A multimedia guide to genetic, inherited disorders, and Fragile X syndrome.
- TeensHealth: 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 - Presents personal accounts of burn injuries, as well as facts and figures and an opportunity to share experiences.
- KidsHealth: Obesity - Article provides information and tips for dealing with the problem of being overweight.
- The Able Crew - 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 - Alphabetic list of children's diseases, compiled by the BBC.
- Tuberculosis - The Forgotten Killer - Created by a team from a Singapore secondary school, and presenting facts about this infectious disease using interactive features and animations.
- Transplant Kids - Information on the process, from assessment through surgery. Includes sections on infection, rejection and life after transplant.
- TeensHealth: Hepatitis - Includes what it is, the different types, signs and symptoms, and how to protect against this disease.
- KidsHealth: The Scoop on Strep Throat - Tells what it is, how you get it, what the doctor does, and how to get better.
- What I need to know about Liver Transplantation - Explains why people need transplants, what happens during surgery, and how to keep the new liver healthy.
- Bandaides & Blackboards: Kids - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Find out how the voice works and why it sometimes doesn't.
- Disability Info: Pervasive Developmental Disorders - Offers information on these disorders in general and each of the five types specifically.
- Health Information - 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 - 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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